Express Computer: Using workforce analytics to build future-ready talent pipelines

The following is an excerpt from an article published on Express Computer India, featuring insights from our Global Head of Talent Acquisition, Syed Kaleem Raza.

In today’s rapidly changing digital landscape, the role of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) has evolved beyond their traditional roles of operational support, cost-effective technology development, and talent utilization.

Orion Innovation with its rapidly expanding GCC footprint across major Indian cities— Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, and Pune—stands at the forefront of this transformation. These centers are not only integral to delivering cutting-edge tech services across the globe but also serve as strategic anchors for building future-ready talent pipelines.

How Workforce Analytics Powers Talent Transformation at Orion

At Orion, workforce analytics is a core enabler of strategic talent management. By visualizing skills availability, project demands, and market trends, we proactively anticipate talent needs, well before they become critical. This results in increased agility, reduced attrition, and stronger alignment with evolving business goals.

Orion leverages workforce analytics to:

• Map skill demand across projects, functions, and geographies
• Identify high-potential employees for targeted upskilling and leadership roles
• Predict attrition risks and deploy timely retention strategies
• Design personalized learning pathways aligned with emerging technologies

Orion’s Integrated Workforce Analytics Framework:

• Recruitment & Onboarding: AI-driven candidate screening and optimized onboarding to enhance time-to-hire and new hire experience
• Reskilling & Upskilling: Data-led identification of skill gaps and continuous learning aligned to future-readiness
• Succession Planning: Recognizing and developing future leaders with predictive talent insights
• Employee Well-being: Tracking and improving holistic well-being to sustain engagement and productivity

By embedding analytics across the talent lifecycle, Orion ensures every talent decision is timely, data-informed, and aligned to business impact. Workforce analytics helped in building capability and capacity at entry and mid-level, where internal fulfilment of roles moved up from 20% to 42%. This was done through internal training and assessment.

Read the full article at expresscomputer.in.