15 Elizabeth G. Chambers, Mark Fouldon, Helen Handfield-Jones, Steven M. Hankin, Edward G. Michaels III  1998, The War for Talent, McKinsey Quarterly; Elizabeth L. Axelrod, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Timothy A. Welsh 2001, The War for Talent, Part Two, McKinsey Quarterly .
The unemployment rate is at a low, the employment level is at a high, and it is interesting to note that these data are also reflected in the improved state of the weaker population groups. For instance, the improvement in the unemployment and employment data in the past year was particularly great among population groups with low levels of education.