About
Leidos is a science and technology solutions leader working to address some of the world’s toughest challenges in the defence, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and healthcare industries.
Leidos partnered with La Fosse to quickly scale up their resource in line with the fast-moving demands of their different business programmes.
Due to the nature of working on long-term public sector contracts, talent not only needed to have strong technical expertise, but also have high-level SC and DV security clearances, which made sourcing the right talent, fast, extremely challenging.
Engagement
We worked with Leidos to build a pipeline of talent who were pre-vetted to ensure they were eligible to meet the necessary levels of clearance and trained in the specific skills required to meet the need of their various programmes of work.
By pre-planning the roles and skillsets that would be required ahead of time, we were able to align the training of our Academy cohorts so that they would be ready to work to coincide with the start of each programme of work. In addition to the training our Academy cohorts recieved, we offered a bespoke pre-onboarding training programme to ensure they would be able to hit the ground running in their specific roles.
Result
Creating a pipeline of talent tailored to meet their specific business needs meant that Leidos no longer had to be reactive in the way they scaled their teams. We have created career pathways to ensure that there is a continuous development programme in place, with the option for them to make Academy Associates permanent at the end of their two-year placements.
We were able to give them fast access to talented people across a huge range of specialisms – from Systems and Engineering to Development, DevOps, and Testing. We set out the training programme so that the senior team at Leidos knew exactly what to expect and when to expect it. This took away the element of surprise and unpredictability that can often be associated with outsourced training.
Testimonial
“I love working with La Fosse. The staff that we work with are really experienced and it shows. They’re always happy to help and they’re always on standby. They have actually become part of the work that we’re doing because they understand our business model and what we’re trying to achieve. It really does feel like a partnership as opposed to ad-hoc outsourcing.” Silka Patel, Leidos