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Skills Shortages Worsening

Chart Your Course

Herman Trend Alert: Skills Shortages Worsening. With the forecasts of doom and gloom in so many places around the world, we would expect companies to delay hiring new employees and that the skills shortages might be lessening. The most active hiring will be in the materials and IT & telecommunications sectors.

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Is HR Too Important to Be Left to HR?

Harvard Business Review

Its the managers responsibility to lead their employees, manage performance, and provide guidance. Yes, managers often interview job candidates or identify the most talented employees as part of a talent management program. I would guess 90% of all managers believe in their ability to undertake professional interviews.

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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

DDI’s High-Resolution Leadership study reviewed true assessment data from 10,000 global leaders and found no difference in the battle of the sexes for leadership skills. Men and women equally qualified in business drivers around hard- and soft-business skills—with neither gender scoring high. Goldman Sachs. 2014) Womenomics 4.0:

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Stop Waiting for Governments to Close the Skills Gap

Harvard Business Review

There are many explanations for growing inequality and stagnant wages, but studies have found that so-called “skills premiums” — higher wages for more-skilled workers — have been a significant factor in growing income inequality, and technology is the reason why that premium has risen.

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