Case Study: Averda achieves streamlined global recruitment and higher-quality hires with Mercer Mettl

Transforming Averda’s recruitment strategy

Averda, an Abu Dhabi–based leader in waste management with over 14,000 employees operating across emerging markets, needed to modernize hiring as it expanded into India and other regions. Facing COVID-19 disruptions and a requirement for robust IT and finance hires across multiple countries, Averda sought a comprehensive, easy-to-use virtual assessment center and interview platform and selected Mercer Mettl to meet those needs.

Mercer Mettl implemented a fully online talent-acquisition suite—including a Virtual Assessment Center, virtual interview platform and psychometric and cognitive assessments with well‑normed benchmarks and realistic simulations—allowing standardized stack-ranking and centralized candidate data. The solution enabled hiring across 9 countries and across entry, mid and director levels, delivered a 99% success rate with zero failed probations so far, reduced bad hires and streamlined remote hiring during lockdowns.

Averda

Anson Mathews

Organization Development Manager