Optimising Talent Acquisition Strategy & Operations with the MK IMPACT Talent Framework™
We work with rapidly scaling businesses and established companies to help them optimise their TA & Recruitment strategy & operations. We elevate every stage of the recruitment lifecycle to drive alignment with business goals and ensure long-term success.
How we help you
At MK Talent Advisory, we help businesses take control of their hiring from the inside out. Streamlining processes, building capability, and embedding smart, scalable solutions that deliver results.
From Applicant Tracking Systems to AI-powered tools, we help you implement and optimise the right recruitment tech to match your needs. No bloat, no gimmicks, just what works. We’ll review your current set-up, identify gaps, and ensure your tech stack supports both day-to-day efficiency and long-term growth.
Using data and real-world insight, we make tactical adjustments that sharpen performance; reducing time-to-hire, improving candidate quality and boosting hiring manager engagement. But we don’t stop there.
We use those insights to support bigger strategic decisions too; shaping hiring models, resourcing plans and process design so that you, your team and your recruitment function are not just meeting today’s demand, but are truly future-fit.
Whether you need to reduce agency reliance, improve DEI outcomes or prepare for scale, our independent, hands-on support helps you build a recruitment engine that’s efficient, inclusive and built to last.
Discovery
Every business has its own Talent Acquisition pressures, workarounds and ambitions. That is why our Discovery phase is designed to get under the skin of your operation, capturing not just what is working but what is slowing you down or preventing progress.
We take the time to understand your real day-to-day. The manual tasks that drain time, the gaps that frustrate hiring managers, and the aspirations you have for a more effective, inclusive and scalable Talent Acquisition model.
Using our proven MK IMPACT Talent Framework™, we assess your Talent Acquisition function across six strategic enablers. This helps identify strengths, surface risks and highlight opportunities for meaningful improvement.
Whether your goal is to drive efficiency, enhance candidate experience, embed inclusive hiring practices or ensure your Talent Acquisition model is prepared for future growth, this stage provides the insight needed to make confident, informed decisions.
Roadmap Creation & Planning
Once we have a clear view of your current Talent Acquisition landscape, the next step is turning insight into action. Our Roadmap & Project Planning phase translates the findings from Discovery into a structured, prioritised plan tailored to your business goals.
We focus on the areas that will deliver the greatest impact—whether that means streamlining workflows, improving tech adoption, embedding inclusive practices or preparing your team for scale.
Using the MK IMPACT Talent Framework™, we create a practical roadmap that outlines what to focus on, when to take action, and how to sequence initiatives for success. We bring clarity to what needs fixing now, what can wait, and where quick wins can build momentum.
Each project plan is built to be realistic and achievable, factoring in your team’s capacity, existing tools and wider business priorities. This stage is about bridging the gap between strategic ambition and operational delivery.
By the end of this phase, you will have a clear plan to modernise your Talent Acquisition strategy, optimise your processes and make informed, data-driven decisions that support long-term growth.
Implementation & Delivery
This is where the real change happens.
Once the roadmap is agreed, we take ownership of the delivery—managing the workload, coordinating activity and ensuring every piece of the plan is brought to life with precision and care.
Our approach is structured, proactive and fully accountable. We handle the heavy lifting so you and your team can stay focused on business as usual. From project oversight and stakeholder coordination to documentation, training and process changes, we make sure progress is made and momentum maintained.
Whether you need a full done-for-you service or prefer a collaborative done-with-you model, we flex to suit your internal resources and preferred ways of working.
Every implementation includes delivery of key materials, process improvements and operational toolkits tailored to your business. And we don’t just walk away once the project is delivered—you’ll also receive a detailed 90-day embedding plan and a 6–12 month continuous improvement roadmap to keep things moving long after we step back.
What our clients say….
Mel Kelly, Founder of MK Talent Advisory LTD
The IMPACT Talent Framework™
The IMPACT Talent Strategy™ is a proven framework that I have developed and shaped through years of hands-on experience across a diverse range of clients. I developed it because, from my professional experience, I’ve identified six strategic recruitment enablers. When you pull on each of these ‘levers’ you can significantly improve and optimise your recruitment operations - optimise all six, and you will have the best in class recruitment process.
Built on more than a decade in Talent Acquisition within global firms such as; PwC, Unilever, GSK, TUI Group, this strategy has been continuously refined and pressure tested in real-world settings. This framework gets beneath the surface of your recruitment lifecycle to unlock real, lasting improvements.
Whether you're building from scratch or optimising what’s already in place, this framework delivers structure, clarity and IMPACT-ful results.
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Get in touch with us
Are you ready to transform your recruitment strategy? Provide us with your details, and our expert team will reach out to discuss how we can enhance your hiring processes. We look forward to collaborating with you!