Impact Through Imagination

When the world suddenly shifted to new ways of working, demand grew rapidly for OpenText’s information management and cloud solutions. But with its workforce now dispersed, the company faced an additional challenge—where should its new hires be located to best support business goals?

Instead of hiring as usual, OpenText created a talent-driven location strategy, drawing on the analytical capabilities of Korn Ferry’s Talent Suite. 

By analyzing labor pools and mapping job markets in detail, OpenText identified hot spots for in-demand sales and engineering talent by assessing migration patterns and livability factors. Ultimately, OpenText drew up a detailed map of the size, diversity, and availability of talent pools.

Equipped with such a clear picture, OpenText could evolve its workplace strategy with confidence, and begin revising its investment in locations. The insights from Intelligence Cloud proved invaluable in boosting hiring performance and onboarding diverse, new talent—especially in the most competitive job markets. With refreshed talent and workplace strategies in place, OpenText can do more than achieve hiring goals. It can take talent management to a whole new level.

Analyzing Talent to Inform Global Locations

OpenText recognized a data-driven approach was essential to navigating the complexity of its recruitment and retention challenges. So, its team created a talent-driven location strategy, drawing on the analytical capabilities of Korn Ferry’s Talent Suite.

By analyzing labor pools and mapping job markets in detail, OpenText developed a list of global locations, ranked by their potential for hiring in-demand sales and engineering talent. Further analysis identified priority locations by assessing migration patterns and livability factors. Ultimately, OpenText drew up a detailed map of the size, diversity and availability of talent pools.

Moving Forward with a Solid Workplace Strategy

Equipped with such a clear picture of talent, OpenText could evolve its workplace strategy with confidence and begin revising its investment in locations. The insights from Intelligence Cloud proved invaluable in boosting hiring performance and onboarding diverse, new talent—especially in the most competitive job markets. With its refreshed global workforce strategy now in place, OpenText is ready to take hiring and talent management to a whole new level.