There’s a growing consensus that the current “job development system”—both in the US and overseas--is badly broken. Too many people can’t find good jobs. Too many businesses can’t find qualified people. What’s behind the deep talent shortages that now confront the United States and much of the world? And how can we rebuild the pipeline? According to Ed Gordon, four major economic/cultural forces have combined to produce the forthcoming talent showdown: 1) a globalized economy, 2) massive boomer retirements, 3) generational differences in job culture and expectations regarding work-life balance, 4) and a breakdown in the global labor-market-prep system that has not kept pace with 21st-century skill needs and employment aspirations. Winning the Global Talent Showdown explains how the clash of these four forces has triggered a seemingly contradictory situation in which there are significant numbers of workers seeking employment (or even dropping out of the job market) while...