Taleo Blog - Talent Retention

I read this a while back, but my last post referenced it again, so I gave it another look.  Interesting that their example - a study of IT workers - found that the majority placed a high priority on career development opportunities.

Taleo also issued a research paper on this topic, Talent Retention: Six Technology-Enabled Best Practices (see blog post for a link to download it), which identifies some key practices in retaining talented individuals, namely:

1. Recruit the right people in the first place.
2. Improve the line manager’s ability to manage.
3. Give employee’s constant feedback about clear, meaningful goals.
4. Empower employees to manage their own careers.
5. Proactively drive talent mobility.
6. Continuously measure and improve retention strategies.

Taleo Blog - Talent Skills Development

Taleo released the results of a training follow-up survey from one of its talent management skills training courses which suggests that the respondents see a link between their skill enhancement their ability to perform their job.

They also reference a recently released report by Bersin & Associates: Building a High-Performance Culture - Seven Performance Management Practices That Work (see Taleo's blog post for the document link). I've just started flipping through it, but it looks very intriguing so far.