November 1st 2021, Karachi:
 
For the second straight year, TMI, the US-based global standards leader in talent management renewed its Authorized Education Provider (AEP) agreement with The Recruiters (TR), one of Pakistan's frontrunning HR services and corporate learning organizations. 

"Pakistani businesses are actively efforting to improve the quality of manpower and drive growth through talent. We at TR are working with a range of organizations and institutions to accelerate development of talent management capabilities of HR professionals through spreading TMI standards." effused Obaidullah, TR's chief mover and head after receiving the confirmation from Aariya Goel, VP – Global Education at Edvantic, the company that made the TR-TMI partnership possible on behalf of TMI as its official worldwide service provider. 
Lauding TR on its efforts to take the TR and TMI relationship to the next level, Aariya said "Notably, despite all the teething challenges, TR has shown commendable resolve and strategic tenacity to build consciousness for talent management in the country and help professionals obtain TMI's premier certifications. We hope that TR will accelerate adoption of the Talent Management Practitioner (TMP™ ), Senior Talent Management Practitioner (STMP™) and Global Talent Management Leader (GTML™) certifications of TMI in Pakistan." 

Notably, an internal study by The Recruiters says that going by the global trend of having 1.4 HR professionals for every 100 employees, Pakistan's 60,000+ business companies need lakhs of them specialized in talent management to drive their growth. With conventional HR curricula in business schools largely missing the talent management component, it's critical for Pakistan's industry and professionals to rapidly embrace and adopt global standards and certifications of TMI to plug this debilitating gap.