Talking compensation and promotions with your employees can be a tricky business, yet many managers make these costly (and sometimes time-sensitive) people … Read more
Can Analytics Reduce First Year Turnover to Zero?
Imagine you are running a retail chain. Some of your in-store staff stay at least a year; some do not. Can analytics distinguish what is different between … Read more
What Do You Do When Your Preliminary Data Comes Back to Haunt You?
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where someone (usually your boss or a higher-up) makes an announcement or a decision using draft or preliminary … Read more
What to Look for In a Talent Assessment Solution that Predicts Business Performance
Over the past 30+ years, businesses have spent heavily on talent assessments. Many of these are now being used to understand job candidates. Increasingly, … Read more
Improve Your Recruiting By Knowing What Your ATS Knows
According to a Boston Consulting Group study, the ability to deliver on recruiting has a larger impact on revenue growth than all other HR areas, including … Read more
The Case for Evidence-based Recruiting
I need to make the following necessary disclaimer: I have worked successfully in talent acquisition for 25 years. I am not an artist. Nothing I do is an … Read more
The Next Step In Performance Management Is to Be Comprehensive
In past years, annual performance reviews were deemed necessary to ensure fair labor practices and standardizing pay and performance. However, in recent … Read more
This Bank’s HR Is Now Spending Time Analyzing Instead of Compiling
As HR analysts, we face the challenge of harnessing data to produce reports on everything from short-term incentive plans, benefits, hiring and … Read more
The Data-driven Recruiter: AI’s Impact on Recruiting
The idea of AI has been with us since Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818. The recent HBO show Westworld is basically the same story. Pop culture … Read more
The Cloud Is Making HR and Finance Friends
After taking off three weeks for vacation and business travel commitments, it’s time to be back considering new research and data of interest to the HR … Read more