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Talent attraction for the long term
based bizjournals.com,
the hottest job market in the country last October was Houston, Texas. Among the country's top 100 hottest job markets, Detroit was No. 100. Looking around the Southeast for cities among the top 100 hottest in the country, Raleigh, N.C. was No. 4, and Charlotte was No. 7. Inside S.C. among the country's top 100 hottest, Charleston was No. 11, Greenville was No. 12, and Columbia was No. 34. There. That pretty much determines everything in Columbia's economic growth and Columbia's ability to attract and retain talent. There's always the zoo and the State Museum. And USC counts for a lot, a whole lot. But what matters most is the job market. Either a city is among the hottest or it's not. Still, the intangibles do matter, particularly in the quality of life categories. With that in mind, the Columbia Talent Magnet Project invited locals to go to www.columbiatalent.com and take the survey before noon Monday, last October 20. More than 1,000 people responded to the survey, and the survey's results were analyzed by 130 invited guests at Trustus Theatre during the first Columbia Talent Forum last November. On Monday, June 29, a report by the Columbia Talent Magnet Project and the Southern Growth Policies Board was released under the title, "A Road Map to a Talent- Powered Economy: Attracting the Best and Brightest to Columbia." Five key recommendations for building a talent- powered Columbia economy came with the report: (1) Create a Unified Vision. (2) Develop a Cadre of Young Leaders. (3) Connect Undergraduate and Young Professionals to the Community. (4) Enhance Communication Vehicles, Especially Those Targeted at Young People. (5) Foster an Entrepreneurial Environment and Spirit in the Community. The Columbia Talent Magnet Survey and the full report are available at www.columbiatalent.com For more information, call Greg Hilton. |
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