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People analytics

HR’s use of people analytics, where employers gather and scrutinise key data about the workforce, is increasing along with the adoption of improved HR technology.

Information commonly monitored and benchmarked by employers covers aspects of HR such as talent management, retention rates and absence rates.


    • Employee engagement
    • People analytics
    • Recruitment & retention

    What it’s really like to work in HR at Google

    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2014
    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2014

    If you’ve ever seen the film The Internship, you probably have a set idea of what it might be like...

    • Career paths
    • Careers in HR
    • HR specialisms

    Big data, big HR job opportunities?

    by Tim Kemp 19 Feb 2014
    by Tim Kemp 19 Feb 2014

    Over the past year, the term “big data” has gone from something that most people had never heard of to...

    • Change management
    • HR strategy
    • People analytics

    HR data and metrics: overhauling your approach – part two

    by Professor Nick Kemsley 18 Feb 2014
    by Professor Nick Kemsley 18 Feb 2014

    In the second of two articles that provide a blueprint to guide HR functions in overhauling their data approaches, Nick...

    • Change management
    • HR strategy
    • People analytics

    HR data and metrics: overhauling your approach

    by Professor Nick Kemsley 5 Feb 2014
    by Professor Nick Kemsley 5 Feb 2014

    Nick Kemsley shows the kind of top-level process he takes organisations through when working with them on their data and metrics approaches...

    • HR strategy
    • HR transformation
    • Working life

    How to start using data and evidence in HR

    by Personnel Today 28 Oct 2013
    by Personnel Today 28 Oct 2013

    Evidence-based HR, the scientific approach to devising and implementing HR policies and practices, has gained traction over the past year....

    • Candidate experience
    • HR strategy
    • People analytics

    How to use recruitment marketing data to attract the best job candidates

    by Personnel Today 7 Oct 2013
    by Personnel Today 7 Oct 2013

    It has been said that people do not want to feel like marketing targets. It is true that people don’t...

    • HR strategy
    • People analytics
    • Recruitment & retention

    How to use ‘big data’ for better and more cost-effective recruitment

    by Personnel Today 19 Apr 2013
    by Personnel Today 19 Apr 2013

    “Big data” offers HR an opportunity to take a more data-driven, analytical and strategic approach to recruitment, and enables businesses to ask new...

    • HR software
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    HR Tech Europe: Big data will enable HR to make better decisions

    by Martin Couzins 4 Apr 2013
    by Martin Couzins 4 Apr 2013

    As HR software systems improve, so does HR’s ability to use data more effectively. Martin Couzins reports from HR Tech’s...

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • People analytics

    Six steps to double the business value of HR data and metrics: part 2

    by Personnel Today 14 Feb 2013
    by Personnel Today 14 Feb 2013

    In the second of our two-part series exploring HR data and metrics, Nick Kemsley from the Centre for HR Excellence...

    • HR strategy
    • Sickness absence management
    • Working life

    Six steps to double the business value of HR data and metrics: part 1

    by Personnel Today 7 Feb 2013
    by Personnel Today 7 Feb 2013

    In the first of our two-part series exploring HR data and metrics, Nick Kemsley from the Centre for HR Excellence...

    • Health and safety
    • Sickness absence management
    • People analytics

    Using data to direct employee wellbeing initiatives

    by Personnel Today 1 Aug 2012
    by Personnel Today 1 Aug 2012

    It is becoming increasingly popular for organisations to make significant investments in the health and wellbeing of their staff. But...

    • HR practice
    • People analytics
    • Recruitment & retention

    How outsourcing providers can help uncover value in workforce data through analytics

    by Jill Goldstein 17 Jul 2012
    by Jill Goldstein 17 Jul 2012

    Jill Goldstein of Accenture looks at workforce data analytics.For one national consumer goods company, the difference between the performances of...

    • Employee engagement
    • HR strategy
    • Knowledge management

    How to use data to get results in HR

    by Andrew Mayo 21 Feb 2012
    by Andrew Mayo 21 Feb 2012

    It is becoming increasingly important for HR to use data, numbers and statistics to show trends in people management and...

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • People analytics

    Maximising the effectiveness of HR data

    by Professor Nick Kemsley 25 Jan 2012
    by Professor Nick Kemsley 25 Jan 2012

    In the first of a series of articles on using data and metrics more effectively, Nick Kemsley of Henley Business...

    • Clinical governance
    • HR practice
    • People analytics

    Data analysis improves clinical audit process

    by Personnel Today 3 Feb 2011
    by Personnel Today 3 Feb 2011

    Gathering data is only part of the audit process; analysis can provide continued clinical improvements. Dr Siân Williams, a clinical...

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