Selected aspects of talent management in companies in Slovakia

Talent management is now an important aspect of human resources development in enterprises. It represents strategic view to the human resources management. The paper accents the necessity of the talent management process and carrier planning in successful management process. It focuses on the evaluation of the talent management application in enterprises of Slovakia. Main phases of the talent management process (talent identification, talent assessment, talent development and talent retention) are examined in this paper in line with the corporate and human resources strategy. Each phase will be assessed according to the survey of 288 companies operating in Slovakia. It goes to identify dependencies between the level of talent management and determinants (the size of the company, the existence of foreign capital in the enterprise, economic situation) and the establishment of the organizational entity for human resources management). In the conclusion, suggestions to improve the work with talents are provided which resulted from the interviews with managers of selected companies.