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Client Story: Early Careers Evolution: How Horsefly Transformed University Recruitment Strategy for a UK Research Institute

Written by Horsefly Analytics | Dec 2, 2024 4:07:02 PM

 

A UK Research Institute partnered with Horsefly Analytics to transform their early careers recruitment strategy, optimizing university engagement and talent pipeline development for specialized technical and estates roles.

The Situation  

  • Needed to enhance university recruitment strategy

  • Required better targeting for specialized roles (mechanical, electrical, software engineering)

  • Faced challenges in building surveying position recruitment

  • Lacked optimization in career fair selection

  • Needed improved alignment with specific skill requirements


Horsefly Delivered 

  • Comprehensive university program analysis

  • Curriculum alignment mapping across UK universities

  • Graduate output data analysis

  • Identification of overlooked institutions

  • Data-backed career fair recommendations


The Impact 

  • Expanded reach through new university partnerships

  • Improved career fair targeting based on curriculum alignment

  • Optimized recruitment resource allocation

  • Created new talent channels for hard-to-fill roles

  • Enhanced technical talent pipeline development

  • Discovered specialized building surveying program sources