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August 22, 2022 Today, I'm thrilled to announce that PeopleInsight has been acquired by the global Talent Management ...
In our opinion, there are two aspects that make data management, warehousing, and reporting of HR data, and therefore, ...
The Turnover Treemap
The Candidate Pipeline
The Diversity Dashboard
The Executive Scorecard
PeopleInsight CEO and Co-Founder John Pensom was a guest in the Eagle Tech Talks Podcast with Morley Surcon. In this ...
As 2020 comes to a close. We at PeopleInsight wanted to gather our top resources throughout the year. Come check out ...
If you have an analytics role within HR Ops, you’ve, no doubt, got requests coming at you all the time and you are ...
A key issue faced by HR is the lack of data integration across a company’s HR Tech landscape. Most could benefit from ...
A key issue faced by HR is the lack of data integration across a company’s HR Tech landscape. Most could benefit from ...
Data-driven HR means connecting people data to business outcomes data to drive better people and workforce decisions. ...
In this week's 5 Minute Friday, we have David Creelman, CEO of Creelman Research as our guest blogger.
“It’s Been 2 Years Since We Implemented Our New HR Tech, and We Still Don’t Have the Reporting & Analytics We ...
by John Pensom, CEO & Co-Founder Surprisingly (or some might say, predictably), SHRM were the key voice on-record ...
It's here!! Our playbook (4 of them actually) to help HR Business Partners become data driven. Get your copy here or ...
This week we move on to the idea of sustainability – and the importance of building your HR/people analytics capability ...
This week we’ll tackle the importance of Data Integrity in successful people analytics. This is an excerpt from our ...
This week we’ll tackle the second of our four anchor capabilities required for success in analytics: Source Systems, ...
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just plunk in an HR analyst, build an HR analytics function, or buy a slick piece of ...
We continue exploring the pieces that need to be in place in and around HR analytics in order to be successful. Last ...
We hear it all the time and we get it – HR needs to continue to build proficiency in analytics. However, it’s not ...
In our last post, we explored the value of visualizations in bringing workforce data to life and simplifying ...
The human brain is wired to process information visually, making visualization one of the best ways to understand ...
It can be a challenge to clearly understand where to invest to improve how you attract, progress and hire quality ...
Updated on June 25, 2020 Over the past two weeks we’ve talked about HR Reporting and offered some tips on how to ...
Updated on June 19, 2020 Last week we introduced 3 questions that should be asked of any reporting that is done with a ...
As the market leader for midmarket SaaS-delivered people analytics, PeopleInsight is deeply committed to the security ...
Updated on June 9, 2020 Of all the questions our Customer Success Team gets asked, one of the most common is: “What ...
Updated on May 27, 2020 HR is no stranger to data and metrics and the most progressive of leaders in this space are now ...
Watch this video below as PeopleInsight Co-Founder and CEO, John Pensom speaks at the People Analytics and Future of ...
Updated on May 6, 2020. In this blog, we look at some of the basic characteristics of being an effective HRBP and ...
Given my business is exclusively focused on helping HR deliver better business results with their HR data, I’ve taken ...
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I'm thrilled to share with you where we fit on the seminal research for the People Analytics industry - conducted by ...
We all know that seeing is believing, and in the oh-so-frequent-smoke-in-mirrors-world-of-technology, this old adage ...
Take a look at this feature article from HR.com written by PeopleInsight CEO and Co-Founder John Pensom.
In this micro-installment, take less than 4 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about the ROI and predictability of ...
In this micro-installment, take 3 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about getting started with people analytics ...
In this micro-installment, take less than 4 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about the opportunity and ...
In this micro-installment, take less than 4 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about the evolution of people ...
In this micro-installment, take less than 2 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about the universal issue of HR - ...
In this micro-installment, take 4 minutes and listen to Al and John describe the multiple layers required for a people ...
HR & HRBP's must focus on what's relevant to the business using a data driven approach. We've written a ...
In this micro-installment, take 3 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about why "HR data is not normal" and how the ...
In this micro-installment, take 3 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about how APIs are great for enabling ...
In this micro-installment, take 3 minutes and listen to Al and John talk about the similarities between HR Tech, people ...
Recently, I had a conversation with someone who has been in the HR Tech game a long time and he was looking to learn ...
PeopleInsight Partners with iCIMS to Streamline Talent Acquisition Analytics for Employers
Over the past few years, every HR Tech vendor seems to be claiming they deliver some notion of people analytics. ...
