Engaging new talent with exceptional experiences.

One of Leonardo’s biggest challenges – common within the wider industry – is recruiting for specialist, niche skills. Cyber security is an example of an area in which, due to the high demand for skills, the rate of employee churn is very high (sometimes up to 30%).

Darren Bartholomew, Head of HR Planning and Information Systems, explained in May 2021:

Getting recruitment and onboarding right is a real focus for us, not least because of the timescales involved. In some cases, it can be up to year between an individual accepting a job offer and the actual start date. So, when we do attract talent into the business, we have to do everything we can to retain them.”

- Darren Bartholomew, Head of HR Planning and Information Systems, Leonardo

Leonardo has worked closely with Zellis on large-scale recruitment projects, with a focus on enhancing the candidate experience and onboarding phases. The team uses Zellis’ partner recruitment solution, TalentSoft (fully integrated with ResourceLink) to simplify talent acquisition, while giving candidates a fantastic first impression.

Critically, Leonardo has also recently implemented Zellis’ onboarding functionality, which helps to keep new employees (especially those with a long wait before their start date) engaged with the organisation. It has also reduced the number of occupational health, security and other forms the individual must complete from 23 to just four, saving them valuable time and effort.

Over the next five years, Zellis will focus on improving the end-to-end employee experience, including further developing Leonardo’s thriving apprenticeship scheme and designing a robust process for offboarding leavers.