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Seeing Talent Gaps Before They Become Hiring Emergencies

Workforce planning and recruitment data usually live in separate systems, making it hard to see where skill supply is thin until a role is already urgent to fill. We designed and built an MVP that combines workforce and recruitment data to surface skill availability, talent supply and hiring gaps in one place.

Talent intelligence dashboard showing skill supply and hiring gap analysis
Combined Workforce & Recruitment View Internal skill data and recruitment pipeline data sit in one connected view.
Skill Gap Visibility Gaps between current talent supply and anticipated needs surface before they become urgent.
Built For Forward Planning A greenfield MVP designed around informing hiring decisions ahead of time, not reacting to them.

Turning Two Separate Data Sets Into One Talent Picture

Workforce systems typically hold data on current employee skills, roles and tenure, while recruitment systems separately track candidate pipelines, sourcing channels and time-to-fill. Viewed in isolation, neither data set fully answers the question of where an organization's talent supply is thin relative to where it's headed.

This platform brings workforce and recruitment data together, giving people and talent leaders a combined view of skill availability, hiring gaps and future workforce needs to inform planning decisions earlier.

IndustryHRTech & Recruitment
ProductTalent Intelligence Platform
AudiencePeople Leaders & Talent Acquisition Teams
Delivery[DELIVERY TIMELINE REQUIRED]

The Challenge

Workforce & Recruitment Data Sat Apart

[CLIENT NAME REQUIRED] needed a way to view internal skill data and recruitment pipeline data together instead of in two disconnected systems.

Gaps Surfaced Too Late

Skill shortages were often only noticed once a role became urgent to fill, rather than being visible as an emerging trend earlier.

No Shared Planning View

People leaders and talent acquisition teams lacked a common reference point for discussing where future hiring needs were headed.

What We Can Identified

A talent intelligence workspace that connects workforce and recruitment data to make skill gaps visible before they become urgent.

Talent intelligence view showing skill supply against anticipated demand

Combined Skill Data View

Current employee skills and recruitment pipeline data are brought together into one reference view for talent planning discussions.

Skill Gap Identification

Areas where talent supply appears thin relative to anticipated needs are surfaced for review by talent leaders.

Hiring Pipeline Overlay

Active recruitment pipelines are shown alongside internal skill data, giving a fuller picture of supply already in motion.

Role & Skill Segmentation

Data can be viewed by role family or skill area, helping teams focus planning conversations on specific talent segments.

Planning Dashboard

People leaders get a summarized view designed for planning conversations, rather than raw exports from separate systems.

Data Import Foundation

Workforce and recruitment data are brought in from existing systems without requiring teams to change how they capture it day to day.

How MVPHUB Delivered The Talent Intelligence Platform From Concept To MVP

1

Map

We mapped the existing workforce and recruitment data sources to understand what a combined view needed to draw from.

2

Design

We designed a planning-first dashboard structure that surfaces gaps clearly rather than presenting raw combined data.

3

Build

Our engineers built the data integration layer, gap identification logic and planning dashboard as one connected MVP.

4

Verify

We tested the combined view against realistic workforce and recruitment data to confirm gaps surfaced clearly and accurately.

5

Launch

The MVP was prepared for real planning cycles, ready to inform the next round of hiring and workforce decisions.

The best hiring decisions are made before the role becomes urgent. Connect the data you already have, and the gaps start showing themselves early.

Engineering Behind The Intelligence Experience

Data Integration Layer

Workforce and recruitment data sources were connected into a shared model without disrupting how each system was used day to day.

Gap Identification Logic

Skill supply and anticipated need were compared systematically, surfacing gaps rather than requiring manual cross-referencing.

Technology Stack

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Built For Continued Growth

The MVP was structured so additional data sources or forecasting depth can be layered on in future iterations.

The Outcome

Before: Two Disconnected Data Sets

× Workforce and recruitment data held in separate systems

× Skill gaps noticed only once a role became urgent

× No shared reference point for planning conversations

× Talent planning relied on manual cross-referencing

After: One Combined Talent Intelligence View

✓ Workforce and recruitment data connected in one view

✓ Skill gaps surfaced ahead of urgent hiring need

✓ Shared planning dashboard for talent leaders

✓ Role and skill-level segmentation for focused review

An MVP Built Around Earlier Talent Planning

Greenfield MVP build
Combined workforce & recruitment data view
Skill gap identification
Planning-focused dashboard

From Two Systems To One Talent Picture

Connect the data. Surface the gaps. Plan ahead of the need.

The goal wasn't to replace either the workforce or recruitment system — it was to give talent leaders one place to see how they related to each other. The MVP delivers exactly that, as a planning layer built on data that already existed.

THE MVPHUB PRINCIPLE

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The data to see a talent gap coming usually already exists — it's just split across two systems that don't talk to each other. Connect them deliberately, and planning stops being reactive.

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