Dear Littler: We are revamping our online job application. I asked our HR director if we should eliminate the question asking about an applicant’s hobbies. … Read more
You’ve Got Data. Here’s How to Use It to Have an Impact
The need to be data-driven in business is commonly accepted. Planning and making decisions based on hard truths over conjecture is the day-to-day norm for … Read more
There’s Value In Pulling Together Metrics
The hype about HR analytics is sufficiently disconnected from reality that it’s worth taking a step back and reviewing where we are. Most of the work that … Read more
What Do You Do When You Have Too Many Hypotheses?
The most useful analytics begin with a clear question that is relevant to the business. For example, does it pay to continue to recruit at small … Read more
Is Your Data Digging Turning Up Fake News?
I was reading a description of different advanced analytics methods and I felt there was something quite wrong. I had hard time putting my finger on it. … Read more
AI Is Beginning to Take On the Quality of Hire Challenge
One thing people often observe about technology is that the initial hype seems overblown, then one day the wave breaks upon us and things are moving faster … Read more
Three Practices Every HR Team Needs to Adopt
An HR team can make all the difference in the internal success and versatility of a business. From hiring the most qualified talent to maintaining a strong … Read more
Need C-Suite Buy In? Here’s How to Get It
Imagine a world where every great HR initiative gets properly funded: Retention programs are fully backed by the C-suite, recruitment snafus are nipped in … Read more
6 Steps for Making Smart Decisions With Wearables Data
Several years ago, data gathered from sociometric badges (wearable devices equipped with sensors) revealed something interesting about the Bank of … Read more
Make Sure There’s a Business Purpose Before You Jump
It may be true that the average line manager is more data-savvy than the average HR manager, but that doesn’t mean they have a clue about how to approach … Read more
How Analytics Are Like Windshield Wipers
Imagine you’re driving a Ferrari. You’re going really fast, cruising up and down mountain passes, with nothing in your way. Then it starts to rain. The … Read more
Don’t Let Analytics Replace Good Judgement
When a sports writer asked hockey coach Mike Babcock about a particular hockey analytic, Babcock responded, “We don’t know if any of it’s true.” What did … Read more
Hiring Insights From a CEO Who Places Non-Traditional Workers
Parallel Travel is a rapidly-growing San Francisco Bay Area startup that works with talented local artists across the U.S. to design unique experiences at … Read more
5 Steps for Linking Employee Engagement to Business Outcomes
When it comes to employee engagement surveys, you don’t always get what you pay for. Consider this: Many years ago, a municipal organization I worked with … Read more
Three Reasons Why HR Needs Data Science
Data science has crept into so many areas of business that even smaller companies have begun to adopt some of the techniques large organizations have been … Read more
An Economist Says You Should Start Thinking Like One
What would an economist do? It’s a question that more and more organizations, including those involved in hiring, are asking themselves. Economists are … Read more
As You Embrace Predictive Analytics, Consider These Issues
Think in the most personal sense about data you share at work. You share with your employer, and sometimes with potential employers, so many aspects of … Read more
Dealing With the People Part of Big Data Analytics
Considering that analytics is meant to be about hard evidence, it’s surprising how much it’s riven with emotion. I’ve run across various points of … Read more
5 Steps to Selecting a High Value Predictive Workforce Project
Note: KPIs, analytics, predictive analytics — we tend to use these terms interchangeably, but they’re not. They overlap, but progressively more … Read more
Don’t Confuse KPIs and Analytics
Some companies tell me about their plans for people analytics and soon it becomes apparent that their mandate is something different: they’ve been asked to … Read more