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Responding to a survey of Fortune 1,000 companies by Accenture, 73% of senior executives said the “war for talent” continues, 24% said they believed it was temporarily on hold, and 3% said the talent crunch was past. When asked to identify the most critical skills that would enable their employees to do their jobs better in the future, the survey respondents overwhelmingly reported that leadership and management skills (49%) were at the top of the list for 2002, while technology skills ranked third (22%).