Executive Guide to Integrated Talent Management

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Integrating Talent Acquisition to Dramatically Improve Business Impact

John Sullivan

When it comes to managing the capability and capacity of the workforce, organizations really only have three choices for augmenting their current state: Build talent in house, buy it from the labor market, or borrow it from others. The latter two options are the domain of talent acquisition (even though most talent acquisition leaders refuse to accept responsibility for total contingent labor management), and the first option is dependent upon an organization’s ability to recruit talent that can be developed, so it is safe to say that talent acquisition is a key talent management activity.

In business, just like in sports, if you are responsible for bringing ...