Winning the global talent showdown : how businesses and communities can partner to rebuild the jobs pipeline / Edward E. Gordon.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Gordon, Edward E.

Series:

• BK business book.
• A BK business book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Job creation.
• Ability.
• Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers : U.S. trade Bookstores and wholesalers, Ingram Publisher Service, c2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In the next few years the world will be facing a huge talent shortage. Demographic trends in America, Europe, Russia, and Japan are reducing the pool of new workers. As the need for talent grows, China's and India's educational systems won't be able to produce enough qualified graduates for themselves, let alone the rest of the world. But the heart of the problem is that the education-to-employment system worldwide is badly outmoded. We're not producing graduates with the kinds of technical, communications, and thinking skills needed in the 21st century.In Winning the Global Talent Showdown, E

Contents:

• The Americas
• Asia
• Europe and Russia
• Expanding the talent pool
• Fixing the education-to-employment system
• Producing new talent.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9786612300295
• 9781282300293
• 1282300296
• 9781576754832
• 1576754839

OCLC:

449520993