People Analytics in the Era of Big Data: Changing the Way You Attract, Acquire, Develop, and Retain Talent

PRAISE FOR PEOPLE ANALYTICS IN THE ERA OF BIG DATA

"The world of work has changed with the emergence of Big Data and social media networking. This book is the ultimate guide every leader needs to win the war for talent by leveraging predictive analytics. A must read for everyone."

TIM YATES, CEO, Monster Worldwide Inc.

"The war for talent is facing every company head–on, and analytics are a key part of winning that war. People Analytics in the Era of Big Data gives business leaders the key concepts they need to drive human capital ROI."

HARPREET GREWAL, EVP and General Manager, Constant Contact

"Leaders who make hiring decisions without understanding the factors that truly drive performance in their organization are essentially ′winging it.′ Leaders who understand the people analytics are going to radically outperform their peers. Isson and Harriott are the experts in this field that will no doubt become the critical leadership skill of the next decade."

ART PAPAS, CEO, Bullhorn

"Many workforce practitioners feel pressure to use Big Data and predictive analytics to solve costly workforce challenges. This book provides these folks with an excellent reference guide for a successful People Analytics journey. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn more, or feeling excluded from today′s workforce analytics conversation."

GRETA ROBERTS, CEO, Talent Analytics, Corp.

"Getting the right people in an organization is the key to long–term success and analytics must play a prominent role. People Analytics in the Era of Big Data is a key read for the leader that wants to apply cutting–edge analytics to getting the most out of their talent management strategies."

STEVE PEMBERTON, Chief Diversity Officer, Walgreens

"The time is now to manage human resources as a data–driven process. Leading organizations have made the move to apply predictive analytics not only outwardly across customers, but also inwardly across employees. Isson and Harriott′s groundbreaking book sets forth the undeniable business case that compels your organization to deploy workforce analytics and guides you in how to best leverage it to more effectively manage the entire employee life cycle."

ERIC SIEGEL, PhD, founder, Predictive Analytics World, and author of Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die

"Leveraging analytics is a must for today′s human capital executive. People Analytics in the Era of Big Data provides a compelling framework to drive ROI across all stages of the talent management life cycle."

BRYAN BURDICK, Global Head of B2B, LinkedIn Marketing Solutions

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1 The People Analytics Age

2 How to Migrate from Business Analytics to People Analytics

3 The Seven Pillars of People Analytics Success

4 Workforce Planning Analytics

5 Candidate Sourcing Analytics

6 Talent Acquisition Analytics

7 Onboarding and Culture Fit

8 Talent Engagement Analytics

9 Analytical Performance Management

10 Employee Lifetime Value and Cost Modeling

11 Using Retention Analytics to Protect Your Most Valuable Asset

12 Employee Wellness, Health, and Safety to Drive Business Performance and Loyalty

13 Big Data and People Analytics

14 Future of People Analytics

Index

JEAN PAUL ISSON is global vice president of business intelligence and predictive analytics at Monster Worldwide Inc. He is a worldwide expert and evangelist in Big Data analytics and advanced business analytics with more than 22 years of experience and coauthor of Win with Advanced Business Analytics.

JESSE S. HARRIOTT, PHD, is chief analytics officer at Constant Contact and former chief knowledge officer of Monster Worldwide. For over 20 years, Jesse has led analytics professionals to drive business results. He is the coauthor of Finding Keepers and Win with Advanced Business Analytics.