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Tag: Metrics

  • Measuring Human Resources Isn’t the Goal

    When we talk about metrics, analytics, and business intelligence, we forget that measuring human resources isn’t the goal. It’s an objective. Yes, we need to do it, but it isn’t the end of the process. At the end, after we’ve spent all the time and effort measuring human resources as best we can, all we…

  • Realistic Job Previews Make Better Hires

    Realistic job previews aren’t new or groundbreaking. (But people still don’t do them.) Why? Honestly, I don’t know. Here’s a little snippet from a recent SHRM article. “One way to avoid quick quits is to be real in describing what it will be like on days 5, 50 and 150 for that candidate during the…

  • Department Metrics-Gaining Instant Credibility

    You hate him, don’t you. That guy from marketing (or accounting, finance, etc.) always has to show off with his slick charts and pretty presentations. I mean, what are we going to do? We’re in HR, darn it. We can’t be that snazzy, can we? The first time I shared some HR department metrics with…

  • HR Metrics Summit

    I’ve been thinking more and more about HR metrics lately. Why? Because the new job requires me to actually use my brain. Well, I started looking around for some resources that would help me get up to speed, and about that same time I was contacted by someone at IQPC to see if I wanted…

  • HR Metrics-Two ways to make them rock

    I’ve recently come across two great ways to make your HR metrics more powerful. It doesn’t require that you really do more of anything if you already collect and report on the numbers, so that’s what makes it so easy. Stop collecting fuzzy stuff. Just stop. Please. We really don’t need an exact number telling…