Perhaps the team is stretched.
Perhaps work keeps escalating to the same people.
Perhaps a role is changing.
Perhaps a capability appears to be missing.
Or perhaps growth has changed what the business now needs.
In five minutes, the Health Check gives you an indication of where the pressure may be building and what should be clarified before the next workforce decision is made.
This is much better because the buyer does not need to arrive sceptical of hiring.
• a recent hire has not reduced pressure
• the same vacancy keeps returning
• a manager is requesting additional headcount
• important decisions keep returning to the same people
• a long-standing role is being replaced
• growth has changed the shape of work in the team
You will answer a short series of questions about workload, capability, ownership, decision-making, leadership dependency and how work is structured.
Your answers are used to identify which type of workforce pressure is most strongly reflected in the business.
You will receive an immediate indication of the pattern showing up, together with the questions that should be resolved before you hire, replace, promote or restructure.
The purpose is to indicate whether the pressure is most strongly connected to Capacity, Capability, Ownership or Structure before further workforce cost is committed.
The purpose is to help you make a more informed decision about what the business needs next.
There is no obligation to proceed with any service, and no automatic sales call.
The Workforce Health Check has been designed by Before You Hire using more than 25 years of recruitment, talent and workforce experience across complex hiring environments.
It reflects the patterns that repeatedly sit behind difficult workforce decisions inside SMEs: workload pressure, capability gaps, unclear ownership, leadership dependency and structural friction.
Before You Hire provides advisory support only. The Health Check is designed to improve the decision before recruitment, restructuring or further workforce cost is considered.
