About us
A bit about what drives us, our values and history
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Cibyl Advisory
From practical optimisations to longer-term transformation projects
End-to-End perspectives
Independent strategic counsel, grounded in the UK's richest under graduate student and school leaver dataset.
Delivered by experienced early careers leaders with deep sector knowledge, our advice combines proprietary research and operational expertise to provide independent, evidence led recommendations.
Many organisations are making consequential decisions about their future workforce based on instinct and incomplete data. We help you see what's actually happening and consider how to evolve.
How we help
Workforce planning and programme design
Helping your articulate the business case for future talent and plan ahead. Design pathways or rotational programmes that deliver on skills needs.
Operating Model and Capability
Designing team structures, governance frameworks and performance measurement systems that support long term success.
Brand & EVP
Understand brand awareness and your ranking in your sector in the eyes of your target audience and what is import to top talent when considering applying
Impact of AI
Trends, issues and solutions from changing skills needs, safe use of AI in people and HR teams to candidate authenticity, assessment solutions, best practices and legal considerations.
Skills and competency frameworks
Look ahead to the future of your organisation and sector and design behavioural, cognitive and technical frameworks for talent acquisition and talent management.
Attraction & Sourcing
Where is your target audience and how to reach and engage candidates efficiently across campus and schools.
Assessment & Selection
Ensuring assessment and selection processes are candidate centric, AI resilient and help predict future performance, not simply short term test scores.
Process Design
Reducing unnecessary manual intervention, raising high touchpoint human interactions, improving scalability and strengthening candidate experience in high volume recruitment.
Technology, AI and Data
Evaluating your technology stack, data flows, vulnerabilities to candidate use of AI and automation opportunities to build a modern, resilient hiring infrastructure.
Cost and Return
Aligning investment across attraction, assessment and delivery to deliver true Return on Investment.
Experienced recruiters plus data insights
Data and expert informed views and recommendations
Rich and blended data source
Primary research with 100,000+ students annually, anonymised application data from our RPO and ATS, third party sources and we can work with your operational data.
From brand to post-hire
Single topic or end-to-end advice
Frequently asked questions
Do you work with employers and educators?
We work with both employers and educators to support emerging talent employability, hiring and post hire learning and development.
What is workforce planning?
Skills needs and structural solutions to deliver sustainable, long-term business goals
What data do you draw on?
We have access to unique data has: primary research with 100,000+ students annually, aggregated and anonymised application data from our RPO and ATS platforms, and multiple years of longitudinal insight. We also utilise third party data sources and can also work with your operational data.
Combined with deep expertise spanning every part of the process, we deliver truly data-driven advisory.
Combined with deep expertise spanning every part of the process, we deliver truly data-driven advisory.
How do you deliver?
Bespoke Strategic Analysis
Deep-dive into your specific challenge: workforce pipeline risk, selection effectiveness, DEI strategy, or competitive positioning. Data-driven insight delivered as actionable recommendations.
Embedded Advisory Partnership
Ongoing access to our team. Quarterly insight sessions, emerging trend alerts, on-demand expert guidance, and board-level briefings. Extend your capability without the overhead of permanent headcount.
Facilitated Strategy Sessions
Workshops that turn data into decisions. Designed for HR leadership, ExCo teams, or cross-functional talent groups working through complex strategic questions.
Implementation Support
From process redesign to technology evaluation to capability building - we stay with you through the transformation, not just the diagnosis.
Deep-dive into your specific challenge: workforce pipeline risk, selection effectiveness, DEI strategy, or competitive positioning. Data-driven insight delivered as actionable recommendations.
Embedded Advisory Partnership
Ongoing access to our team. Quarterly insight sessions, emerging trend alerts, on-demand expert guidance, and board-level briefings. Extend your capability without the overhead of permanent headcount.
Facilitated Strategy Sessions
Workshops that turn data into decisions. Designed for HR leadership, ExCo teams, or cross-functional talent groups working through complex strategic questions.
Implementation Support
From process redesign to technology evaluation to capability building - we stay with you through the transformation, not just the diagnosis.
Are you just advice or do you also implement?
Cibyl Advisory does not stop at recommendations. We support implementation across process redesign, technology selection, capability development and performance measurement, ensuring transformation is realised in practice, not just in principle.
Who delivers the work?
Advice is delivered by ex heads-of-early careers, experienced business and occupational phycologists and early career technologists. The right person or team is assigned in discussion with you.
How can we help?
Cibyl Advisory is there to help you evolve or transform
