Talent Management

Talent management is at the top of business agendas around the world. If they are to compete in global markets, organisations must recruit, retain and develop the best talent, often in fields where there are skills shortages. To do this successfully, they must fulfil the career aspirations of different generations of the workforce, from Millennials and Generation Y to Generation X and Baby Boomers, while ensuring they meet key business objectives, such as succession planning. Read more

Talent mobility – the movement of talent across an organisation’s departments, divisions and locations – plays an increasingly important part in global businesses’ talent management strategies. International assignments and relocations may both form part of a corporate talent mobility programme.

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With contributions from experts, this section provides HR and talent managers, whether or not they are managing international assignments and global mobility, with the news, articles, tools and advice they need to keep up with the latest developments in talent management and formulate effective talent management solutions. It covers both policy and practice across a host of topics, including skills strategies, recruitment, and training and development, from career and leadership planning for graduate recruits and interns to developing women leaders and senior managers. Insights from the latest global mobility surveys are also featured.

See also our International Assignments, Human Resources, and Talent Management sections. For details of organisations in the global mobility industry that provide international assignment and recruitment services, as well as destination services providers and relocation management companies, see our Directory. Keep informed by subscribing to our newsletters and other publications.

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Latest Talent Management News

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New survey reveals students’ ideas on future skills differ massively from employers

As students across the UK prepare to undertake work experience, new research reveals that their views on vital future skills are in stark contrast to those of decision-makers at UK British Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which account for 99 percent of UK businesses*.

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Recruitment

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Stay or go? Career curation in the Big Reskill

By 2030, conservative estimates suggest that technology will transform a quarter of the world’s jobs. What can individuals and employers do to ensure they are future fit? Skill mapping, career activism and cultures of inclusion are the answer. Ruth Holmes reports.
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AI in global recruitment and HR: overcoming legal problems and built-in bias

Is AI an efficient and unbiased tool to aid in recruitment? Or is it a legal minefield with its own built-in bias? While organisations are beginning to use AI in their talent search process, there are legitimate concerns around transparency and accountability, as Marianne Curphey heard at the CIPD’s annual conference.
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The impact of a global shake up in the world of AI begins

The world of artificial intelligence had a rude awakening over the winter. Towards the end of January, a Chinese chatbot interloper called DeepSeek popped up and within a week was causing convulsions in stock markets and the tech industry.

Learning & Development

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AI and inclusion in tech

AI and inclusion was a hot topic at Women in Tech Week as thousands gathered to discuss disparities in the UK tech workforce and solutions to get it where it needs to be.
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Pivoting to a career in tech

Switching to a new industry or starting a completely different role can be daunting, but not if you know how. Ledetta Asfa-Wossen went to glean insights from October’s Women in Tech Week.
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Boost “human skills and capabilities” to thrive in an AI-enabled world, says Hemsley Fraser

Learning and talent development provider says we need more “human” skills to prosper in the new world of work and names 12 key capabilities companies will need
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