We've got a terrific 5 Minute Friday for you this week. We’re sharing one customer’s very inspiring journey so far with ...
We've got a terrific 5 Minute Friday for you this week. We’re sharing one customer’s very inspiring journey so far with ...
In anticipation of HR Technology Conference and sessions of Women in HRTechnology, we recently sat down with John ...
For the past 3 years, most HR Tech vendors have claimed reporting and analytics are actually "embedded" in the newer ...
We’ve shared with you the first 3 steps to getting more out of your Candidate data by tying your analytics to hiring ...
In the last two blog posts I shared the first step in getting more out of your candidate data by tying your analytics ...
Last blog post I talked about the importance of tying your analytics to hiring results - and in this post I want to ...
It can be a challenge to clearly understand where to invest to improve how you attract, progress and hire quality ...
Every recruiting team should have at their fingertips an analytics solution that is flexible and scalable, and able to ...
This week we explore the analytics that can provide your recruiting team and recruiters with the insight needed to know ...
This week we cover 2 questions focused on Candidate Pipeline Analytics: 1. Can you explain in more detail the types ...
If you're like most in HR and Talent, you're being challenged to do more with less. On the talent side, you're being ...
“ATS, HCM platforms, and other HR Tech can't deliver true people analytics on their own. True people analytics requires ...
Every recruitment team needs visibility into the state of recruitment (what’s working, what’s not, where to invest ...
How quickly and confidently could you use your people data to create Success Profiles of Your Sales Team? How long ...
How long would it take and how many resources would you need to: Unify Candidate Data from Your ATS with Employee Data ...
“HCM platforms and other HR Tech can't deliver true people analytics on their own.True people analytics requires a data ...
Some would have you believe all you need is a "self-serve" BI toolset. The truth is People Analytics is complex and DIY ...
THE OLDEN DAYS (~2013) Several years ago, I sat with a new customer of PeopleInsight and asked the question “what would ...
We continue our look at the ways we can make data driven HR a sustainable capability - one that is ongoing and ...
We continue our look at the ways we can make data driven HR a sustainable capability - one that is ongoing and ...
This week we move on to the idea of sustainability – and the importance of building your HR/people analytics capability ...
In this post we explore the important role PEOPLE play in getting you to the analytics and reporting you need in HR. ...
A question we get asked a lot, is “how are you different from the alternative solutions for HR analytics and ...
We’ve come to the last 2 steps in our 8-step plan for executing your HR Analytics project. These two are all about ...
Today, we continue to look at our 8-step plan for executing your HR Analytics project. Last week we covered Steps 1 ...
This week we introduce our Do. Help. Fix model for identifying and selecting analytics and reporting projects that are ...
It's here!! Our playbook (4 of them actually) to help HR Business Partners become data driven. Get your copy here or ...
In this week's 5-Minute Friday, John shares his thoughts on the power of analytics for sales teams. It's a given ...
After spending the last few days in Vegas at the HR Tech Conference, and feeling a wee bit tired (a little sleep ...
The HR Tech Conference in Vegas next week features a half day event - Women in HR Technology. I thought I’d piggyback ...
Integration with PeopleInsight means out of the box connections between Greenhouse and HR data for easily deployed ...
PeopleInsight Announces Integration Partnership with Greenhouse Software Integration with PeopleInsight means out of ...
This week we take a behind-the-scenes look at PeopleInsight’s Technical Operations Team, the group that is literally ...
This week we continue our behind-the-scenes look at PeopleInsight and introduce our Customer Success Team. They are ...
Over the next couple of weeks we’re going to give you a behind-the-scenes look at PeopleInsight and introduce you to ...
Summer is a great time to catch up on news and reading. In case you missed them, we’ve pulled together our top five ...
THIS SUMMER, TAKE A PERMANENT VACATION FROM DISCONNECTED DATA & SPREADSHEETS!
The first half of 2017 has come and gone, and in that time, we continue to see more and more organizations adopting ...
Summer is the perfect time to catch up on reading. While work-related reading might not be exactly what you had in ...
A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to develop a White Paper which might help HR Business Partners become more data ...
This week we continue our look at our simplified framework for people analytics. Over the past two weeks we’ve shown ...
Last week we presented a framework for thinking about and doing people analytics, and we explored the first step - ...
In this week’s 5 Minute Friday, we’re taking a look at the first and most critical step in kickstarting your analytics ...
Over the past few months, I have had many similar conversations with customers. The talk track goes something like ...
