In this next installment of their Managing tomorrow's people series, PwC explores the issue of future talent mobility in more detail.

The year 2020 is only a decade away, yet the way our global workforce is sourced, organised, and managed will change radically by that time. An explosion of activity in emerging markets has contributed to a significant increase in the need for companies to move people and source talent from all around the world.

We believe the war for talent will continue to be the major human resource issue to 2020, when the people pipeline looks to be the most crucial variable separating winners and losers in the marketplace. Companies may go to creative, perhaps even extreme, lengths to secure and retain talent and knowledge as their existing workforce ages. Global mobility will play a key role in solving the labour availability conundrum.

As country-based multinationals evolve into global multinationals, we will see a bedrock change in how and where business gets done that will have numerous ramifications globally for companies, employees, their families, and the marketplace. We predict that there will be a further 50% growth in international assignments by 2020. This will only increase the need for expeditious knowledge transfer and amplify the pressure on human resource leaders to tackle the ensuing regulatory, compensation, and tax wrinkles, while also developing a streamlined process for the assignee and the organisation.

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Contact at PwC the Netherlands: Henk Zeilstra , Senior Manager International Mobility Advisory.