Talent management.

Do we look talented?

In today's business environment, there's a huge gap in power distance. The competition to get talented workers becomes more aggressive. Recruiting these talented workers is a very serious thing and to retain these talented workers is another thing to look into.

In Japan, job-hopping culture among the workers is not a normal thing there. The Japanese will work with a company until he reach retirement age. How true is this? (I got to search more in the internet, this claim is quite loose without strong reference).

Another point to ponder about talent management is to ask ourself "Are we talented?" "Has any other company offer us a job?" Hmm.. As far as I'm concerned, I haven't yet get any offer from other company, the most I get is being nominated to be a reserve candidate for Science Officer position in UKM. Excellent question for self-check right.

If we are the Human Resource manager, we should follow this principles.
Base on Marriot's Recruitment Principles.
1 - Get it right the first time.
2 - Money is a big thing, but...
3 - A caring workplace is a bottom-line issue.
4 - Promote from within.
5 - Build the employment brand.

Would we be considerate enough to help our employees to grow and nurture their talent. Do we concern to even help them with their career path. Dr. Azam said that a research shows that most workers will be in a different field of work when compare to their background after three years of employment. (I'm unable to get this claim supported).

Group Presentation.

The group presented last night was consisted of Bro Zainal, Kak Gie and Kak Eza. They talked about talent management and they stress these points in talent management.

• Spot
• Selection
• Assessment
• Development
• Progression
• Retention

Case Study.

The topic selected by Kak Eda, Mastura and Amalina was Sexual Harassment. A very interesting topic to discuss. In reality, it will be a big challenge to handle the sexual harassment case.

To conclude last night class, Knowledge is power, but I think, application has the greater power.

Amirul Faiz Abd. Razak

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Chapter 5, Expanding The Talent Pool : Recruitment And Careers. Principles Of Human Resource Management. Snell, Bohlander.