This course is a starting point to understand why HR Analytics / People Analytics is an essential and upcoming extension of every HR department. We will start off by discussing the evolving role of HR, how you can setup this critical department within your own organisation, as a business leader, and what areas it would impact. As an individual this course will help you understand what are some key skills to be successful in a career in HR Analytics and how you can prepare yourself for this role.

We will spend a significant time diving deep into several areas that this function can impact. Discuss the kind of problems and questions that it can help solve, and what data points, HRIS systems, key metrics and KPIs can be used to support these discussions and the overall HR strategy and policy design.

We will spend time on each step in an employee's lifecycle:

• Workforce planning

• Sourcing

• Hiring / talent acquisition

• Onboarding & cultural alignment

• Talent engagement

• Performance management

• Compensation & benefits

• Attrition and retention

We will also discuss how to set up this team, and what is the right mindset and approach required in this field. Finally we will end up with helping you understand how you can get started in this career and what you can look forward to in this journey.