Get tips on navigating the results of your search in Competition, part of TalentNeuron Plan.
About the Competition tool
Human capacity is the number one driver of strategic execution, and talent risks can seriously threaten your business strategy.
That’s why it’s important to identify and keep tabs on your talent competitors. These are other organizations – not necessarily your industry competitors or business competitors – who are hiring the same talent as you. For example, all organizations regardless of industry are investing in tech talent. Anyone can be your talent competitor, and the landscape changes all the time.
Questions to ask when creating a search:
Where are my focus locations?
What is my focus talent?
Who are the competitors I want to learn about?
Related: How to build a search in TalentNeuron Plan
The Competitors page
Questions to ask on this page:
What companies are looking for the same talent?
What are the new and fast-growing companies in this space?
Are there any seasonal hiring trends that I can get ahead of?
In looking at the search results, the employers you searched for appear at the top. Below that, you can scan the list of the top 100 employers who are also hiring the talent you searched for in the location you selected.
At the bottom of the page, you can find a line graph displaying hiring over time. For some competitors – particularly in certain industries – investments are made cyclically during specific times of the year. Looking at more granular trends can help you identify patterns and beat your competitors to market for seasonal roles.
Search tips for this page:
Search for a specific role and location to see which competitors are hiring your target talent in your locations of interest.
Sort the results table by percent change to identify the frequent posters or new entrants. New entrants may be start-ups or established companies increasing their hiring footprint in one of your focus locations.
Use the date picker to broaden your search to the past two years to identify cyclical trends in hiring.
The Locations page
Questions to ask on this page:
Are my competitors offshoring their talent?
How much does my talent footprint overlap with our competitors?
If I see my competitors investing in a particular location, what do they know that I don’t?
By default, the map shows you results in all countries you have access to.
In looking at the search results, the locations you searched for appear at the top. Below that, you can scan the list of the top 100 locations where your searched employers are hiring your focus talent.
Search tips for this page:
Search for a specific role and employer to see where a competitor is hiring for a particular talent segment.
Search for a specific employer and “All talent” to see what that competitor’s hiring footprint looks like across the globe.
- Sort the results table by percent change to identify where competitors have increased hiring and are making strategic bets.
Filter the map results by countries to see results aggregated at a national level.
The Job design page
Questions to ask on this page:
What are some skills you might not be aware of?
How are leading organizations or your competitors designing this role?
Based on this information, should you reconsider your role design?
By default, the graph shows the top skills broken down by your searched employers. You can hide employers from the bar graph by unchecking them in the key.
Search tips for this page:
Search for a specific role and employer and All locations to see the skills your competitor requires for a type of job.
Search for a specific role and All employers and All locations to see how the market in general defines a role.
View a competitor’s job postings by clicking the tri-dot icon next to a skill to see how they describe and frame their positions.
