Macildowie Talent Partnerships

The Talent Diagnostic

An independent review of your recruitment process, spend, governance and employer brand. Board-ready findings. No obligation. Just a clear, honest picture.

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The first step is a conversation. We'll take it from there.

Areas reviewed - spend, process, agencies, governance, employer brand and candidate experience

3-4

Weeks from first conversation to final presentation

100%

Yours. The report belongs to you, with no obligation to go further

"Most businesses are spending significantly more than they need to on recruitment, and they have no real visibility of it. The Talent Diagnostic changes that."

Six areas. One clear picture.

We look at every part of your recruitment landscape, not just the process, but the spend, the governance, the employer brand and the candidate experience. Everything that affects your ability to attract, hire and retain the right people.

Recruitment spend & visibility

What you're spending, where it's going, and where it's leaking. Agency fees, budget lines and off-PSL spend, consolidated into a single, governable picture for the first time.

Process & efficiency

How roles are briefed, screened, interviewed and approved. Where the friction is, how long things are taking, and what it's costing in management time that nobody has calculated.

Agency management

Who you're working with, what you're paying them, and whether anyone is managing them. PSL review, SLA assessment and supplier rationalisation recommendations.

Quality, governance & reporting

Early leaver data, cost of poor hire, board reporting and data visibility. The costs that are currently invisible, quantified, evidenced and presented clearly.

Employer brand & EVP

How your business is positioned in the market as an employer. What candidates are seeing, what employees are saying, and whether your brand promise matches the lived experience.

Candidate experience & attraction

What the candidate journey looks like from first contact to offer. Where drop-off happens and why. How your recruitment marketing compares to your closest competitors.

Four steps. Straightforward from start to finish.

The Talent Diagnostic is the starting point for everything. It takes three to four weeks from first conversation to final presentation.

Step 1

Conversation

We start by understanding your business, your hiring challenges and what good looks like for you. There is no obligation to go further.

Step 2

Information

We gather the data we need across spend, process, governance and employer brand, with a working session to fill in the picture.

Step 3

Analysis

We review, benchmark and build the findings into a structured report. Independent, evidenced and specific to your organisation.

Step 4

Presentation

We present the report back to you and whoever you'd like in the room. What you do with it is entirely your decision.

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A report that's ready for the board.

At the end of the process you receive a full written report, benchmarked, evidenced and built specifically around your organisation. The kind of document that makes the internal conversation with your leadership team significantly easier to have.

Benchmarked findings

Every finding is benchmarked against sector data and comparable organisations. You'll know not just what's happening, but how it compares to what good looks like.

Clear recommendations

Prioritised actions with timelines and estimated impact. What to do first, what it will cost, and what you can expect to save or improve as a result.

Board-ready format

Written and designed to be presented to a leadership team or board. Clear, visual and commercially precise, not a recruitment agency brochure.

"We bring the evidence. You bring the judgement."

Macildowie Talent Partnerships

Book your Talent Diagnostic

The first step is a conversation. We'll take it from there.

No obligation

Board-ready report

3-4 weeks start to finish

Book your diagnostic

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