Johnson & Johnson
How ECO helped J&J to guide key global decisions, enabling them to spend time and effort on the areas that deliver greatest performance for their global Early Careers.
Ernst & Young
How ECO affirmed EY's Americas practice as a leader in the Develop and Manage space, giving their Talent Acquisition team a stronger voice in the business.
Experian
How ECO helped Experian, a new entrant in the Early Careers space, double the size of its offering and evolve into an established Early Careers function.
1. Challenge
CHALLENGE:
As part of a global strategic review, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) undertook TST’s Early Career Optimiser (ECO) to gather an in-depth analysis across their varied regions and business sectors.
Through ECO’s rigorous analysis, J&J were able to understand and benchmark the performance of their Early Careers Function from both a regional and global perspective, informing discussions about their targeted
future state.
ECO findings identified potential opportunities to further enhance J&J’s Early Careers strategy globally.
2. Action
ACTION:
TST facilitated a Strategic Action Planning Workshop with the global Early Careers team to address business needs based on ECO findings, with aims to:
- Create a shared understanding of the team's functions and operations
- Identify strategy development opportunities emerging from ECO findings
- Determine who, what and how the Early Careers story can be presented to the business
Workshop attendees and TST discussed Early Careers strategy based on ECO findings to determine areas of focus in business strategy and demand planning. Outputs of the workshop included a shared global calendar of hiring activity, and a bespoke Hiring Dashboard that delivered streamlined processes to gather and present hiring data to key stakeholders.
3. Impact
IMPACT:
140,000 Employees reached by ECO
1,819 Early careers impacted
4 Global regions analysed
1 Calendar Report
1 Hiring Dashboard
Collaborative Strategy Action Planning
“ECO is helping us to deepen our focus on Early Careers at J&J by allowing us to challenge if what we’re doing is best-in-class, validating our place in the market, telling us where we stand, and helping us discover where to go next”
- Damon Albano, Global Head of Early in Career - TA, Johnson and Johnson
CHALLENGE:
As part of a global strategic review, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) undertook TST’s Early Career Optimiser (ECO) to gather an in-depth analysis across their varied regions and business sectors.
Through ECO’s rigorous analysis, J&J were able to understand and benchmark the performance of their Early Careers Function from both a regional and global perspective, informing discussions about their targeted
future state.
ECO findings identified potential opportunities to further enhance J&J’s Early Careers strategy globally.
ACTION:
TST facilitated a Strategic Action Planning Workshop with the global Early Careers team to address business needs based on ECO findings, with aims to:
- Create a shared understanding of the team's functions and operations
- Identify strategy development opportunities emerging from ECO findings
- Determine who, what and how the Early Careers story can be presented to the business
Workshop attendees and TST discussed Early Careers strategy based on ECO findings to determine areas of focus in business strategy and demand planning. Outputs of the workshop included a shared global calendar of hiring activity, and a bespoke Hiring Dashboard that delivered streamlined processes to gather and present hiring data to key stakeholders.
IMPACT:
140,000 Employees reached by ECO
1,819 Early careers impacted
4 Global regions analysed
1 Calendar Report
1 Hiring Dashboard
Collaborative Strategy Action Planning
“ECO is helping us to deepen our focus on Early Careers at J&J by allowing us to challenge if what we’re doing is best-in-class, validating our place in the market, telling us where we stand, and helping us discover where to go next”
- Damon Albano, Global Head of Early in Career - TA, Johnson and Johnson
EY has a strong focus on early careers, hiring around 50,000 new graduates and interns annually worldwide. Hear from Dan Black, Global Talent Attraction and Acquisition Leader at EY, about how the Early Careers Optimiser Development and Manage vector emphasized the importance of clear development paths, mentoring, and hands-on hybrid learning opportunities at the EY Americas practice.
Hear how ECO provided EY valuable benchmarking data and insights, helping EY speak to their business stakeholders and maintain their market leadership position as they deliver on their growth promise to build a better working world.
