To be a high-performing organization, companies are becoming more data-focused. HR should be a strategic business partner and function on a high-impact model. HR systems, data, metrics, and analytics are an integral part of creating a high-impact HR team. But, … Read More
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Why HR and Talent Acquisition Should Care About New Hire Turnover
Long employee tenures are no longer the norm within today’s offices. We don’t expect employees to stay with organizations for ten, fifteen, or twenty years as was the goal for previous generations. But, we should still be concerned about the … Read More
Time for a Little Spring Cleaning: How to Do a Good Data Cleansing in HR
Data integrity is an important part of accurate HR metrics and analytics. To make sure that happens, data cleansing should happen periodically. Data cleansing is the process of identifying and correcting inaccuracies within a data set. Those inaccuracies could be … Read More
An HR Metric to Help Solve an HR problem: Offer Acceptance Rate
So here’s the situation… you are the Chief Talent Officer (CTO), overseeing all aspects of the workforce at your midsize financial company of 5,000 employees. This includes both HR and talent acquisitions (TA) teams. Business leaders have been expressing concerns … Read More
Recruitment vs Talent Acquisition: What’s the Difference?
Words mean a lot and purposeful branding is important. Even the term “human resources” is evolving into more people-centric names. Titles are now using “people” or “talent” versus “human”. It’s a little ironic… we have to move away from the … Read More
An HR Metric: Promotion Rate
As Q1 wraps up, many organizations are putting the final touches on the merit increases for their employees. Promotions tend to be a big topic during this time, especially in companies that use performance-based pay processes. Annual performance reviews are … Read More
#MeToo Movement Creates a Need for Employee Relations Analytics
The #MeToo movement has brought attention to the pervasive issue of sexual harassment in the workplace. Not that it’s new though. Title VII of the Civil Right’s Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in the workplace based on sex, religion, race, … Read More
An HR Metric: Span of Control
It’s common knowledge within the HR industry that people don’t leave companies, they leave managers. The daily interactions employees have with their managers set the tone for how they feel about the organization. Managers need to be leaders to motivate … Read More
The Impact and Benefits of an Organizational Network Analysis
Even though HR is relatively new to the data scene, many analytical tools and methods have been developed. Plenty of metrics are out there to analyze all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from recruitment to offboarding. HR dashboards and other … Read More
Three Types of HR Analytics: Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive
One of the hottest trends in HR right now is metrics and analytics. HR shifting to be more strategic and aligned with business goals creates a need for KPIs built on metrics. But metrics are useless without analytics. Understanding the … Read More