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Client Story: Leveraging Labor Market Analytics to Build a Center of Excellence from the Ground Up

Written by Horsefly Analytics | Mar 16, 2023 4:41:20 PM

 

Mimecast, a global IT business with 2,000+ employees across 13 countries, partnered with Horsefly Analytics to establish a new center of excellence and build tech teams outside their traditional high-cost locations.

THE SITUATION

  • Faced rising costs in primary locations, requiring strategic location decisions to be made to support their new center of excellence 

  • Needed to build new tech teams in cost-effective locations

  • Sought to maintain quality while expanding geographically

 

HORSEFLY DELIVERED

  • Comprehensive labor market analytics for location strategy

  • Data-driven insights on talent availability and relevant costs

  • Targeted search capabilities using job titles and keywords

  • Diversity-focused potential talent targeting across multiple industries

THE IMPACT

  • Built a center of excellence from scratch in just 3 months

  • Saved over $700,000 through in-house recruitment

  • Achieved 30% female hires and 70% ethnic diversity

  • Successfully identified talent from alternative sectors 

  • Optimized location selection for customer and staff convenience