Starbucks’s response this discrimination, mandatory training, is a common response to social injustice in the business world. And what should businesses do to address bias and discrimination instead? MORE

Of HR professionals we surveyed on how their organizations deal with bias or discrimination in the workplace, some form of training is by far the most popular method of internal-facing D&I enablement for companies. MORE

Data and analytics are the next big thing in HR, but do you really know how to implement your findings in meaningful ways? What’s the big deal about data? Data analytics has become a hugely valuable field supporting more informed business decisions, from operations to marketing. MORE

The right metrics? Clean data? In his article, he focuses on the idea that HR professionals shouldn’t put the data first, but instead, they should concentrate on asking the right questions. If you start with the data, you can easily end up in the land of “So what?” MORE

For detailed action plans on how to find more qualified talent, leverage big data in the recruiting process, and how to use social media and marketing in the hiring process check out our executive summary. Using data to inform your hiring decisions. What’s your magic hiring metric? MORE

loans, distributions) Compliance with plan rules and federal laws Discrimination testing and audit support Employee enrollment and communications Required Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor filings (e.g., In comparison, the average ratio for a company with 2,000 employees is 0.7 MORE

You can only make these comparisons if you consistently obtain the same types of information from all applicants. Statistical validation : Collect your own data over time. – Collect your own data over time. MORE

A few other notes: This is organic (not total) traffic — We’re using ahref’s measurement of organic traffic because we find it to be the best apples-to-apples comparison of traffic to HR blog pages. HR Metrics: How and Why to Calculate Employee Turnover Rate? MORE