Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers

[Kevin Chilton]

If you thought the credit crunch was bad for business, wait until you hit the talent crunch.

Corporate boards continually avow their commitment to finding, nurturing and retaining the right people to secure their future success. So-called 'talent management' programmes pervade the strategy of most leading organisations, yet few have truly grasped the magnitude of the task ahead.

Because although there's an army of talent out there, most firms are either looking in the wrong places or pursuing policies that actively repel those they most urgently need to woo.

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