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In life today running extremely fast there is a high need for any individual to be performing really well in order to be successful. Any organization demands for candidates who are high performers, which means those who can meet deadlines on time, are resourceful can put in all the effort and the like. Talent management has become crucial to business growth and the progress of human resources. There are efforts been made to attract, develop, retain and engage employee talent and assets for the sustainable growth of the economy and effective utilization of the human resources. Performance is the core of an organization beginning from school life up to in the corporate sector. All the workforce anywhere needs to be high on performance. The work of an individual is always respected and worth the time if it has a good outcome and the outcome is good if the work behavior is good which is equivalent to the performance of an individual. The current study has attempted to find out if there is any relationship between Performance and the Academic Background of an individual as well as Age. The study was conducted on 174 students comprising males and females of liberal and professional courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels from Ansal University, Gurugram. A performance questionnaire was used to attain the scores and other details and analysis of the information were done using the statistical software SPSS. The results were significantly drawn with the relationship found between Performance and the Academic Background and Age of individuals respectively which is suggestible for an economy in finding the capable candidates and retaining them for sustainable growth of the market.

Keywords

Academic Background, Performance, Age, Sustainable Growth, Professional Studies, Liberal Studies

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