UK is top for university quality and management skills, shows report
26 November 2013
The UK is seventh in the new Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI), with its university system and management skills world-leading.
Tue, 26 Nov 2013The UK is seventh in the new Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI), which is available online, with its university system and management skills world-leading.
The GTCI has been developed by business school INSEAD, in partnership with the Human Capital Leadership Institute of Singapore and recruitment group Adecco.
The UK ranks first in quality of management and university, but drops on global knowledge skills (12th globally) and its pupil-teacher ratio (52nd).
The top 10 is dominated by Western and Northern Europe, with Denmark’s high ranking due to better labour market flexibility and social protection than other nations.
Singapore is seen as having a clear strategy to grow and attract the best and brightest, and while it is the global number one, Switzerland is only 18th in its ability to attract talent.
Bruno Lanvin, executive director for global indices at INSEAD, and co-author of the report, outlines the importance of the report: “Talent attractiveness is becoming the true currency by which countries, regions and cities compete with each other.”
The top 10 is:
1. Switzerland
2. Singapore
3. Denmark
4. Sweden
5. Luxembourg
6. The Netherlands
7. UK
8. Finland
9. US
10. Iceland
Last month, a similar report from Mercer and the World Economic Forum (WEF) found the UK in eighth place. Switzerland also topped this list, and the two rankings agree on seven of the top 10.
The GTCI has been developed by business school INSEAD, in partnership with the Human Capital Leadership Institute of Singapore and recruitment group Adecco.
The UK ranks first in quality of management and university, but drops on global knowledge skills (12th globally) and its pupil-teacher ratio (52nd).
The top 10 is dominated by Western and Northern Europe, with Denmark’s high ranking due to better labour market flexibility and social protection than other nations.
Singapore is seen as having a clear strategy to grow and attract the best and brightest, and while it is the global number one, Switzerland is only 18th in its ability to attract talent.
Bruno Lanvin, executive director for global indices at INSEAD, and co-author of the report, outlines the importance of the report: “Talent attractiveness is becoming the true currency by which countries, regions and cities compete with each other.”
The top 10 is:
1. Switzerland
2. Singapore
3. Denmark
4. Sweden
5. Luxembourg
6. The Netherlands
7. UK
8. Finland
9. US
10. Iceland
Last month, a similar report from Mercer and the World Economic Forum (WEF) found the UK in eighth place. Switzerland also topped this list, and the two rankings agree on seven of the top 10.
