How to Build a High-Performing Early Careers Function
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Companies that use data analytics to inform decision making are 2.6 times more likely to be top performers in their industry.
And yet less than half of businesses use data to inform most of their decisions, with 61% of businesses failing to effectively use data altogether, despite recognising the benefits.
Traditionally, business decisions were reactive, based on intuition, and it’s understandable why business leaders adopted this approach back then. Data was once veiled in secrecy, with analysts working on isolated projects, detached from day-to-day operations. However, in today's fast-paced and digitally-driven world, this type of data disconnect has adverse affects.
Today, data is the new currency of business success.
In fact, 90% of individuals believe that data will be important in their organisation in the next 12 months.
As a result, businesses are attempting to transition to a more data-driven approach. And although this may seem like an obvious switch, using data to inform decisions can revolutionise the way you operate. To help you reimagine data and embrace a data-driven mentality, we’ve explained all the basics:
The short answer: if used effectively, data has the potential to make the impossible, possible.
But only when it’s used in the right way.
95% of businesses acknowledge having collected large amounts of data, but found it difficult to analyse and manage it. As a result, data gained from general business operations tends to be graphically dispersed, siloed in different areas of the company. This disconnect creates inefficiency and limits the ability to elicit data-driven change.
In other words, businesses aren’t cashing in their data jackpot.
Becoming a data-driven business is no simple task - it isn’t enough to simply buy the lottery ticket.
Businesses must check their numbers and collect their prize.
It’s only when organisations treat data as their most valuable asset; seamlessly integrate it throughout their operations and leverage it to make well-informed decisions, can they then flourish in the digital era, by:
Our 15+ years of experience supporting global organizations led us to create the Early Careers Optimiser (ECO) Toolkit, a one-stop resource to help you start optimising Early Careers in your organisation, start using objective data-driven evaluation, and hone your strategic focus based on data.
Spanning Attraction to Recruitment, Development to Post-Programme, this on-demand webinar covers key areas Early Careers leaders should be focusing...
Our Early Careers Optimiser (ECO) Toolkit contains everything you need to begin optimising Early Careers in your organisation, start using objective...
Companies that use data analytics to inform decision making are more likely to be top performers, and yet less than half of businesses use data to...