The HR profession has undergone many changes in recent years and most HR professionals have managed to stay ahead of the curve. But with new types of technologies moving into people management, it’s worth revisiting a central question: Will your job be automated? And how can you prepare for the future of HR? Change is…
Babyboomers, Gen X, Millennials (or Gen Y), Gen Z… Each generation of workers comes with its own letter of the alphabet. And about every generation, you can find heaps of articles, surveys, and research papers. But what comes after generation Z? Or better put, who comes after generation Z? That’s what we’ll take a look…
In the community of our AIHR Academy, we’ve had a few discussions about how to calculate employee turnover. In the people analytics space, employee turnover is arguably the most-discussed metric. However, calculating turnover is much trickier than it seems. In this article, we will propose a best practice for measuring employee turnover. Calculating employee turnover:…
Practice what you preach they say. And so I’ve been listening to some of the HR podcasts we recently wrote about. One of them being the Employer Branding Podcast by Jörgen Sandberg, CEO of Link Humans. And boy did I get lucky. The very first episode I listened to was filled with plenty of useful…
If only we could know things in advance, especially those things that bother us the most today. Machine learning and predictive analytics are often touted as the ultimate solution – and they can be. However, certain misconceptions limit effectiveness of predictive models or even hinder their development to begin with. In this article, I will…
People are essential to the success of any business. The performance of employees can be a liability or asset to a company. As an HR professional, you will play a pivotal role in how successful your company is. Good Human Resource Management (HRM) is essential for businesses of all sizes. In this article, we will…
It is time that HR analytics starts to show the value it delivers to the business. This is hard to do as people analytics is still an emerging field. For this article, I have collected 15 of the best HR analytics case studies I’ve come across in the past two years. Each of these case…
Employee referral programs are still popular and there are many brilliant employee referral programs examples. So it’s no surprise that more and more companies use referral program software to attract candidates and diversify their hiring efforts. These employee referral tools come in many different shapes and sizes, ranging from multi-faceted platforms to apps that are…
The world of work is changing so rapidly that a mere one-off university degree is no longer enough to stay relevant or stand out from the workforce. This has lead to people educating themselves throughout their career by taking courses in specific topics that are relevant to their jobs and ambitions. Continuous learning benefits you…
As HR professionals and executives are trying to move the workforce analytics agenda forward, we are still facing challenges. Although the urgency for data-driven decision making in HR is increasing, the maturity of workforce analytics is still quite low in most organizations. Why is this? The primary reasons I’ve found working with HR leaders are:…