It is always interesting to see other perspectives on the talent shortage. Today I’m sharing a recent presentation made at Palo Alto Research Center, titled: Tomorrow’s Knowledge Workers: The Evolving Workforce and the Challenge to US Businesses.

The presentation does a good job of summarizing many of the major cultural and technological trends that are driving change in the workplace. The six they focus on are:

• Changing family structures
• Changing expectations of men
• Evolving expectations of Gen X and Gen Y
• Increasing number of women in paid work
• Shrinking pool of skilled labor
• Increasing impact of technology

These changes mirror those I’ve shared previously on this blog. At this point it is clear we have a shrinking talent pool, and those left view work from a different perspective. Organizations that provide compelling work and flexible working arrangements will be rewarded with the talent they need to execute. Increasingly companies will choose to retain the targeted expertise they need on a project-by-project basis.

You can see the presentation here:

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This entry was posted by Kimball Norup on Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 at 2:27 pm in Flexible Workforce, Knowledge Workers, The War for Talent, Uncategorized. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.