Jombay is in the business of predicting human behaviour through its Talent Measurement and Analytics platform which the company claims, is powered by people science. It empowers companies to capture the behavioral thumbprint of their organization to be predictive about their people. Companies use Jombay for predicting attrition, reducing hiring errors, identifying high potential and knowing developmental areas. Jombay has profiled more than 1 million professionals to rollout a scientifically valid and reliable platform. Jombay offers the ability for easy customisation of assessments and analytics. The company has a client base with some of the leading companies in India such as Citibank, Nestle, Kotak Life Insurance, Taj Hotels, DSP Blackrock, Persistent Systems, GVK group, Quick Heal, Shaadi.com, Reliance Money, Gabriel etc.

Key differentiator: What sets Jombay apart from other assessment technologies is that, it empowers companies to capture and run analytics on the emotive and behavioral thumbprint of their existing and potential employees. Analytics in HR predominantly happens on demographic information, whereas people’s decision are influenced equally by their emotive side. Jombay saw an opportunity to bridge this gap and this is what their technology sets them apart.

Source of Inspiration: Jombay continually strives to create an easy-to-use self serve platform with intuitive reporting capabilities. It democratizes the use of people science across SMEs, giving them the accuracy of a psychologist or HR consultant through the platform. Jombay’s core team includes behavioral scientists and data analysts from Stanford University & USC. Jombay is venture-funded by Nirvana Venture Advisors.

Spotlight Awards to us means to serve as an inspiration to continue building world-class products from India.

Biggest Challenges & Key Learnings: India is a price-sensitive market and it was important for the company to fit their product to suit HR budgets in India without devaluing the product. The company’s experience in the Indian market has led them to believe that there is always a better way to solve a problem and that there should be no fear of incumbents.

Future of technology in HR: Jombay believes that a combination of humanities and technology can shape the future of HR.

Message for the HR community: We need to be human engineers and it is important not just to assess but analyze.

Jombay Talent Measurement and Analytics platform is a participant in the Spotlight Awards 2014, which will be held on 22nd August, 2014.