With a 400,000-strong global workforce and clients who rely on the company’s expertise, understanding the skills market is a crucial task for Accenture. Through the company’s new talent planning strategies, based on real-time market data, it can identify emerging skills proactively. Accenture anticipates skill demand using Big Data analysis that draws on job postings, resumes and internet search traffic, coupled with internal supply and demand trends. Using a distinctive scoring system, it forecasts which skills will be relevant to its business and shapes its talent strategy accordingly. Learn how Accenture identifies emerging skills using job postings to spot growth areas, evaluates resumes to understand what skills candidates value and analyzes internet search analysis to monitor expert conversations. You’ll discover how Accenture puts this data into practice to drive talent planning, guide talent acquisition and L&D investment, and build a talent pipeline — so you can leverage these same approaches within your organization.