Best of 2024: The Labor Market

Expert guests joined the Gartner Talent Angle throughout 2024 to discuss shifts in the labor market. Economist and labor market expert Gad Levanon shares how HR leaders can capitalize on changes in the talent landscape to give their organizations an edge. Professor Joseph Fuller then offers findings from his latest research on skills-based hiring, offering practical guidance to help organizations broaden the aperture of their talent pools.

Gad Levanon is chief economist of the Burning Glass Institute. Previously, Gad was with The Conference Board where he was founder of the Labor Market Institute and led the Help Wanted OnLine program. His research focuses on trends in U.S. and global labor markets, the U.S. economy, and their impact on employers. Before The Conference Board, he worked at the Bank of Israel​. He received his doctorate in economics from Princeton University, and he holds undergraduate and master’s degrees from Tel Aviv University.

 

Joseph Fuller is a professor of management practice in general management at Harvard Business School and co-leads the school’s initiative, Managing the Future of Work. He founded the consulting firm Monitor Group, now Monitor Deloitte, and has worked with senior executives and policymakers on a wide variety of issues related to corporate strategy and national competitiveness.