Kelly Services to Sponsor HCI’s Global Talent Track
<p><strong>Washington, D.C. — July 18</strong><br />The Human Capital Institute (HCI), a global professional association and educator in talent management strategies, and Kelly Services, a human resources solutions provider, have announced that Kelly will sponsor HCI's Global Talent Management education and research track, one of several topics addressed in HCI's Talent Strategy community of interest, a community HCI considers critical to organizations working to leverage human capital.<br /><br />Multinational organizations are faced with a complex set of challenges when attempting to coordinate and standardize their recruitment, internal deployment and retention efforts worldwide. </p><p>Beyond language considerations, the most obvious stumbling block, there are data-protection laws, cultural differences, currency conversion and legacy processes in each subsidiary that can be very difficult to dislodge. </p><p>Moreover, most multinationals use a wide variety of technologies across their global operations and can face unforeseen difficulties and expenses when attempting to move to one platform for talent management.<br /><br />HCI's track will use case studies to illustrate the common difficulties and successes multinational corporations have made in streamlining and integrating their global talent management efforts.<br /><br />"Solving the talent management equation is critical to success for all organizations, but for multinationals there are more variables," said Allan Schweyer, HCI president and executive director. "HCI's new track is aimed at helping these organizations understand the complexities of global recruitment and retention." </p><p>George Corona, Kelly Services executive vice president, agreed. </p><p>"Talent management at a global level brings inherent challenges," he said. "For companies to attract top talent globally, it is imperative that their human resources practices and systems are integrated and standardized.</p><p>"We are delighted to sponsor this education and research track that will address the key challenges and, more importantly, offer proactive solutions."</p>
