"The impact of organizational brain drain and the fear of a global talent shortage due to an increasingly aging workforce have caused companies to focus on finding, developing and retaining, superior talented employees."
Jason Corsella
Research Director
The Yankee Group, 2006

"A recent study shows that 85% of HR executives state that the 'single greatest challenge in workforce management is creating or maintaining their company's ability to compete for talent. Without question effective talent management provides one of the most critical points of strategic leverage today."
The Talent Management Report
SHRM, 2006

"Companies that fill positions within two weeks provided total return to shareholders of 59 percent between 2002 and 2004 vs. 11 percent at companies that took at least seven weeks to fill positions."
Watson Wyatt's 2005
Human Capital Index (HCI) study