1. Challenge
CHALLENGE:
Experian’s Early Careers journey has been one of rapid growth over the past four years.
An opportunity to establish an Early Careers programme at Experian presented itself in 2019, and a decision was made to hire a cohort in 2020 despite the pandemic. The first graduate cohort was made up of 11 graduates, increasing to 50 graduates and apprentices by 2021, and doubling in size once again by 2022 with over 100 graduates and apprentices.
Following on from their rapid success in establishing and growing their Early Careers programme, Experian wanted to take stock of their progress and to chalk out next steps via a strategic review of their Early Careers. By undertaking TST’s Early Careers Optimiser (ECO), Experian were able to conduct a 360-degree study and benchmark of their Early Careers offering.
2. Action
ACTION:
ECO analysis helped Experian benchmark their Early Careers against a broad range of other organisations at varying levels of maturity. As a result, Experian was able to assess the effectiveness of their achievements and identify gaps.
The Experian Early Careers team shared ECO-generated insights with senior stakeholders, solidifying a business case for additional FTEs in the Early Careers function. ECO additionally provided a data-driven perspective on the key skills to build a high-performing Early Careers Function. ECO findings were shared at the board level, where benchmarking and robust data demonstrated the impact and value of Early Careers at Experian.
In the longer term, Experian are planning to use ECO findings to help inform a global operating model for their rapidly-expanding Early Careers function.
3. Impact
IMPACT:
Stakeholder management through data
Future-focused skills needs identified
Building the business case for increased Early Careers at board level
“Getting an insight as to where we stand, compared to mature and established Early Careers Functions has helped us guide our activity at an important time in our growth”
- Nicola Lamplough, Head of Early Careers, Experian
CHALLENGE:
Experian’s Early Careers journey has been one of rapid growth over the past four years.
An opportunity to establish an Early Careers programme at Experian presented itself in 2019, and a decision was made to hire a cohort in 2020 despite the pandemic. The first graduate cohort was made up of 11 graduates, increasing to 50 graduates and apprentices by 2021, and doubling in size once again by 2022 with over 100 graduates and apprentices.
Following on from their rapid success in establishing and growing their Early Careers programme, Experian wanted to take stock of their progress and to chalk out next steps via a strategic review of their Early Careers. By undertaking TST’s Early Careers Optimiser (ECO), Experian were able to conduct a 360-degree study and benchmark of their Early Careers offering.
ACTION:
ECO analysis helped Experian benchmark their Early Careers against a broad range of other organisations at varying levels of maturity. As a result, Experian was able to assess the effectiveness of their achievements and identify gaps.
The Experian Early Careers team shared ECO-generated insights with senior stakeholders, solidifying a business case for additional FTEs in the Early Careers function. ECO additionally provided a data-driven perspective on the key skills to build a high-performing Early Careers Function. ECO findings were shared at the board level, where benchmarking and robust data demonstrated the impact and value of Early Careers at Experian.
In the longer term, Experian are planning to use ECO findings to help inform a global operating model for their rapidly-expanding Early Careers function.
IMPACT:
Stakeholder management through data
Future-focused skills needs identified
Building the business case for increased Early Careers at board level
“Getting an insight as to where we stand, compared to mature and established Early Careers Functions has helped us guide our activity at an important time in our growth”
- Nicola Lamplough, Head of Early Careers, Experian
“ECO is helping us to deepen our focus on Early Careers at J&J by allowing us to challenge if what we’re doing is best-in-class, validating our place in the market, telling us where we stand, and helping us discover where to go next”
Damon Albano, Global Head of Early in Career - TA, J&J
"ECO is helping us join up separate Customer Service Units, who each undertake recruiting graduates autonomously. We want to join up and reap all the rewards in a competitive Labour Market"
Jason Lloyd, Head of Early Careers, BT
"Getting an insight as to where we stand, compared to mature and established Early Careers Functions has helped us guide our activity at an important time in our growth"
Nicola Lamplough, Head of Early Careers, Experian
