TalentMap works with technology and professional service firms to ensure they have the processes in place to keep their top talent.

Technology companies face increasing challenges where the barriers to entry are lowering more and more rapidly. To further complicate matters, Technology companies operate in a fierce global climate where outsourcing and multicultural integration is commonplace. The shear speed at which changes occur presents, in and of itself, a particular challenge.

As a result, there are a great many questions to ask regarding attracting and keeping the top talent in engineering, design, product development, operations management and across all the other divisions of the company. TalentMap answers the questions of:
  1. What are our strategic people advantages?
  2. Are we using the best and most productive technology available?
  3. How do we foster a sense of team dynamics in an increasingly virtual workplace?
  4. How do we motivate and maintain the innovative spirit?
TalentMap is, itself, a technology-based company and thus has particular insight and understanding of the needs of our clients now and in the future.
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Telecommunications
  • Industrial
  • Life Sciences

Hardware


Medium Hardware Developer
TalentMap worked with the client on their engagement in 2004. Recognizing its need for some objective and actionable feedback and data on its employee engagement situation, they opted for the TalentGage Classic solution. This allowed them to use a highly cost-effective approach. Once the data was collected, as is our process, TalentMap presented the results to the executive team and gave them a report that they could analyze on their own and present to their staff.

Large Hardware Developer and Producer
The client was impressed by TalentMap's offerings and cost-effectiveness and became our client in 2011. They wanted a little more flexibility and so TalentMap offered its TalentGage Classic + tool, which offered them the strength of our research and benchmarking with the flexibility to make changes. Moreover, as it is based in a bilingual environment, the survey was offered bilingually in both paper format and online. Having seen our initial analysis, the client then ordered subsequent reports to go even further into the data.

Software


Major Canadian Software Developer
They are another long-standing client of TalentMap's. Having began with us in 2002, they have used our TalentGage Classic tool every year since. This has allowed them to see their progress and allowed us the opportunity to help them with their action planning and execution. Despite their rather recent acquisition by another company,they have continued to use TalentMap's services, as did their acquiring company. TalentMap will continue to work alongside the client to maintain their high standards and keep their turnover low.

Small Software Developer
TalentMap worked with this client in 2004. Understanding that people represented a large portion of their competitive advantage and realizing the need for some objective and actionable feedback on its employee engagement levels, they opted for the TalentGage Classic solution. This allowed them to use TalentMap's cost-effective approach to measuring engagement. Once the data was collected, TalentMap presented the results to the executive team and gave them a report that they could analyze on their own and present to their staff.

Telecommunications


Large Canadian Telecom Company
They have been a client of TalentMap's since 2003. Recognizing the usefulness of a fully integrated suite of products, they opted for our TalentEntry, TalentExit, T360 leadership assessment tools and pulse surveys. The client's reputation as a great Canadian corporation prompted it to want to stay at the top. As such, they knew they needed to understand why employees were leaving and where they were going. In the highly competitive field of Telecommunications, trained employees are a valuable asset. By having the benefits of so much legacy data, they are able to use not only TalentMap's benchmark, but also their own data to monitor and evaluate their situation continuously. TalentMap has enjoyed an excellent working relationship with the client and will continue to support them in their endeavors.

Medium Canadian Communication Company
The client came to use in 2007 for a bilingual engagement survey. They opted for our TalentGage Classic tool and reporting. After surveying almost 250 employees, the data was collected and analyzed. They were given the executive presentation and report and proceeded to act on the data. The experience was good enough to prompt a return the year after for a new survey with comparative data and benchmark.

Industrial


Medium Industrial Engineering Company
TalentMap worked with the client for multiple years. The industrial engineering environment is very competitive with regards to talent and thus it is important to maintain a strong work environment to keep your best people. The client understood this and embarked on an improvement strategy which included TalentMap's research and analysis. We collected the data year over year and compared the progress in their engagement scores. We then presented the results and made suggestions for continuous improvement.

Small Industrial Engineering Company
TalentMap worked with this client for over three years improving its engagement. Using our TalentGage Classic tool, the client benefited from year over year comparisons as well as TalentMap's benchmark. The years saw their engagement scores improving with the help of TalentMap's consulting team and advice and these improvements were far more valuable than the cost of the tool itself. By improving their workforce engagement, they could improve their return on assets and ultimately their bottom line.

Life Sciences


Large International Life Sciences Company
This client has been a client of TalentMap's since 2003. As such, they have recognized the usefulness of a fully integrated suite of products and have been using our TalentEntry and TalentExit package, including pulse surveys. The client recognized that employees are very important to them and wanted to monitor and improve engagement throughout the company. By having the benefits of so much legacy data, they are able to use not only TalentMap's benchmark, but also their own previous data to track progress. TalentMap has thus enjoyed working with them thus far and will continue to enjoy working with the client in the future.

Small Medical Equipment Producer
This client came on in 2010 to gain a greater perspective on their company's progress. Being an engineering and technology firm, people especially make up some of their greatest assets. Using our TalentGage Classic tool, they were able to understand and plan in a highly cost-effective manner. TalentMap will continue to support the client in their efforts to improve engagement whenever they require our assistance.