The consulting and staffing benchmark includes organizations that provide advisory and implementation services across a wide range of industries. These organizations tend to have the same leadership and employment structure - though they tend to range from professional engineering consulting, leadership and strategy consulting as well as talent search and recruitment.
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
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Management Consulting
42%
Staffing and Recruiting
19%
Architecture & Planning
15%
Accounting
12%
Human Resources
8%
Professional Training & Coaching
4%
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
This is in the bottom 7% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 10 and is in the bottom 14% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I am proud to work for [Company] | 86% Same as global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 62% 1% below global average |
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 79% 3% below global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 49% 6% below global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 61% 8% below global average |
People working in Consulting & Staffing Europe are less engaged than Commercial Real Estate Female, Northern America 1000+), Western Europe 100–200), and Technology Science Research Female.
The highest scoring question for Consulting & Staffing Europe had 89% of People agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in Consulting & Staffing Europe were generally least favourable about Service & Quality Focus, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 17% of people disagreeing (-3% below average).
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-2% compared to overall).
The following questions had the biggest impact on whether individuals felt that they were planning to stay at their organization and not actively looking for alternative jobs.
1 At [Company] we act on promising new or innovative ideas | 58% favorable Innovation |
2 [Company]'s commitment to social responsibility (e.g. community support, sustainability, etc.) is genuine | 53% favorable Social Connection |
3 [Company] is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | 71% favorable Learning & Development |
We’ve connected the employee feedback data for each company included in the benchmark with ratings from Glassdoor.com, which is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites combined with a growing database of company reviews, CEO approval ratings and more.
Overall Rating | 3.7 stars (-0.1) |
Culture and Values | 3.65 stars (-0.2) |
Work Life Balance | 3.45 stars (-0.3) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.35 stars (-0.2) |
Career Opportunities | 3.4 stars (-0.1) |
Recommend to Friend | 71.0% (+0) |
CEO Approval | 86.0% (+2) |
Organizations in the Consulting and Staffing (Europe) benchmark on average gave 7% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is below the overall average of 10% and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark are more likely to share via offline and traditional formats.
An interesting reference point is that the average proportion of managers in organizations is 12-15%, with some industries higher than others (New Tech was closer to 20%).
Global average
10%
Consulting and Staffing (Europe)
7%
People in Consulting & Staffing Europe were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making.
On the lower side, People in Consulting & Staffing Europe had much lower favorable scores than average in Service & Quality Focus, Feedback & Recognition, and Voice.
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