The article presents a discussion on the labor shortage in the United States. A potentially crippling talent shortage is on the horizon. For some industries and job functions, it's already here. According to Deloitte Consulting, which calls the coming talent crisis as a global, cross-industry threat, skills and experience will begin to disappear from the job market as soon as 2008. The Future of Work organization says that by 2010, there will be a shortfall of about 10 million knowledge workers. Keeping key workers was cited by executives as the number 1 factor critical to their companies' success. Turnover has remained the same or increased in organizations in the U.S. despite the slow economy.