America needs talent
Subtitle: attracting, educating & deploying the 21st-century workforce
By: Jamie Merisotis
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780795345920
Subjects: Employees; Manpower planning; Manpower policy; Skilled labor; Training of
Description: "In America Needs Talent, Jamie Merisotis, a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, higher education, and public policy, explains why talent is needed to usher in a new era of innovation and success, and why deliberate choices must be made by government, the private sector, education, and individuals to grow talent in America"--Novelist.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part I. America's Talent Challenge. Ch 1: The American Century ; Ch 2: A Nation at Risk ; Ch 3: Winning the Future ; Ch 4: Talent, You Say?; title: Part II. Five Ways to Attract, Educate, and Deploy Talent. Ch 5: It's the Learning, Stupid ; Ch 6: Unleashing Private Sector Innovation ; Ch 7: US Department of Talent ; Ch 8: Immigration, Innovation, Inspiration ; Ch 9: Restoring the Rapids; title: Cities as Talent Hubs; title: Part III. Talent and American Prosperity. Ch. 10: The Second American Century; title: Conclusion; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index.