When it comes to launching and gaining momentum in people analytics, you must: Focus on a juicy business issue, and Use ...
A few times a year I have the pleasure of facilitating continuing professional development workshops on workforce ...
Diversity and inclusion are more than issues for compliance or nice corporate values to hold. They are essential to ...
The gender pay gap has been much in the news lately as well as on the minds of the CEO and CHROs. It's an issue that ...
Did you know that April 4 is Equal Pay Day? This, as far as I am concerned, is both remarkable and shocking. To really ...
Over many conversations with HR and Talent professionals, we've identified several conditions that are pre-cursors to ...
Full disclosure: we're cheating a little bit this week and our 5 Minute Friday is a bit longer. In fact, we've ...
A key issue faced by HRIS/HR Ops is the lack of data integration across a company’s HR Tech landscape. Most could ...
If you’re in HR, chances are, you feel the pain of disconnected HR, talent and productivity data. Most do. We get it. ...
This week we continue our Q&A focused on recruitment analytics, and we tackle a very interesting (and timely) ...
This week we cover 2 questions focused on Candidate Pipeline Analytics: 1. Can you explain in more detail the types ...
Over the past 4 weeks we've explored a number of topics related to analytics for recruitment and talent acquisition. ...
In this week’s 5-Minute Friday we delve into Automated Recruitment Surveys and explore the ways these surveys can be ...
Do you know how your recruiting channels are perfoming against business outcomes? A deep look into your recruiting ...
If you're like most in HR and Talent, you're being challenged to do more with less. On the talent side, you're being ...
In this blog, we examine the ways in which a deeper look at your recruitment, channel, candidate, and new hire data ...
To get HR business partners successfully involved in analytics there are a few “small” problems you need to overcome: ...
A new year prompts reflection as well as a look forward to what’s next. Whether you’re already deep into HR analytics, ...
Last week, we explored two more beliefs, barriers and excuses that can impede your progress when it comes to People ...
Last week, we explored the first two beliefs, barriers and excuses that can impede your progress when it comes to ...
If you’re anything like me, you can occasionally get distracted :). One of the MANY great things about Steve, my ...
This week, we continue our 5 Minute Friday theme of how to use HR analytics to communicate with different audiences ...
It’s the end of the week and time for another 5 Minute Friday. Yesterday was Thanksgiving in the U.S. and many of us ...
As we discussed in last week’s 5 Minute Friday post, one key aspect to successfully using analytics to drive decision ...
In this week's 5-Minute Friday, John shares his thoughts on some of the key layers necessary for success in people ...
In this week's 5-Minute Friday, John shares his topline observations on this week's HR Technology event in Chicago. ...
In this week's 5-Minute Friday, we share a video by John Pensom. In it, John talks about the urgent need for HR to get ...
>> Workforce Analytics helps HR focus on value In this week's 5-Minute Friday, we explore three priorities areas ...
>> Think of your HR data and the value you get from it like an iceberg. In this week's 5-Minute Friday, we ...
>> Introducing PeopleInsight's 5-Minute Fridays, where you get a bite-sized masterclass in analytics every week. ...
Engaging the Executives We’ve all been there – either as presenter or observer – at that moment in a presentation when ...
Companies spend a great deal of time, money, and resources to understand, target, recruit and retain customers. They ...
No matter what your company size, the pressure is on for HR to make use of data to respond to business questions and ...
Employee surveys have always played a role in HR. Typically, they involve a lot of time and a lot of work – they are ...
THIS SUMMER TAKE A PERMANENT VACATION FROM DISCONNECTED DATA & SPREADSHEETS! If you’re like most HR Leaders ...
I just read one media outlet’s Top Five moments from this past weekend’s NBA All Star Game hosted by the Toronto ...
In our last blog we shared our perspective (or should we say our conviction) that for workforce analytics to be ...
In our last blog we explored how workforce analytics can help solve a number of limitations currently faced internally ...
Author's note: This post is an excerpt from the eBook: Workforce Analytics for Human Resources Over the past couple of ...
Can you afford NOT to focus on workforce analytics in 2016? Maybe it's just me, but in the fall, I tend to roost a ...
It’s time for CHRO Hot Topic #3 (In case you missed #1 and #2, here they are again Business Focused Analytics and ...
In this second blog topic, we’re going to look at CHRO Hot Topic #2: There's a shift underway in the Engagement ...
I recently met with about 15 Talent & HR Executives over the course of a few days. While there were many ...
