Transforming the way professional services firms find top talent
Acolyte's AI powered talent solutions can help professional services firms understand their talent markets, create tactical advantages and hire the best talent.
Fill your most challenging vacancies & improve talent retention
Artificial intelligence in the platform finds every matching candidate from thousands of sources. It qualifies all of them to find you the very best talent.
And because it targets passive talent - it improves your retention too. 86% of candidates hired through the platform are still in role, or have been promoted, after 2 years.
Bespoke answers to your biggest talent questions

Talent Mapping
Learn what is happening in your target talent markets, the depth of talent available, the team structure of your competitors and who works for them.

Competitor X- Ray
Discover your competitors’ talent strategies for key talent markets and how successful they have been at attracting these candidates.

Diversity Data
See how diverse talent markets respond to your organisation and learn how effective your DE&I initiatives are

EVP & Brand
Understand how effective is your employer brand compared to your competitors and what is the impact of your EVP resonates

Understand the true diversity of your precise talent pool
The availability of diverse talent is dependant on the role and location. For example: The % of female Audit directors in Edinburgh is not the same as the % of female Tax managers in Cardiff.
Acolyte's DEI Diagnostics will identify and track diversity data for gender, ethnicity, age, disability talent & and LGBTQ+ candidates in your exact talent pool. It will then monitor this talent as it moves through the hiring journey to identify potential barriers to successful hiring.
Identify which of your competitors talent is the most active
For each role at every level and in every location - you can see which of your talent competitors has the most active talent.
This highlights an opportunity for you to actively target the competitor and hire their best talent.

See how your key talent reacts to your job opportunities and job descriptions
Acolyte's Talent Diagnostics shows you how your key talent reacts to reading your job description and to vacancies at your company in general.
This allows you to immediately understand the level of activity in the talent market and where you can improve to attract more talent.
It's simple insight to show you what talent thinks about your company and job opportunity.
Discover key skills in your specific talent market
For each of your precise roles - see a word map of key skills to highlight expertise that would otherwise remain hidden.

How are your competitors successfully hiring qualified auditors?
Discover the strategies being adopted by the top accounting firms in the UK as a whole and broken down into detailed findings in different regions.
You will learn
- Who imports the most talent
- Where they find talent
- Who is the best at poaching talent from competitors
- Who is the best at retaining Audit talent post qualification

Trusted by the world's top accounting organisations
Using Acolyte is one of those ‘sit up and take notice’ moments…they just continue to add value and their reporting & intelligence now underpins our hiring strategies
STRATEGIC SOURCING MANAGER Grant Thornton
Acolyte's technology-focused approach has allowed us to gain valuable insight, which has directly led to shaping our strategy to find diverse candidates in very niche areas.
Top 4 Accounting firm
Acolyte's sophisticated platform enables them to find niche candidates, no matter what skill set is required. Acolyte work in a very consultative manor providing important data & market intelligence.
Top 20 Accounting firm
Transforming Talent at a Global Professional Services Firm
How one of the words biggest accountancy and professional services firms partnered with Acolyte to pioneer a data-driven approach to solving their most difficult recruitment challenges.
Discover how Acoluyte were able to help this firm
- X-Ray competitors to identify their hiring strategies and build a best in class hiring function
- Increase female hires in one challenging area to 42% of the team. (Talent market only 17%)
- Reduce hiring costs by nearly 60%
The Talent Strategies Employed by Accounting Firms to Meet Audit Talent Challenges
Hiring qualified Audit professionals has long been an issue due to severe talent shortages
This report provides insights into how the top UK accounting firms are addressing the issues including:
- Which of the top firms are hiring most from overseas?
- Who is best at retaining talent?
- Who is the best at attracting competitor audit talent?
- How does this vary by region?

How we can help you tackle all of your talent challenges
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