Abstract: A system and method for management of a talent network are disclosed. The system includes an expert ranking measurement subsystem configured to compute a quantitative score of an expert for a user query based on a talent metric and a trust metric, a qualitative score measurement subsystem configured to compute a qualitative score of the expert based on a content score and an activity score, wherein the content score is computed based on a content provided by the expert and the activity score is computed based on an activity occurring on a profile of the expert, an overall expert rank calculation subsystem configured to calculate an overall rank of the expert, wherein the overall expert rank is calculated based on the quantitative score, the qualitative score, predefined weightages assigned to the connection relationship, the plurality of professional achievements, the content score, the activity score, and user preferences.