A new report explains that the growing ranks of emerging nuclear countries, such as China, India and Japan, demand a flood of new staff to ensure safe and efficient operations, furthering the deamnd for training and workforce development.

The IDC studies represent a vendor assessment of the recruiting, learning, compensation and performance management capabilities offered as part of an integrated talent management service through the IDC MarketScape model.

The Conference Board’s measure of CEO confidence, which had improved in the first quarter of this year, decreased in the second quarter. The measure now reads 47, down from 63 from a quarter ago.

The combination brings together two complementary businesses and aims to create a foremost source of insight on the measurement and management of talent for business and government.

According to a study released by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, health care demand will grow twice as fast as the national economy over the next eight years.

The SAP subsidiary announced on Thursday the release of its Recruiting Execution platform, which aims to create the only complete recruiting service that helps companies deliver business results at every step of the recruiting process.

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Cedric Coco, senior vice president of learning and organizational effectiveness for Lowe’s, said that any dialogue around organizational and workforce development has to discuss the tools learning leaders use today to keep a workforce balanced.