The Global War for Talent in Latin America

By Chrisella Herzog. An Interview with Monica Flores Barragán
Across the globe, we hear too many stories of high youth unemployment. The part of the story we do not always hear, however, is the trouble businesses around the world have in recruiting enough high-quality talent from the STEM fields to fill all the IT, computer science, and engineering positions available.
Monica Flores, Regional Managing Director for ManpowerGroup’s Latin America division, is on the front lines of bringing talent to available jobs, as she oversees a continent-wide recruitment and training effort. After her appearance on a panel at the World Economic Forum’s Latin America regional meeting in Peru, the Diplomatic Courier sat down with her to discuss the global war for talent, challenges specific to Latin America, and what can be done to address it all. More...