Local Workforce Assessment for EDOs

Banks and Dean offers powerful human capital solutions for call centers looking to locate in Canada. Our tools offer valuable insights into both the size and quality of the potential local workforce as well as:

	More current and comprehensive general demographics
	Accurate data about the volume of interested candidates
	Workforce "Fit" for a call center environment
	Pre-tested attraction strategies that indicate best methods for generating applicant flow

A prospective call center can therefore make a site selection decision based on substantially more reliable information on how quickly they can staff the center, and on the availability of candidates most able to perform effectively and fit the call center's culture and strategic objectives.

Situation Summary - How Banks and Dean can assist EDOs

Identifying a call center's human capital pool is an essential part of the site selection decision. Promoting equipment availability and supplier support is usually contingent upon accessibility to a large and qualified human capital pool in a particular area.

Currently EDOs rely on limited demographic research that offers broad information about workforce, employers and infrastructure in specific cities. This information is often dated and does not provide key psychographic data on the available workforce's potential fit to a call center's environment. Call center-driven human capital initiatives that can quantify and qualify the available workforce are crucial to enhance the marketability of a specific location.

Demographic Analysis Reporting

Banks and Dean will collect key information which will allow full analysis of the workforce by municipal/borough locations. This data can drive decisions about site selection, quantity, quality and diversity of the workforce in specific areas, requirements for public transportation and other infrastructure.

Attraction Strategies

The Banks and Dean solutions enable you to attract interested individuals in the community through a client specific or a general EDO micro-site for screening and data collection. Call Centers willing to locate to a community will have immediate access to candidate information that can be used to quickly staff their centers with pre-qualified candidates. We consult with client organizations or site selection/governmental agencies to develop appropriate attraction and sourcing strategies, using job boards, print advertising, radio and a variety of other mediums.

Workforce Fit to Call Center Environment

Banks and Dean will assess the fit of the local workforce and their potential to succeed and stay in call center jobs by collecting applicant information such as:

	Willingness to be recorded and monitored
	Willingness to wear a head set for duration of shift
	Rating of keyboarding or computer skills
	Ability to sit for extended periods
	Strict adherence to attendance and scheduled breaks
	Willingness to work in a fast-paced environment

Psychographics

Banks and Dean will determine through their call center-specific research the availability of candidates in the workforce who will likely perform well in call center jobs. Banks and Dean utilizes world class psychometric tools to determine the quality of candidates by first filtering out unsuitable candidates, and then administering a full in depth assessment - Quality Service Profile (QSP) - used internationally to predict productivity and quality in call center representative performance and retention.

Cross-Sell and Up-Sell Potential

Call Centers have shifted their business strategy to include cross-sell and up-sell initiatives. Banks and Dean accommodates this new requirement by providing an objective assessment of the individual's relationship sales strengths and by predicting their potential to deliver quality service, to cross-sell and to up-sell.