An industry, and even more so any individual company, is only as strong as its pipeline of incoming talent. This week on QDL we looked at this topic from a few different angles. Here’s what we covered at greater length:

“Ripped From the Headlines: Worker Shortage”

A recent article on the Bloomberg site quotes extensively from a Conference Board study about the shortage of blue-collar workers in industries such as manufacturing, hospitality, and food service. A big reason is that projected job losses from automation and outsourcing haven’t exactly materialized (yet), and unemployment is at multiple-decade lows.

“The Talent Quotient”

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