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Recruiting & Developing Supply Chain Talent

Andrea J. Stroud, Research Program Manager, APQC

February 3, 2014

The good news from a recent study is that half of the companies surveyed realize the benefits of talent management, says Andrea J. Stroud, research program manager, APQC. The bad news is that the other half give no priority to solving the talent gap. [Run Time (Min.): 7:54]

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