{"id":999881337,"date":"2012-10-10T13:34:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dice.com\/?p=920731163"},"modified":"2012-10-10T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:34:00","slug":"analyze-your-workforce-people-first-numbers-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dice.com\/hiring\/recruitment\/analyze-your-workforce-people-first-numbers-second","title":{"rendered":"Analyze Your Workforce: People First, Numbers Second"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can you be a people person and a numbers person at the same time? If you\u2019re an HR person, it doesn’t really matter whether you can or can\u2019t. Sugarcoat it as much as you want, but in the realm of business, people are first and foremost numbers. And understanding those numbers \u2013 like, really understanding them \u2013 has a lot to do with which organizations advance and which organizations decline. If you\u2019re an HR person still wondering whether you need to be good at numbers, let me help you decide: you do. The Human Resources Executive 15th<\/sup> Annual HR Technology Conference<\/a> #HRTechConf was a lot about big data this year. Big data isn\u2019t just about data. It\u2019s about how you do something with it. It\u2019s about bringing data to life \u2013 making it jump from the page where it has sat for so many years and just stared back at us. If you can\u2019t draw conclusions, connect dots, or tell a story from the data you\u2019re giving, that data is dead. So all of this starts with a workforce analytics initiative. It doesn\u2019t have to be big, it doesn\u2019t have to be complex, and it certainly doesn\u2019t have to define you. But you have to get started. According to a presentation given by Brian Kelly<\/a> with Mercer<\/a> at the conference, here are some things to know and tips to bear in mind as you start your own workforce analytics initiative.<\/p>\n