HR analytics

Data analytics has become integral to human capital management for finding, hiring and developing the right people for your business. Use this resource for news and tips about workforce analytics as well as HR BI and visualization software for workforce management.

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HR analytics News

December 20, 2018 20 Dec'18
HR automation tops 2019's six big trends

Software bots and chatbots may see a rapid uptake in adoption thanks to falling prices and improving tech. That's one of six trends HR pros should watch closely in 2019.
December 14, 2018 14 Dec'18
Boomerang employees drive interest in offboarding tools

Boomerang employees, workers who leave a company and later return, are leading HR departments to seek out offboarding tools that do more than automate manual processes.
December 10, 2018 10 Dec'18
6 HR vendors make Glassdoor's Best Places to Work

HR tech vendors make tools designed to improve a company's employee experience. So, it makes sense that a handful should appear on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list, right?
November 05, 2018 05 Nov'18
News briefs: Glint acquisition ties into LinkedIn recruiting

Find out how LinkedIn may use the engagement platform Glint; a fix is developed for the coding problems created by Google for Jobs; and the problems with AI in HR.

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HR analytics Get Started

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Successful data-driven products require user-based design

As HR relies more on data, developers should design products around user needs instead of process needs to alleviate the pressure on HR to work smarter and faster. Continue Reading
Passive Candidate

A passive candidate (passive job candidate) is anyone in the workforce who is not actively looking for a job. Continue Reading
6 big data visualization project ideas and tools

These data visualization project examples and tools illustrate how enterprises are expanding the use of "data viz" tools to get a better look at big data. Continue Reading

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Evaluate HR analytics Vendors & Products

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Using AI in HR: Software has smartened up, but have users?

An HR tech expert outlines the questions to ask to ensure that an AI application bases its decisions on rules and data that comply with your organization's goals and policies. Continue Reading
New HR tools probe employee sentiment, feelings

Sentiment analysis is being used to help HR discover what employees really think. It can help assess reactions to benefit changes or mine for problems in the workplace. Continue Reading
The accidental occupation: HRIS administrator

There is no direct career path for becoming an HRIS professional. People in HR and IT are assigned HR systems responsibilities, which eventually become their full-time occupation. Continue Reading

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HR employee engagement platforms boost workplace productivity

New innovations in HR employee engagement tools available to the C-suite make multiple worker viewpoints and thinking styles possible, resulting in better business decisions. Continue Reading
To improve employee engagement, companies must measure results

Whether it's an electronic prompt for a boss to recognize a worker or frequent surveys to measure employee sentiment, software can help companies measure worker satisfaction. Continue Reading
During offboarding, exit interview best practices can gather data

Exit interviews present a great opportunity for HR professionals to collect data on why departing employees started looking elsewhere, as explained here by an HR consultant. Continue Reading

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5 barriers to creating data-driven HR -- and how to overcome them

Savvy HR leaders know that data is the foundation of a killer people strategy. Here's why that's hard -- and how you can make it easier. Continue Reading
How Infor Talent Science works for hiring -- at Infor

An AI-powered screening tool can make a difference with hiring and retention. Here's what happened when Infor used its Talent Science tool internally. Continue Reading
Automated recruiting solves Groupon's sourcing talent woes

Building a talent pool through effective sourcing is a major effort by Groupon. It is using a recruiting automation tool to find passive candidates. Continue Reading

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