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Consulting & Staffing (Australia) 2021

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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Industry breakdown

  • Staffing and Recruiting

    29%

  • Accounting

    17%

  • Management Consulting

    14%

  • Information Services

    14%

  • Architecture & Planning

    14%

  • Professional Training & Coaching

    5%

  • Outsourcing/Offshoring

    2%

  • Human Resources

    2%

  • Market Research

    2%

Are employees committed to their organizations?

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.

70% of Consulting and Staffing (Australia) employees are engaged

This is in the bottom 19% compared with the overall average.


The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 12 and is in the bottom 8% compared with the overall average.

Understanding the engagement questions

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

82%

2% below global average

I am proud to work for [Company]

84%

3% below global average

I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time

64%

3% below global average

I rarely think about looking for a job at another company

54%

5% below global average

[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere

65%

6% below global average

The highest scoring question for Consulting & Staffing Australia had 90% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of [company] (-1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.


People in Consulting & Staffing Australia 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 23% of people disagreeing (+7% above average).

How long do people stay?

In the short term, 20% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 11% 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.

Average Glassdoor ratings

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

3.6 stars (-0.2)

Culture and Values

3.5 stars (-0.4)

Work Life Balance

3.4 stars (-0.4)

Compensation and Benefits

3.2 stars (-0.4)

Career Opportunities

3.4 stars (-0.1)

Recommend to Friend

66.0% (-5)

CEO Approval

86.0% (+2)

How does Consulting and Staffing (Australia) compare?

Organizations in Consulting & Staffing Australia tend to be very similar to the global all industries insights, with no significant departures from the average.

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