What is people analytics (HR analytics)? People analytics, also known as human resources (HR) analytics and talent analytics, is the use of data analysis on candidate and employee issues to understand ...

Analytics can help HR teams make informed decisions by relying on data rather than best guesses or gut feelings. HR teams use basic metrics to inform decisions such as hiring and terminations. Some ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Internet mayhem broke out last month when the Wall Street Journal published a report on how employers are using outside firms to predict ...

In today’s data-driven business landscape, HR is no exception to the trend of leveraging analytics. One such approach that is gaining ground in the HR world is predictive analytics. Predictive ...

HR implementations that make sales happy and go live early may seem unheard of -- but they are possible with the right partner. Following a very smooth 18-month implementation that featured many early ...

The actions you take in the first 30 to 100 days can set the course for organizational analytics for the next three to five years. That's the guidance from Dr Nigel Guenole, research at the IBM ...

HR teams are sitting on a goldmine of data, but most of it goes untapped. While organizations collect vast amounts of information on workforce trends, only a few use this data to shape the future.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I analyze corporate HR, talent management and leadership. Oct 15, 2014, 05:36pm EDT Mar 28, 2016, 04:14pm EDT This article is more ...

Let’s say you want to introduce a people analytics function or technology to your company for the first time. Or maybe you want to upgrade or expand your company’s people analytics tools. In either ...

Enterprise cloud apps company Workday is adding big-data tools in its next release, allowing firms to mix large volumes of diverse outside data with internal information for HR and financial reporting ...

HR’s uptake of analytics is “stuck in neutral”, according to Bill Pelster, principal at Deloitte Consulting. Deloitte’s annual report into HR trends reveals a yawning gap between what HR professionals ...

This feature is part of a series focused exclusively on people analytics. To view other posts in the series, check out the spotlight page. Given the importance of talent in driving business success ...