Talent Management

What is the process of finding and retaining the most qualified employees to help a company reach its goals?

• Project Management

• Talent Management

• Employee Management

• Recruitment Management

Developing talent internally costs twice as much as hiring externally for the same skills.

• True

• False

The first step in implementing an effective career path program for internal talent is to:

• Give all internal applicants priority consideration for job openings

• Conduct a skills inventory

• Measure Employee Engagement

• None of the above

To be effective, employee development programs should:

• Tailor development opportunities to an employee's particular needs

• Tie development opportunities to the strategic and cultural priorities of the organization

• Ensure that development is relevant and can be used immediately in an employee's work

• All of the above

To improve the business impact of employee development programs, employees should:

• Identify skill gaps that are a high priority

• Focus on behaviors or competencies that are needed immediately rather than on what will be needed in the future

• Keep negative results that may undermine the program confidential

• Identify data to collect after completion of the development program

Generational differences in values, communication and understanding of technology can impede employee development and mobility.

• True

• False

In which area has social had the greatest impact on talent management systems?

• Performance Management

• Compensation Management

• Learning

• Recruitment

Talent planning involves identifying _______ vs available personnel

• Strategy needs

• Staffing needs

• Resource needs

• Quality needs

Strategy is relevant to talent planning because

• They both must be alligned, so that the HR processes feed the achievement of goals

• It gives the company a sophisticated approach

• It is not relevant

• To hire and fire people

Talent planning (forecasting) must be alligned with the company's

• Strategy

• Past

• Resources

• All except "past"