The Global Talent War
Over the last several years, the business world has been waging a war that has largely gone unnoticed - a war for highly skilled talent. Like most wars, the global talent war is a brutal one, with casualties in the form of large enterprises, fledgling startups, and even employees. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic’s wide-reaching effects on operations and hiring practices across the world, the war has only intensified. But what does it take to survive the ongoing battle? Globalization Partners’ Charles Ferguson and Tech in Asia's Nathaniel Fetalvero investigate the many battlegrounds of the global talent war to find out what separates the players who will come out on top from those who will succumb to defeat.
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Episodes
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
The future isn't as bleak as it seems.
According to Hsu Ken Ooi of Singapore-based accelerator Iterative, Covid-19’s exacerbated effects on the global talent war could lead to a number of benefits.
Charles Ferguson and Nathaniel Fetalvero talk to Ooi about recruitment trends that have emerged during crises, whether work culture will ever be the same again, and what the future of work might look like.
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
According to Fitbots co-founder Vidya Santhanam, any small misstep a startup makes in hiring could set the company back “by a few years” or even lead to the startup’s failure.
Charles Ferguson and Nathaniel Fetalvero talk to Santhanam about the “Swiss Army knife” approach startups need to employ in hiring and how Fitbots optimizes its talent acquisition and retention strategies.
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Monday Jun 14, 2021
Monday Jun 14, 2021
Gone are the days of businesses holding all the power in hiring. Now, skilled talent get to have their pick of employers, leading business leaders to employ various tactics to attract and retain employees.
Charles Ferguson and Nathaniel Fetalvero talk to Worq CTO Richard Ong about the global talent war, his gripes about hiring remote employees, and how Worq leverages empathy and work culture to retain good talent.
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Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Since the late ‘90s, businesses the world over have been embroiled in a vicious “war for talent.”
Charles Ferguson and Nathaniel Fetalvero talk about how the battle began, how it’s evolved over the years, and what could happen in the near future.
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