{"id":29813,"date":"2009-09-25T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-09-25T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/blog\/?p=29813"},"modified":"2009-09-24T15:01:49","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T14:01:49","slug":"the-global-war-for-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.corporate-eye.com\/main\/the-global-war-for-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"The Global War for Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Take China, for example. The new hotels we are opening will create over 30,000 jobs there. The job market there is extremely fast-paced, and quality candidates have a range of opportunities. We are competing with major multi-national companies for qualified and experienced staff across different skill sets, including HR, finance, sales, marketing and engineering.<\/p>\n<p>That quote is from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihgplc.com\/index.asp?pageid=417&amp;boardselect=robbins&amp;sub=hottopics\">\u201cHot Topic\u201d article<\/a> on the InterContinental Hotels Group website, written by Tracy Robbins, Executive Vice President of Human Resources for IHG.\u00a0 \u00a0I think for some folks\u2014and particularly for some Americans\u2014there\u2019s a moment of disorientation upon reading that paragraph.\u00a0 For one thing, the downturn in hiring (to say nothing of the increase in downsizing) has dominated the news about employment for so long that it takes an active imagination to contemplate hot labor markets.\u00a0 But according to Robbins, \u201cthe number of workers with transferable skills is steadily increasing and people are willing to change jobs more often. \u00a0In short, we&#8217;re in a seller\u2019s market&#8211;a market where talent matters, and talent wins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wow.\u00a0 And double-wow for the people who got ahead of the global curve on this one.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a surprisingly fast trip from the Cultural Revolution to the Capitalist Revolution, and I think it would be fair to say the China boom wasn\u2019t an obvious development, viewed from twenty or even ten years ago.\u00a0 But now it\u2019s now, and the playing field has changed dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>For another thing . . . there\u2019s a lot of rhetoric about the impact of globalization on employment.\u00a0 But most of the public discussion is about the shift of relatively low-wage manufacturing and customer service jobs to countries where labor is cheaper. \u00a0Much less is said about either (a) the opportunities in Asia and other countries for American and European workers, or (b) the competition for local talent in quickly developing markets such as China.<\/p>\n<p>The IHG website features a gorgeous video about China, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihgplc.com\/index.asp?pageid=7\">their Careers site<\/a> is worth a visit\u2014not only for a look at their Asia initiative, but also to see their strategies for increasing employee engagement.\u00a0 With a farflung workforce, it\u2019s especially important to create a feeling of \u201ccorporate community,\u201d and IHG is pursuing that goal with a lot of features on their main site, and a special campaign called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihgplc.com\/explore\/room.asp\">Room to Grow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If your company isn\u2019t doing business multi-nationally today, it may be soon.\u00a0 What\u2019s the plan for expanding the recruiting message beyond familiar borders?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take China, for example. 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