Talent
« Co-Learning PlansTalent attraction and retention has become an important factor in the development of the new knowledge economy. According to Richard Florida, "Regions develop advantages based on their ability to quickly mobilize the best people, resources, and capabilities required to turn innovations into business ideas and commercial products. The nexus of competitive advantage has thus shifted to those regions that can generate, retain, and attract the best talent."
Each of the three districts identified a co-leaning action plan module asking for technical assistance in the general area of talent attraction and retention. NWMCOG is interested in talent attraction strategies augmented by sense of place enhancement. NEMCOG wants assistance in stemming the out-migration of young talented persons from their region. EUPRPDC is concerned with the need to attract the highly skilled workers needed by the medical community. All three regions said that the proposed co-learning action module would primarily be technical assistance/capacity building.
We propose providing technical assistance to the three regions in developing a one-day workshop designed to address talent. Possible topics could include:
- Talent attraction
- Talent retention
- A panel on what works and what doesn't work
- EUPRPDC could lead a session on the recruitment of medical workers
To help develop a response we are looking for:
- Examples of talent attraction projects that can help answer the question of what works and what doesn't work
- Research studies on the question of talent development, retention and attraction
- Individuals who have experience, knowledge or ideas about this topic
Talent Team
The Talent Retention and Attraction team is a collaborative body consisting of economic development agencies, universities, and governmental agencies created with the goal of understanding and developing strategies to retain and attract talented individuals to Northern Michigan's rural areas. This team is part of a larger project initiated by Michigan State University's Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED), funded by grant support through the Economic Development Administration in October 2008, to develop innovative economic development strategies for three Northern Michigan Regions - the Eastern Upper Peninsula Regional Planning and Development Commission, the Northeast Michigan Council of Governments, and the Northwest Michigan Council of Governments. The project was developed to support and create new knowledge jobs in each of these regions by competing more successfully in the global knowledge economy. By understanding the dynamics and demands of the global knowledge economy, regional leaders can better align their regional investment priorities with those demands.
The talent retention and attraction team seeks ways to grow the knowledge economy in these regions by retaining leaders of creativitity and industry that currently reside there, as well as attracting new talented professional and entrepreneurial leaders to the area. By retaining and attracting these individuals, the three partner regions will be better equipped to compete globally in the knowledge economy.
Talent Documents
- Talent Team Co-Learning Report
- Talent Retention, Attraction, and Growth in Michigan: Policy Implications and Proposed Strategies - Presentation discussing the talent retention, attraction, and growth issues in Michigan, along with current efforts and strategies to address the issue.
External Links
- Art Space - helps develop sustainable living and art space for new artists.
- Beanstalk - Branding company that works with corporations and companies to help brand their products (not sure if this is relevant to our project).
- Cherry Commission - Michigan Lt. Governor's Commission on Higher Education & Economic Growth.
- Closing the Gap: Meeting California's Need for College Graduates
- Community Economic Development Association of Michigan
- Community Ties - linking business and nonprofit professionals with young people in their community
- Dr. Heike Mayer - Virginia Tech Department of Urban Affairs and Planning - Conducts research on knowledge economies and innovative technologies within these economies. She has a lot of resources based on the work that she has done in the past. The following presentation is very interesting - Visualizing the Puget Sound Technology Universe.
- Get Kansas - This is a branding effort for urban and rural areas of Kansas.
- Issue Media Group
- Michigan Association of Planning
- MI Green Jobs - DELEG
- Michigan Municipal League
- Michigan Tech - Department of Technology and Economic Development
- Michigan State University Extension
- Michigan Suburbs Alliance
- Michigan Townships Association
- Model D
- Pure Michigan
- The Brain Drain Wars: Characteristics of Recent Movers into and out of Michigan (reproduced with permission) - Full Citation: Hoffman, M. C. & Pyne, J. (2009). The Brain Drain Wars: Characteristics of Recent Movers into and out of Michigan. In R. W. Jelier & G. Sands (Eds.). Sustaining Michigan: Metropolian Policies and Strategies. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press.
- USDA - Health Professional Recruitment and Retention - provides resources for recruiting and retaining potential health care professionals to rural areas.
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