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Read up on the latest workforce analytics information and insights from ZeroedIn.
January 23, 2017
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, the Holy Grail of recruiting is maximizing “quality of hire.” The challenge for human resources professionals is how to measure quality of hire in order to replicate great results and assign a dollar figure to return on investment. Measuring Quality of Hire […]
January 17, 2017
Your company’s talent bench indicates the strengths and weaknesses employees bring to the job. Knowing the breadth and depth of your talent bench means understanding if you have the right skill sets your business needs – not only at this moment in time but also for the future. Talent Analytics […]
November 30, 2016
A big groundswell of opinion among businesses over the past 10-12 years is that employee engagement is the key to a company’s success. Not to be confused with employee satisfaction, which has more to do with personal career growth, employee engagement is defined by loyalty and obligation to a company’s […]
November 8, 2016
Measuring employee mobility gives companies a map for preparing employees for leadership roles. There’s a balance between moving employees among positions and the length of time spent in each position that results in success; it is up to each company to discover their own “perfect” balance in order to be […]
October 24, 2016
Employee turnover is one of the top three concerns of companies (along with productivity and performance, which I’ve blogged about previously). That’s because employee turnover equals big bucks. One HR industry measure shows that by reducing turnover just one percent for every 1,000 employees, companies can save an average of […]
October 19, 2016
How well do you do your job? That’s commonly referred to as performance and it’s subjective – at least, more subjective than productivity. Performance is one of the top three workforce insights ZeroedIn gets asked for, because it’s tied to employee compensation, the biggest investment that companies make. Managing performance […]
September 28, 2016
Productivity is consistently the top workforce insight that companies request from ZeroedIn. No wonder – employee productivity can mean the difference between a company succeeding, failing, or just getting by. If you can picture an entrepreneur starting a business and understand how long and how hard he or she has […]
August 30, 2016
Every company wants better insight into their workforce. But what exactly are the insights that companies are looking for? We’ve organized them into the Top 10 most commonly requested workforce topics. Productivity Performance Turnover Mobility Labor hours (like overtime and ACA thresholds) Engagement Diversity Talent bench (skills strength and weaknesses) […]
July 22, 2016
No matter how smoothly the hiring process goes or how perfect a fit the new employee seems on paper, things don’t always work out. Some employees soar, and some never seem to find their footing. Wouldn’t it be great to understand why some succeed and others struggle? It might seem […]
April 26, 2016
Have you ever watched a duck swim? It may look calm and effortless above the water, but below the surface, it’s paddling like mad to keep going. Remind you of anything? Many workforce analytics programs are like “duck works.” They may look calm but behind the scenes, they’re going crazy […]
April 18, 2016
Companies place a lot of emphasis on getting an accurate headcount. This makes sense; employee headcount is a pretty basic metric, and looks like a good place to start a workforce analytics program. However, in the rush to get a head count more valuable metrics may get ignored or overlooked. […]
March 1, 2016
How fast can we bring our new hires up to speed? Do we need a 6 week on-boarding program? Or is 4 weeks enough to get them going and productive? If you don’t measure, you’ll never know. To find out how long your on-boarding process takes to get employees going, […]