TALENT ADVISORY & CONSULTANCY | GROWTH & TRANSFORMATION
BUILDING THE WORKFORCE STRATEGY BEHIND YOUR DAILY HIRING
Today, businesses need more than recruiters, they need data, insight and strategy.
Without a clear view of workforce trends, internal processes or employer branding performance, it’s difficult to plan effectively or attract the right people.
Vermelo’s Talent Advisory & Consultancy service helps you design smarter, data-led recruitment strategies that align with business objectives.
We analyse your current recruitment performance, benchmark against market data and identify areas for improvement across workforce planning, diversity, compliance, technology, and process efficiency.
Our consultants combine real-world delivery experience with advisory expertise to help you optimise recruitment today and build long-term hiring capability for the future.
Data-led insight that turns recruitment into a strategic advantage.
The Challenge: No clear workforce roadmap
Many organisations lack a cohesive, long-term view of their workforce strategy, leaving people decisions disconnected from business priorities. As a result, they struggle to build the right capabilities at the right time.
Common challenges we come across, include:
Misaligned people strategy and growth plans
HR initiatives often run in parallel to business goals rather than powering them. Headcount, skills and budgets don’t line up with where the organisation is actually trying to go.
Unclear skills requirements or succession planning
Critical roles aren’t clearly defined, future skills aren’t mapped and succession plans are either missing or out of date, creating vulnerability when key people leave or markets shift.
Underdeveloped employer brand and candidate experience
The organisation’s story isn’t compelling or consistent, and candidates encounter a clunky, slow or impersonal process. This weakens your ability to attract the right talent in a competitive market.
Over-reliance on external recruitment instead of internal capability
Hiring from outside becomes the default, while internal mobility, reskilling and upskilling are underused. This leads to higher costs and missed opportunities to grow and retain existing talent.
Lack of reliable data to inform talent investments
Decisions are made on gut feel or fragmented reports rather than clear, consistent workforce insights. It’s hard to prioritise where to invest or to demonstrate the impact of people initiatives.
Together, these gaps slow hiring, inflate costs and erode long-term workforce resilience, making it harder for organisations to respond confidently to change and growth.
Cutting-edge talent solutions for efficiency, growth and transformation
Vermelo’s Talent Advisory & Consulting is a strategic partnership that transforms how you attract, retain and develop talent.
We co-create the why and how of your talent strategy, enabling your in-house teams, or Vermelo’s Total Talent and MSP solutions, to execute with clarity.
Choose the services you need individually or combine them into a tailored programme. Each service can stand alone or integrate seamlessly with a wider Vermelo solution such as Embedded Talent (RaaS), Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) or Managed Service Provision (MSP), creating a Total Talent Solution.
Strategic Workforce & Organisation Design
Workforce planning: ensure the right people are in the right roles at the right time.
Talent mapping & succession: identify key talent pools, fill gaps and retain diverse talent.
Organisation design & change: restructure roles and teams to support growth, transformation or M&A.
Talent Acquisition & Technology
ATS assessment & implementation: choose and optimise recruitment technology.
Search & attraction campaigns: from social strategies to micro-career sites.
Assessment centres & psychometrics: candidate screening processes for robust hiring decisions.
Employer Brand & Candidate Experience
Employer branding: define and promote a compelling Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
Candidate journey optimisation: improve every candidate touchpoint from job ad to onboarding.
Contingent Workforce & Flexible Talent
Contingent workforce audit & management: improve visibility, compliance and cost control.
Payrolling & Statement of Work (SOW): ensure compliant, cost-effective contractor engagement.
Supply chain management: optimise third-party suppliers and spend.
Culture, Diversity & Capability Building
Diversity & inclusion strategies: embed inclusive recruitment practices.
Early careers & leadership development: secure future talent and build internal pipelines.
Hiring manager training: equip leaders with compliant, candidate-focused skills.
Insights & Continuous Improvement
MI & analytics: provide market intelligence and workforce dashboards.
Onboarding design: structured programmes that accelerate productivity and engagement.
Talent Advisory & Consulting is perfect for organisations that…
…are experiencing transformation, mergers, acquisitions or rapid growth
…seek stronger leadership pipelines and cultural development
…need to align talent strategy
with business objectives
…aim to make talent decisions quicker and more data-driven
…want to integrate permanent and contingent workforce models
…prefer to build internal capability over external dependency
Speak to our Talent Advisory Consultants
Whether you’re reshaping your workforce strategy, rethinking recruitment processes or aligning talent plans with growth, Vermelo’s Talent Advisory & Consultancy team can help.
Book an initial discovery call, or complete the form tp request a call back from one of our expert team.
What Our Clients Say
“The Open Days managed by Vermelo worked really well on our last round of recruitment.”
Head of Early Careers, London
“The level of support was fantastic, the team supported our ATS implementation and were excellent throughout.”
HR Manager, London