Today, HR Leaders make use of analytics solutions to realize deeper insight into the workforce in order to fuel ...
Credible & Business Focused HR The next and last topic in this blog series is the ever so-important and ...
The Monthly Summary Dashboard In my last blog I spoke about disconnected data, the failed promise of the single SOURCE ...
The Executive Scorecard Today, I’m going to introduce you to The Executive Scorecard. The Executive Scorecard is ...
Your Executive’s Lens re: People and Workforce Analytics In our business, we get to work with many executives, from HR ...
The One Thing So I’ve been around this “HR data thing” for a while now (>20 yrs), and if there’s one thing I know, ...
We’ve shared with you the first 3 steps to getting more out of your Candidate data by tying your analytics to hiring ...
In the last two blog posts I shared the first step in getting more out of your candidate data by tying your analytics ...
Last blog post I talked about the importance of tying your analytics to hiring results - and in this post I want to ...
It can be a challenge to clearly understand where to invest to improve how you attract, progress and hire quality ...
I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Conference Board's inaugural Technology-Enabled HR event a few ...
I speak with a lot of organizations who, for a variety of reasons, are trying to deliver better business results from ...
You may have been hearing the buzz lately from a CBC article on the advancement of analytics in HR. You've read the ...
I had the pleasure of sitting down with senior talent leaders from some of North America's best regarded brands ...
If you’ve been following our activity the past couple of months you’ll know we’ve been talking a lot about workforce ...
I'm thrilled to have been asked to Co-Chair Canada's first HR Metrics Summit by IQPC - being hosted in Toronto on June ...
Check out the latest edition of HR.com's "Workforce Management Excellence Essentials". On page 16, we explore the ways ...
I came across this very interesting, relevant and entertaining blog post written by Marc Miller over at Marc S. Miller ...
Note: this is an excerpt from our eBook: Getting Started with Workforce Analytics | 10 Common Concerns and How to ...
Note: this is an excerpt from our eBook: Getting Started with Workforce Analytics | 10 Common Concerns and How to ...
Note: this is an excerpt from our eBook: Getting Started with Workforce Analytics | 10 Common Concerns and How to ...
Note: this is an excerpt from our eBook: Getting Started with Workforce Analytics | 10 Common Concerns and How to ...
Note: this is an excerpt from our eBook: Getting Started with Workforce Analytics | 10 Common Concerns and How to ...
We are thrilled to announce that PeopleInsight has been named today by tech industry analyst, Branham Group, one of ...
Author note: this blog is an excerpt from the eBook: Workforce Analytics for Human Resources Okay, let's start with a ...
Author note: This is an excerpt from the eBook: Workforce Analytics for Human Resources
This article was developed in concert with our strategic partners and collaborators over at Head2Head - leaders in the ...
Happy New Year HR! It’s 2014 and no doubt you’re faced with the task of pulling together numbers, metrics and ...
Want to get a jump start on 2014 and your quest to better understand and communicate key workforce and business ...
Workforce Analytics: What, How, Why and When? When: Thursday December 12, 2013 Time: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST To ...
When I hear people talk about top talent, I get reminded of the elusive (and sometimes voodoo) experiences that I had ...
John Pensom had the opportunity to speak with Anca and Natalie from Impact99 about “what is workforce analytics?” ...
On Wednesday October 9th, we were extremely fortunate at PeopleInsight to host a webinar featuring Sylvie Sarault, ...
I love the field I work in. I love it because the big data space is literally endless. I know this sounds somewhat ...
Last week on August 22nd, we hosted our first Toronto-based PeopleInsight | Insight event. It was a great success. We ...
Talent Acquisition is no stranger to data and metrics and the most progressive of leaders in this space are taking ...
For this blog post, I'd like to thank and welcome Ashley Verrill who is a software analyst at Software Advice ...
Building upon our great event in Calgary last week (hosted with our partners JFive and Hanna Consulting Group), we ...
In our last post we explored the value of visualizations in bringing workforce data to life and simplifying ...
Engaging the Executives We’ve all been there – either as presenter or observer – at that moment in a presentation when ...
It’s an exciting time in the human capital business....and more specifically, in the business of both acquiring the ...
2013 is shaping up to be a transformative year in HR and the game-changer is workforce analytics. There's no better ...
Workforce Analytics is a huge part of what we do. Our PeopleInsight solution combines, integrates and analyzes data ...
At PeopleInsight we talk a lot about elevation. It's core to what we do. In fact, our mission is to bring elevation to ...