InformationWeek on Friday March 3rd again delivers an excellent piece on the role employers must play in talent management. This is great material for you to use in creating the business case for talent management/human capital/hr strategy work in your organization.
The article is EXACTLY what we are seeing in our clients and where the leading, proactive organizations are saying "wow, we have a serious problem here, and we need enabling technologies on top of redesigned processes in order to address this immediately." The business case for this type of work, if put off until 2010, will be too late for some.
A few of the excerpts and link:
Many tech pros are demoralized, thanks to knee-jerk offshore outsourcing and the post-bubble malaise. Employers must move beyond the "you should be happy you have a job" mentality. * This looming labor shortage isn't just a straight supply problem. It's also an HR embarrassment. Instead of just wringing their hands about their labor challenges, employers need to look in the mirror. * Companies must recruit differently as well. One idea Casey suggests: Look to local country clubs for retirees willing to put their business technology experiences and skills back to work part time. Overall, the "if we need them, we'll just go find them" employer mentality won't cut it anymore. Be proactive.
Great work Rob Preston again from InformationWeek.
