Talent Management in Higher Education System of Iran and Approaches toward its Development and Improvement

Nowadays, higher education is considered as one of the fundamental pillars in moving toward development. Skilled human resources is the main characteristic in the progress of a country. Therefore, scientific talent should be identified and encouraged to join and cooperate with faculties by the universities. This study attempts to investigate the talent management in the higher education system of Iran and approaches toward its development and improvement. The study is performed based on the desk based assessments and documentary research. According to the results, nondiscrimination, meritocracy, clarifying the characteristics and all the steps of recruitment process, salary increase, providing job security, considering their livelihood, improving facilities, increasing resources and required budget to perform research activities, solving economic, political and social problems of the faculty members are important factors in recruiting and retaining them.