Only one thing really differentiates your business from your competitor: your people. Do you have the right talent in the right place at the right time? It's no longer enough to have a 'workforce': you need a high-impact Talent Force.  The authors first identify the massive social, cultural, and economic shifts that are transforming hiring as we know it.  We are a smaller, closer, and more competitive world, as Baby Boomers are retiring in the US, India is flourishing due to outsourcing and educational development, and China is a strong new economic force. Add to that the fact that today's best people have radically new expectations and approaches to work; this book reveals what they want and how to meet those needs while building your business. Learn how to develop and implement a worldclass talent plan that aligns with business objectives, and define metrics to track and optimize success. Discover how candidates are using technology to evaluate new opportunities, benchmark compensation, and create new back-channels of communication about worklife. Maximize these new technologies to grow Talent Force, tap into new sources of competitive intelligence and stay ahead of the pack.

Foreword  xi

Acknowledgments  xiii

About the Authors  xv

Preface  xvii

Introduction  xix

Chapter 1:  The Quality Talent Imperative  1

Chapter 2:  Talent Market Demands  11

Chapter 3:  Building a Competitive Talent Organization  35

Chapter 4:  The Cultural Obsession of Work  59

Chapter 5:  Building a Talent Community  77

Chapter 6:  Tangible Talent Measurement  93

Chapter 7:  Talent Goes on Offense  115

Chapter 8:  Relationship Recruiting (Still) Rules  133

Chapter 9:  Talent Forces of Tomorrow  151

Index  163