Market Mapping
We identify. You approach.
The situation
Creating a role, reviewing a pay structure, retaining a key person, and no reliable view of what the market offers, where, or at what price.
Real case, anonymised
Data architecture, Swiss financial institution, a technology less than three years old. Bars are to scale.
- 130profiles read one by one
- 42what you receivequalified names, skill proven or presumed
- 10in Switzerland
- 3in French-speaking Switzerland
You receive the 42 names. And you know, before starting, that no local shortlist was possible.
Widen the area or accept adjacent titles: decided in two weeks, not in month six. On another perimeter the map shows the opposite, a wider pool than expected and a search that can start at once.
Our approach
- Talent mapping: how many people, where, at which firms.
- Organisational mapping and recent moves.
- Compensation benchmarks built on observed data, not national averages.
- Real availability and the geography of the pool.
- What competitors hiring the same profiles are doing.
What you get
A named list that belongs to you: names, current employer, tenure, area, and the level of proof on the critical skill. Nobody is contacted by us. It also serves as a picture of the market.
Scope
- Talent and organisational maps
- Compensation benchmarks
- Availability studies
- Market mapping before opening a role
What it is not
No candidate approach.
Market Mapping describes the market: how many, where, at whom, at what price. It approaches nobody. Approach is Executive & Specialist Search.
No national averages.
The compensation benchmark relies on observed data for the scope studied.
Not one more report.
The deliverable answers one precise decision: create a role, set a grid, retain a key person.
Frequently asked questions
How is it different from your Insights market notes?
Insights are public and quarterly, on sourced public data. A Market Mapping engagement answers your question, on your scope.
Do you approach candidates?
No. The engagement describes the market; it involves no approach.
What does the decision document contain?
Tables, maps, compensation ranges and recommendations.
Need to understand the market before you hire?
Tell us what you need to decide. We will tell you what the market can answer.
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