Quality of Hire Insight Reports Answer questions such as: • How strong is the talent we attract compared with other companies in our sector? • Which recruiting source is delivering the best talent?
• How effective are the different stages of our talent acquisition process in selecting and securing the best talent?
• Which of our business functions is best, and worst, at securing top talent?
Question: How does the quality of managers we hired
over the past year compare with others in our sector? A large global retailer was facing rising operational costs and the challenge of a strong new competitor. The company launched a recruitment campaign for managers focused on behaviours key to customer prospecting and, for non-sales areas, driving operational efficiencies. After 12 months the retailer wanted to understand how successful it had been in selecting the best people in the market.
Using SHL Talent Analytics the managers hired over the previous 12 months were compared to the retail sector benchmark.
Company Retail sector
Market leader ? Skills gap ? ?
Finance managers
IT managers Sales managers
Marketing managers
Answer: You’re a market leader in Sales recruitment and your IT people are above the sector benchmark. However, you need to look closer at your recruitment strategies for Marketing and Finance, which are lower than the benchmark.