Statistical analysis of the capacity to attract talent

Abstract

Taking into account the persistent high unemployment, especially in young people and the growing tendency of brain drain, the development of talent in many countries must be reconstruct. Countries and businesses long-term competitiveness is highly determined by its global talent. How they attract, grow and retain should therefore remain high on the agenda in order to attain the foreseeable future. The objective of this study is to assess the ability of countries to develop, attract and retain talent, in order to preserve the talent pool available for enterprises. The analysis is going to be made with 8 indicators, and we are going to be able to classify countries into 5 differentiated groups. The results shows that the most talent competitiveness countries exhibit a balanced between their engagement in education, development of local talent, adjustments to the demand of their economies; and competence to attract overseas talent.