Data Analytics Guide

Frequently Asked

What is Data Analytics?

Data analytics is the practice of extracting meaningful insights from data to better understand current challenges, guide decision-making, and solve problems.

For HR professionals, that means data-driven thinking, and technical skills to collect, clean, analyze, and interpret data. Someone with this ability can identify patterns, uncover trends, and make data-driven recommendations.

What does this mean for HR?

• Knows how to identify patterns and trends in workforce data; this includes metrics like headcount, turnover rate, absenteeism and hire data. Ask the right questions: What is the data telling us? What conclusions can we form from this?

• Learns and understands how to use HR analytics tools, such as how to manipulate and extract data.

• Communicates findings to stakeholders clearly through visuals and storytelling of the data. Makes data-driven recommendations.