Data-Driven Talent Strategy.
Early careers programmes are essential for building a resilient, skilled, and future-ready workforce. But without the right data, it’s difficult to demonstrate their value—or to ensure they are strategically aligned with long-term workforce needs. At Bailey Brooks Consulting, we help you move beyond good intentions and gut feelings by embedding data and evidence into every stage of your early careers journey.
Our services empower you to measure impact, optimise investment, and link early careers directly to organisational growth. The result? Talent strategies that are not only well-intentioned, but future-proof, cost-effective, and outcomes-driven.
Why Measuring ROI and Integration Matters
Whether you’re investing in apprenticeships, graduate schemes, internships, or T Level placements, you need to be able to answer critical questions:
- Are these programmes delivering measurable value to the business?
- How do they contribute to key organisational outcomes like retention, diversity, and productivity?
- Do our talent pipelines align with future skills needs and workforce planning priorities?
- How do our outcomes compare to others in our sector or region?
These are not just operational concerns—they’re strategic imperatives. Leaders, boards, and investors increasingly want to see that early careers initiatives are delivering results, reducing risk, and supporting the business’s long-term capability needs.
Our Services
ROI and Cost-Benefit Analysis Tools
We equip you with customisable tools that calculate the return on investment from your early careers programmes. This includes metrics such as cost per hire, time to competence, retention rates, training costs, and longer-term productivity impact.
By comparing costs with outcomes—such as internal progression, reduced agency reliance, and increased diversity—you gain a clear view of the financial and strategic value your programmes are generating.
Retention, Progression, and Impact Tracking Dashboards
We design dashboards that help you track key success indicators for your early careers hires. These visual tools offer real-time insights into how talent is progressing through your organisation, where drop-offs occur, and which initiatives are driving the most impact.
Metrics include:
- Programme completion and conversion rates
- Internal promotion and progression data
- Performance trends by cohort or demographic
- Long-term retention and engagement levels
This evidence helps you celebrate success, address gaps, and continuously improve your approach.
Workforce Planning Alignment
Too often, early careers programmes sit apart from core workforce planning. We help you bring them together—so your recruitment of early talent is directly informed by strategic workforce needs.
This includes:
- Mapping early careers intake to predicted skills shortages
- Aligning future programme design to business growth areas
- Identifying internal pathways for long-term role fulfilment
- Ensuring new talent is equipped to meet future challenges, not just today’s needs
We support HR and workforce planners to build early talent into the heart of resourcing models and organisational design.
Skills Demand Analysis and Talent Forecasting
We use workforce data, labour market intelligence, and strategic planning tools to help you understand what skills you’ll need in the years ahead—and how early careers can help you build them.
From digital transformation to demographic shifts and regulatory change, we help you stay ahead of the curve with insights that inform recruitment, development, and capability-building at all levels.
Benchmarking Against Sector Standards
Are your outcomes in line with the best in your industry? Are your early talent investments competitive? We benchmark your data against national and sector-specific trends, providing insight into where you lead and where improvement is needed.
Benchmarking includes comparison of:
- Graduate and apprenticeship conversion rates
- Programme costs and time to proficiency
- Diversity and inclusion outcomes
- Sector norms for engagement, retention, and development
The Outcome: A Future-Proof Talent Strategy, Backed by Data
Our work results in more than reports—it delivers confidence. You’ll gain the insights you need to make strategic decisions, secure internal buy-in, and ensure every early talent initiative contributes directly to organisational success.
By embedding early careers into your workforce planning and using robust data to guide action, you position your organisation to attract, retain, and develop talent that’s ready for the future.
Ready to Turn Insight into Impact?
Let’s work together to make your early careers strategy measurable, scalable, and aligned with your future workforce needs.