In today’s global business environment, talent management becomes one of the important sources of competitive advantage that creates value for all organisations in general and information technology sector in specific. Leaders in present organizations working very hard to attract, hire, develop and retain talent. Because they believe that employees are the only assets that innovate in any organization and innovation is the only path to sustain performance. To nurture the skills, talents of the employees, talent management practices must be continuously reviewed, so that the company can capitalize on its talented employees, find the best fit, and expand into new markets. Thus, management should recognise the factors which influence talent management in the orgnisation, so as to review them time to time. In this context this research paper examines the perceptions of employees on factors influencing talent management in select information sector units.

KEY WORDS: Talent Management, Competitive Advantage, Information Technology, sustain, performance.