Alternative - Research

Undertook an external global review of HR strategy and best practice for one of the world’s leading mobile handset manufacturers. The subsequent findings were used to inform and inspire senior HR managers in determining future strategy.
Researched the underlying reasons for regretted attrition of graduates on behalf of a defence company that recruited in excess of 800 graduates per annum. After the initial research, further work was undertaken to identify best practice of other high volume graduate recruiting organisations. Insights and recommendations were used to successfully create the business case and in the development of a reshaped graduate recruitment and development programme.
Developed and implemented a sharply focused global employee engagement/retention survey on behalf of a world renowned pharmaceutical organisation. The web based survey achieved a participation rate of 91%, identifying a small number of high impact activities to enhance the organisations already high levels of engagement.
Researched and developed the competency profile of an ‘Engaging Manager’ using critical incident interviewing of employees who reported to the highest performing managers as identified through the employee engagement survey. Insights from the study were used to develop best practice guides and other practical resources to increase the engagement of the other teams in the organisation.