In the coming war for talent, organizations that recruit and retain top-notch workers <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/archive/041506/tl_book.html?CID=20127">before the labor shortfall</A> becomes acute will possess a competitive advantage. So say authors Ken Dychtwald, Tamara Erickson and Robert Morison in "Workforce Crisis: How to Beat the Coming Shortage of Skills and Talent." IT has felt the pinch of a labor shortage for some time: witness the current shortage of information-technology graduates. But the perfect storm of baby boomer retirements and a deficit of young workers means the situation is poised to go from bad to worse unless employers take steps now to secure their talent pool. Workforce Crisis offers a road map for getting ahead now, by rewriting "the employment deal" with workers today.