Aging and Demographics Identified as Part of Unrelated Trends Driving Talent Management

Research in thought leadership from Taleo Corporation finds that a number of otherwise unrleated changes around the world are likely to have a profound impact on the way companies of all sizes compete in an increasingly knowledge-based global economy. Specifically, "The Future of Talent Management: Underlying Drivers of Change" identifies integration of global economies, aging and demographics, a blurring of inside and outside talent, the Arab Spring uprisings, and the need to engage knowledge workers with mobile, social networks and other digital tools as key to defining how companies acquire and manage talent during the next five to 10 years.

With respect aging and demographics, the report states:

Baby Boomer retirement is top of mind in the United States, but the real demographic challenges are found in other developed countries, where population growth rates and aging populations are poised to stifle local economies. That means companies must move talent from areas of abundance to scarcity. And here, some new shifts are occurring. As once-new markets like China and India mature and labor there achieves parity with other developed economies, companies will look to other regions for cost-effective pools of talent, including Russia and Eastern Europe, Mexico, South America and "the rest of Asia."

Source: Taleo CorporationNews Release (November 8, 2011)