The Method · Talent360

A firm's ladder decides what the firm can do.

Talent360 reads how people move through a company: where they came from, where they went, who moved up, and who left. Almost no firm can see its own ladder. That is the whole opportunity.

The question

Is it the market, a rival, or you?

Most hiring problems start as one of three things. They need very different work. We name all three before we look at your data.

The market

Your peers show the same problem. The shortage is real, and nothing you change inside fixes it. What you need is more flow of people.

A rival

Your leavers go to a few named places. That is not drift. It is a funnel. Someone is winning, and you can see who.

It is you

You do worse than your peers, and leavers scatter everywhere. Nobody is taking them. They are just leaving, and that is a question about the firm.

What it measures

Five reads, one frame.

The readWhat it tells you
DemandThe open jobs by name, with level and place. Totals from job sites are only a guide.
ShapeHow much senior bench you have for each junior person.
FlowWhere leavers land. A few places means a rival is winning. Scattered means the cause is inside.
PhysicsHow many people gain a level by leaving, plus tenure and early exits.
SentimentWhat employees say in public, by level.

Pointed at your own records, it adds two more: which managers are succeeding, and where your pay sits.

Why believe the numbers

Every number shows its grade.

GradeWhat it may be used for
Census: the full groupComparing rates between firms
Filtered: a search with filtersPatterns inside one firm. Never compared across firms.
Aggregator: third-party countsDirection only
Anecdote: fewer than ten peopleColor. Never a claim.

We report what failed. Anything that did not survive a test is shown as failed. A named limit is a strength in a conversation. A hidden one is a problem the moment you ask.

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