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I n t h e ‘ O l d Wo r l d ’ o f B u s i n e s s …

who you knew …could sometimes trump W H AT you

knew

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Today , t op emp loyers say…

WHO YOU AREis much more crit ical…

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But to be successful, companies don’t just need

more people…

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… they need

the RIGHT people

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so, what’s the problem?

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1/3 of CEOs s a y t h e a b s e n c e o f t h e R I G H T p e o p l e …

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…is making innovation

impossible

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of executives

say jobs

stay open for

6+ months

due to lack of

right

applicants

40%

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of executives

worry current

employees

lack the skil ls

for sustained

success

65%

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what’s the solution?

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Leaders from USC

Annenberg

have met with

top executives from

leading companies

across the globe

Focus ing fi r s t on the Med ia , Commun ica t i ons and

En te r ta inment (MCE) i ndus t r i e s

Over the past 18 months

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We l e a r n e d s o m e t h i n g

rather astonishing

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Execu t i ves sa id they ’ re h i r i ng suffi c ien t l y ta len ted peop le f rom Bus iness and Eng inee r ing a reas…

b u t t h e y n e e d s o m e t h i n g m o re . . .

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…They need peop le w i th an add i t i ona l ,

UNIQUE set of sk i l l s and competencies…

we call it“The Th i rd

Space”

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W e ’ v e l a u n c h e d T a l e n t 2 1 , a n e x c i t i n g n e w i n i t i a t i v e

t o e x p l o r e T h e T h i r d S p a c e i n d e p t h

c o m e j o i n u sw w w . t a l e n t - 2 1 . o r g

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