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Engaging and Retaining Talent

Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans

Never before have organizations paid more attention to talent—in the United States and worldwide. Keeping it. Poaching it. Developing it. Engaging it. Talent is no longer just a numbers game; it’s about survival. It’s about winning market share, investors, new clients, big contracts. Companies depend on their top performers to innovate and provide services that differentiate them from their fierce competitors. They rely on their human assets to thrive. Even in the wake of layoffs or high unemployment, many corporations and industries continue the search for skilled talent to fill key roles at all organizational levels.

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