News editor Kate said: "What we lack in talent we make up for in enthusiasm!"
He identified significant flaws in talent evaluation and attempted to correct them through mathematics.
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Some choose not to work at all, representing a loss to collective investment in talent.
Lin had no experience as a restaurateur, and the chef proved to be lacking in talent.
Even before the current boom, crime writing was so remunerative that it sucked in talent from everywhere.
Make no mistake, I still feel that Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are superior in talent to Roethelisberger.
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He fronted a band and worked in talent scouting for an independent label.
DDI, a consultancy specializing in talent management, offers a slew of good suggestions about how to hire more effectively.
In a recessionary decade, the one thriving area of hiring, software engineering, began pioneering radical new practices in talent management.
But in an interview Tuesday, Alderson said he isn't sure how much money he'll have to invest in talent this winter.
And that means investments in talent management become a critical and strategic success factor in ensuring that Indian businesses can deliver.
She took part in talent pageants there and joined an entertainment troupe.
But the list of artists who painted the American West goes far beyond these household names, both in talent and in subject matter.
The company keeps its audience base interested by bringing in talent on commercial-free shows, but there are hefty costs associated with some of that talent.
But managers should know that there is a cost to bringing in talent from the outside and that it pays to nurture and promote from within.
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Early in their search, the Jets appeared to target candidates who specialized in talent evaluation but lately had focused on executives proficient in negotiating the NFL's salary cap.
"We're not interested in talent or athlete representation but we think he is one of the most remarkable athletes of his time, " Mr. Werner said in an interview Tuesday.
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Whereas in manufacturing industries a decline in such standards is often slow, in talent-intensive ones it can be terrifyingly sudden, as Arthur Andersen and Enron found to their cost.
Fortunately the error was identified and corrected quickly and we are now again investing heavily in talent development, research and development, as well as avoiding any big chills for short term gain.
But with the challenge that lay ahead in Wrigleyville, I suspect that this will re-energize Mr. Epstein and cause him to seek a new level of focus and excellence in talent development and acquisition.
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As Eric Openshaw suggested in Talent-Enabled Ecosystems, firms that host communities support and reward people who collaborate inside and outside the walls of the firm can tap more talent without increasing head count.
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Though it can't make up for major gaps in talent or depth, which recently existed between the better Spanish and German sides, that extra physical edge in the spring can be the difference between two otherwise equal teams.
"We can provide those inspirational moments through the success of the athletes in order to inspire the youngsters, but we do have to invest in schools, in teachers, in coaches, in talent to achieve that success, " she added.
Victor Matheson, an economics professor at the College of the Holy Cross, says suppression of player compensation in American college football has created an inverse situation to that of overseas professional soccer leagues, which invest in talent above all else.
There are some, however, who believe that other sectors of the British economy, such as manufacturing, are actually hurt by the huge relative size of financial services, because the City sucks in talent and its earnings keep sterling at a higher level than is comfortable for exporters of good and non-financial services.
"It's narrow-minded to not understand that there's top talent in Ghana, and there's top talent in Indonesia, " he said.
"Lack of talent in the United States and the abundance of talent in countries such as India" is the reason for high demand for foreign tech worker visas, said Ameet Nisarkar, senior vice president of NASSCOM.
Additional data from the 2008 and 2009 drafts show that NFL teams collectively have been remarkably good in their talent evaluation of quarterbacks taken in the first round.
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The JibJab team is employing both in-house art talent in their Venice Beach-based animation studio, and illustrators all around the world to create StoryBots.
"We've creatively looked for ways to fill in any talent gaps, " says Julie Mossler, a spokeswoman for Groupon, whose technology center is in the River North area.
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