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Talent Advisory

We ensure that your HR department is optimally positioned to find and retain the right talent and thus counteract the shortage of skilled labour.

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Hays Talent Advisory specialises in supporting our clients in the development of effective and future-oriented HR organisations.

At a time when the shortage of skilled labour represents a significant obstacle to growth for companies, well thought-out personnel management and an optimally organised HR department provide decisive competitive advantages. As one of the leading international personnel service providers for qualified specialists and managers, we are familiar with the challenges facing companies worldwide. As part of the HAYS organisation, we advise you individually on HR strategies, organisational development, digitalisation or operational challenges in HR work based on our many years of experience and our industry-specific knowledge.
Hays Talent Advisory specialises in supporting our clients in the development of effective and future-oriented HR organisations.
Recruiting alone cannot solve the skills shortage."
Dirk Hahn,
CEO Hays
At a time when the shortage of skilled labour represents a significant obstacle to growth for companies, well thought-out personnel management and an optimally organised HR department provide decisive competitive advantages. As one of the leading international personnel service providers for qualified specialists and managers, we are familiar with the challenges facing companies worldwide. As part of the HAYS organisation, we advise you individually on HR strategies, organisational development, digitalisation or operational challenges in HR work based on our many years of experience and our industry-specific knowledge.
Recruiting alone cannot solve the skills shortage."
Dirk Hahn,
CEO Hays

Placing the right talents in the right positions, promoting them and retaining them in the long term

Our holistic approach to talent management integrates innovative HR strategies and technologies that promote the development, retention and motivation of your employees. With our approaches, you can ensure that your organisation responds flexibly to market changes by deploying the right talent in the right place at the right time.

This is precisely where our Talent Advisory comes in. Our experts focus on three key topics that are crucial to overcoming the shortage of skilled labour:

1. HR strategy and strategic personnel planning:

What will HR work look like in the future? Which employees will we need to remain successful in the future? Strategic HR planning ensures the long-term competitiveness of your company and optimises the use of existing potential. We support you in developing and implementing a customised HR strategy that is aligned with your company's long-term goals and ensures that your HR department is optimally positioned for the challenges ahead.
Our solutions:

We support you in objectively analysing your HR department. Based on our maturity model, we assess the status quo in your HR strategy, organisation, policies and processes to highlight strengths and identify potential for improvement.

We support you in objectively analysing your HR department. Based on our maturity model, we assess the status quo in your HR strategy, organisation, policies and processes to highlight strengths and identify potential for improvement.


What do your recruiting and talent management processes and policies look like? How long does it take you from the first contact with candidates to a hiring decision? With our Recruiting & Talent Management Health Check, we compare your performance with best practices and uncover potential for improvement.

What do your recruiting and talent management processes and policies look like? How long does it take you from the first contact with candidates to a hiring decision? With our Recruiting & Talent Management Health Check, we compare your performance with best practices and uncover potential for improvement.


Develop your HR department's digitalisation strategy with us. Our HR digitalisation health check checks your current HR systems against your actual requirements and uncovers potential for improvement.

Develop your HR department's digitalisation strategy with us. Our HR digitalisation health check checks your current HR systems against your actual requirements and uncovers potential for improvement.


What skills and abilities do your employees need to keep your company successful? With our support, you can develop long-term personnel planning for your company based on skills.

What skills and abilities do your employees need to keep your company successful? With our support, you can develop long-term personnel planning for your company based on skills.


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Securing competitiveness
Optimum utilisation of potential
Mastering challenges

2. Attracting talent:

Our expertise helps you to identify the right talent and establish the right channels to attract them to your company. By addressing potential employees in a targeted manner, you increase your attractiveness as an employer and secure qualified personnel for future challenges. An authentic employer brand that demonstrates why your company is an attractive employer forms the basis for this.
Our solutions:

Can't find the talent you need for your organisation? We identify for you which employees with which skills you need, and where and how you can find and approach the right talent.

Can't find the talent you need for your organisation? We identify for you which employees with which skills you need, and where and how you can find and approach the right talent.


The Employee Value Proposition is the promise that you as a (potential) employer make to your employees. We support you in developing your organisation's true EVP and in continuously aligning yourself with the value proposition it makes.
The Employee Value Proposition is the promise that you as a (potential) employer make to your employees. We support you in developing your organisation's true EVP and in continuously aligning yourself with the value proposition it makes.

What characterises your company for your applicants? We analyse your employer brand, support you in optimising your brand and implementing 360° branding campaigns.
What characterises your company for your applicants? We analyse your employer brand, support you in optimising your brand and implementing 360° branding campaigns.

Are you unsure about the selection of your specialists and managers and need further insights? Our assessment service offers you a deeper insight into your applicants based on highly validated personality tests and instruments to assess role-specific skills and abilities.
Are you unsure about the selection of your specialists and managers and need further insights? Our assessment service offers you a deeper insight into your applicants based on highly validated personality tests and instruments to assess role-specific skills and abilities.

Attract and retain your employees with Hays

Increase attractiveness
Set up channels
Identify and attract talent

3. Retain and develop talent:

Employee retention is a decisive factor for the long-term success of a company. We support you in creating an attractive working environment that binds talent to your company in the long term. Through targeted measures to improve the employee experience, you can sustainably increase the satisfaction and motivation of your employees. The targeted training and development of your employees on predefined development paths also promotes the long-term loyalty of your talented employees to your company.
Our solutions:
Your organisation has a wealth of talent, but how can you retain, develop and properly deploy it in the long term? Review the status quo with us and develop the right strategies and programmes for your company, identify employees with leadership potential and develop them in a targeted manner.
Your organisation has a wealth of talent, but how can you retain, develop and properly deploy it in the long term? Review the status quo with us and develop the right strategies and programmes for your company, identify employees with leadership potential and develop them in a targeted manner.

What are the skills and abilities you will need in the future? What skills and abilities do your employees already have today? And how do you close the gap to your target status? We support you in identifying your needs and implementing development measures.
What are the skills and abilities you will need in the future? What skills and abilities do your employees already have today? And how do you close the gap to your target status? We support you in identifying your needs and implementing development measures.

A good corporate culture and employee experience is one of the key factors for retaining your employees in the long term. Together with you, we survey and analyse the current corporate culture and employee experience, uncover strengths and potential for improvement and develop strategies to optimise the employee journey and promote an employee-oriented culture in your organisation.

A good corporate culture and employee experience is one of the key factors for retaining your employees in the long term. Together with you, we survey and analyse the current corporate culture and employee experience, uncover strengths and potential for improvement and develop strategies to optimise the employee journey and promote an employee-oriented culture in your organisation.


In order to develop your talents in a targeted manner, you need a comprehensive understanding of where they currently stand. With psychometric instruments on personality or role-related skills and abilities, we provide you with the baseline for your personnel development programmes.

In order to develop your talents in a targeted manner, you need a comprehensive understanding of where they currently stand. With psychometric instruments on personality or role-related skills and abilities, we provide you with the baseline for your personnel development programmes.


Are you introducing new grades or salary bands, or do you simply want to know whether you are paying your employees in line with the market? Thanks to our many years of global experience in the placement of specialists and managers, we have unrivalled insights into the respective remuneration structures - and can therefore support you in your plans.

Are you introducing new grades or salary bands, or do you simply want to know whether you are paying your employees in line with the market? Thanks to our many years of global experience in the placement of specialists and managers, we have unrivalled insights into the respective remuneration structures - and can therefore support you in your plans.


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Let's work together to see the shortage of skilled labour as an opportunity and ensure long-term success through a holistic HR strategy.
Jan Wendker
Principal Consultant