Human Capital Media Advisory Group surveyed its Human Capital Executive Research Board to assess and benchmark talent acquisition practices. This brief is based upon the findings obtained by the magazine from 120 organizations in 2011. Overall, we found that organizations report they are struggling to find top talent for many high-skill and technical positions. Some other findings include:

•    Only 48 percent of organizations responding feel prepared to meet future business needs.
•    A majority of companies have not been able to integrate their talent acquisition function with other talent management functions.
•    When we examined how and where companies were spending money, it was revealed that organizations are spending a majority of their budget on staffing (i.e., recruiters) and the least on analytics and measurement tools.
•    The forecast for 2012 is that budgets will ... (download report to read more)

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