Managing Talent: Recruiting, Retaining, and Getting the Most From Talented People

Survey After Survey Confirms How The Success Of Businesses Has Become Increasingly Dependent On The Ability And Skills Of Their Staff. And Because Talented Workers Are In Short Supply The Hunt For People Of Unusual Ability Will Continue In Earnest. Hiring Such People Is The Relatively Easy Part; Keeping Them Engaged So That They Don't Move On And Getting The Best Out Of Them While They Are With You Is What Really Matters. Drawing On Original Research, Including Interviews With Senior Executives, Recruitment Specialists And Headhunters, And People Considered 'talented' Within Their Organisations, This Book Outlines The Way In Which Companies Such As Ford, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Diageo, Tesco, General Electric And Hsbc Are Facing The Challenge Of Recruiting And Developing The Talent They Need. This Book Will Also Boost Readers' Own Career Prospects. Survey after survey confirms how the success of businesses has become increasingly dependent on the ability and skills of their staff. And because talented workers are in short supply, the hunt for people of unusual ability will continue in earnest. Hiring such people is the relatively easy part; what really matters is to keep them engaged so that they don't move on, and to get the best out of them while they work for you. Drawing on original research, including interviews with senior executives in human resources, recruiters and headhunters, and people considered “talented" within their organizations, this book outlines the way in which companies such as Ford, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Diageo, Tesco, General Electric and HSBC are facing the challenge of recruiting and developing the talent they need. This book will also boost readers' own career prospects with practical ideas on how to change their organization's perception of their potential. Using research and interviews with industry experts at "talented" companies including Ford, Goldman Sachs and Cisco, describes how to find the most talented workers and keep them happy, challenged and engaged so that they stay and don't seek employment elsewhere