Professional Services
HR Strategy and Workforce Planning for Professional Services
How many people, in which roles, by when — and what they will cost.
What this looks like in professional services
The parts of hr strategy and workforce planning that are specific to this sector, rather than general.
Utilisation and Capacity
Who is on what, and who is overloaded.
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Utilisation and Capacity
Who is on what, and who is overloaded.
What this coversHide- Engagement allocation
- Billable vs non-billable time
- Utilisation by level
- Capacity vs pipeline
- Overload identification
- Bench and availability
- Reallocation process
- Seasonal peak planning
The general method — what hr strategy and workforce planning covers, the questions it answers and what an engagement produces — is the same whatever the sector, and is set out on the hr strategy and workforce planning page. What is above is the part that differs for professional services.
Other HR topics for professional services
Where to start
Most engagements begin with a review of how this runs in your business today, then a written process and the sequence to implement it.
See all HR topics for professional services, or another industry.