What makes a good Analyst? Analyst is a very broad term used differently in every organization and job. But when you think of an Analyst what are the key attributes you think of? So often job descriptions and hiring managers focus only on technical skills. The ability to write kick-ass queries and wrangle data like nobody’s business.
Category: Blog
Using Analytics to Measure Employee Experience Impact on Profit– Guest Blog by Pat Acheampong
Employee Experience (EX), it’s one of the latest buzzwords in the employee culture, engagement, and wellbeing space. EX has been credited with everything from improving shareholder value to increasing business revenue, while reducing employee turnover, and customer churn. But how does this value get quantified for business executives using metrics they appreciate?
Getting Started with People Analytics
One of the biggest challenges with any project is figuring out what steps to take to get started. If you know you need or want a people analytics capability you may already be sold on the value, but what should you focus on first? How do you build out your plan and who do you get involved? Often good ideas never get off the ground due to the overwhelming nature of the first few steps. We are here to help you out!
Big Value From Small Data – Guest Blog by John Tardy
Big data gets a lot of attention and is a game-changer for many use cases. Big data is not really a classification of data, but is about tools and techniques used to deal with data that is high volume, is generated at a high velocity, or has a high variety in its structure.
The Top Four Lessons Learned From 100 People Analytics Deployments – Guest Blog by Jon Burton
I’ve had the good fortune of being able to partner with many large multinational organizations along their people analytics journey. A common mantra I’ve shared with my clients is there is no recipe book for guaranteed success that exists today.
Data is the Basis of Benefits
While creating, revising and deploying employee benefits programs, it’s important to give some thought to the data behind the program. Leveraging your benefits data can help you see the big picture of what your people need from their benefits package.
Data Governance: The Art of Good Data
Data governance. Some think of it as the Ambien of the Analytics world. Guaranteed to put most people to sleep. Let’s face it— data governance is seldom fun. It’s not sexy, it’s not a bright shiny thing, and there’s seldom an adrenaline rush. But it is OH SO necessary in Analytics.
Regulation S-K: Where are we?
Survey: Regulation S-K and how organizations are reacting to it
Déjà Vu…. it’s Y2K again!
This is not a post about People Analytics, although it should be. I care about the people that read my blog posts and listen to the HR Data Labs podcast. But during this holiday season, after the year we have had, I wanted to write something very personal.
Regulation S-K: HR, are you ready?
For those of us that have not been following the new SEC regulation S-K, now is the time to get familiar