Tag: analytics

June 9, 2023

According to a recent Deloitte survey, companies in the US and abroad are already shifting to a new approach in hiring. The quantitative and qualitative research focused on how various businesses around the world are approaching the transition to skills-based […]

February 18, 2021

It’s hard to believe we’re almost a year into the pandemic, which also means a year of working from home. Working from home has taught us many lessons about productivity, efficiency, employee resilience, and company culture. It’s also taught us […]

March 9, 2020

While 2030 may feel like something out of science fiction, recruiting will likely look more human than android. Trends such as using artificial intelligence and cloud technology to curate candidate analytics are on the horizon, experts said. But any new […]

October 22, 2019

From an employer and HR standpoint, people science refers to the process of using data about the workforce to make better decisions about the people in it. Basically, it uses both data and analytics about the people in the organization […]

June 25, 2019

The biggest problems with HR analytics, and intelligent software boils down to one thing. The behavior of people in organizations is not like Jeopardy, Chess, Go, Marketing funnels, Autonomous cars, or other problems with a relatively finite set of answers. […]

January 23, 2019

It’s a job-seeker’s market right now, and hiring and recruiting are more complicated than ever. Those difficulties go beyond just finding the right person for the specific opening you have. What about candidates who are well-suited to your company, not […]

March 1, 2018

The workplace is changing rapidly, right in front of us. Driven by Moore’s Law, the relationship between our people and their technology is reshaping the way that work gets done, the way we interact with the HR Tech System, how […]

January 19, 2018

Many HR software packages include built-in analytics. This is a good thing, some data is better than no data. However, as HR gets more sophisticated, we need to move beyond accepting a vendor’s claim about built-in analytics and understand exactly […]

December 7, 2017

We’ve all recognized there is a certain hype and faddishness in people analytics. That’s okay; it’s bound to be part of anything new. We’ve all rushed forward trying to get a handle on what’s real, what’s exaggerated, and how best […]

October 20, 2017

Note: KPIs, analytics, predictive analytics — we tend to use these terms interchangeably, but they’re not. They overlap, but progressively more skill is needed as you move along the analytics continuum. If you are thinking of a first analytics project, […]

October 13, 2017

Some companies tell me about their plans for people analytics and soon it becomes apparent that their mandate is something difference: they’ve been asked to report KPIs. The difference between analytics and KPIs can be illustrated by how they think […]

October 5, 2017

It goes without saying that successful HR functions are strategic. They play a vocal role in critical business decisions and directly manage or impact a majority of most companies’ expenses. Indeed, in today’s resource-competitive environment, CEOs are increasingly looking for […]

January 11, 2017

We live in an era of digital transformation, and digital HR has become the new normal. Take it from HR visionary Josh Bersin: “Today we want HR technology that delivers a great employee experience and makes our work-life more productive […]

December 9, 2016

Although overall job gains have slowed, according to 2016 JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) there continues to be more job openings than hires being made. Companies cannot hire fast enough to keep up with their workforce demands and […]

July 29, 2016

Organizations that apply data-driven decision making out-perform their competitors — period. Yet, there is a significant gap between intent and action regarding organizational workforce analytics programs. According to Bersin by Deloitte’s 2015 “Global Human Capital Trends” report, 75 percent of […]