Inclusive hiring: How to recognise talent

here is much talk today about a global talent shortage. While economists point to the bulging demographic dividend in Asian emerging markets, employers on the ground say they are facing acute talent shortages. According to ManpowerGroup’s ‘2018 Talent Shortage Survey’, the global talent shortage is at a 12-year high.1 With technology evolving by the day, the crisis seems to be worsening–we cannot seem to find enough skilled electricians, mechanics and masons, not to speak of experts in artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things, and other such new-age skills.