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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Accounting
25%
Staffing and Recruiting
25%
Architecture & Planning
21%
Management Consulting
14%
Information Services
11%
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 6% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 13 and is in the bottom 26% compared with the overall average.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 80% 2% below global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 52% 3% below global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 83% 3% below global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 59% 4% below global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 62% 7% below global average |
People working in Consulting & Staffing Oceania are less engaged than Tech Manufacturing & Research Female, Finance Australia, Sports Male, and Australia 500–1000).
The highest scoring question for Consulting & Staffing Oceania had 84% of People agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (-3% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Consulting & Staffing Oceania were generally least favourable about Service & Quality Focus, and were most negative towards 'I have seen positive changes taking place based on recent employee survey results' with 17% of people disagreeing (+3% above average).
In the short term, 23% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+3% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 13% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+1% 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] there is open and honest two-way communication | 59% favorable Collaboration & Communication |
2 At [Company] there is open and honest two-way communication | 59% favorable Collaboration & Communication |
3 The leaders at [Company] demonstrate that people are important to the company's success | 65% favorable Leadership |
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 | 3.7 stars (-0.2) |
Work Life Balance | 3.4 stars (-0.4) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.3 stars (-0.3) |
Career Opportunities | 3.4 stars (-0.1) |
Recommend to Friend | 72.0% (+1) |
CEO Approval | 84.0% (+0) |
Organizations in the Consulting and Staffing (Oceania) benchmark on average gave 6% 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 (Oceania)
6%
People in Consulting & Staffing Oceania were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making.
On the lower side, People in Consulting & Staffing Oceania had much lower favorable scores than average in Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Fairness.
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