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Optimize your job architecture for impact 

This infographic explores what companies that unlock value with job architecture do differently.

Today, job architectures are table stakes

97%

of organizations have a job architecture (76%) or are developing one (21%)

…Yet, they rarely satisfy business needs

55%

feel their job architecture doesn’t meet the needs of the business and deliver desired outcomes

Transformation in job architecture is underway

46%

of those who have a job architecture are making changes in the next 12 months

What do companies that unlock value with their job architecture do differently?

  • Activate

    • 4x more likely to enable career mobility with skills
    • 2x more likely to use career paths with their JA

  • Evolve

    • 4x more likely to have a defined governance model
    • 2x more likely to formally review at least annually

  • Unify

    • 4x less likely to vary the design by business unit
    • 2x more likely to universally define career levels

  • Thrive

    Companies who have a JA that meet their business needs, on average provide an additional 5%+ returns per year to shareholders1.

Source: US Mercer QuickPulse™ survey: Job architecture edition

1. Based analysis of public companies, controlling for industries and measured over the past 3 years, as of 6/1/2021 through 6/1/2024. Companies who unlock value with job architecture are defined as companies who agree their architectures fully meet the needs of the business

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