People Data & Analytics

Turnover is a natural part of every organization, and there are a variety of reasons behind it. Some turnover is outside your control, like when someone chooses to move closer to family or decides to leave the corporate world to become their own boss. Yet, there are other instances of employee turnover you can actively […]

Table of Contents What is Employee Absenteeism? Types of Absenteeism How To Measure Absenteeism Absenteeism Formula How to Account for Workplace Absences How To Prevent Unannounced Absenteeism Employee absenteeism is an unavoidable challenge in the workplace. But by learning more about the definition and causes of absenteeism and by studying the numbers behind your company’s […]

If you’re not using HR reporting tools to further your business, we have a bone to pick with you. You’ve finally gotten a handle on the mountain of paperwork and turned it into a molehill, but here’s the thing: data is useless if all you do is organize it and leave it alone. You know […]

Some business leaders dismiss happiness as something that employees can do on their own time. Unfortunately, a lack of attention to workplace happiness isn’t just bad business practice because it makes your workplace miserable, it also has a negative impact on employee productivity. In fact, one study found that when employees are happier, workplace productivity […]

Returns are hard to measure in human resources. In other departments, sales conversions, new products, or ad campaigns can easily be measured. But in HR, the “assets” are people. People bring so much value to your business, but it’s difficult to measure HR’s ROI.   In the data-driven age, every line of business is under increasing […]

Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Cheshire Cat: “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.” Alice: “I don’t much care where –” Cheshire Cat: “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Sometimes when making decisions, […]

We at BambooHR get giddy knowing that our software helps save you time every single day. Because we want to make sure you’re using BambooHR in the best possible way, we’re bringing you another Hints & Tips Video. This month’s tip is to practice up on your custom HR reporting tools. Did you know? A […]

There are few things people dislike as much as busywork. When my daughter comes home from school with homework I know she’s done so many times it makes her head spin, my head starts spinning. Why would teachers do that to our kids? Likewise, why would we keep doing HR busywork if we don’t have […]

I grew up watching Bob Ross wielding his palette of many colors, dabbing his paint brush onto canvas and creating those “happy little clouds” on PBS. His gentle voice always put me at ease—and sometimes to sleep—as he demonstrated how to paint a sky. Happy little clouds. That nostalgic phrase still puts me at ease […]

If you’ve never filed an EEO-1 report before, it might be a little confusing. So below are some basics to get started with. What is it? The EEO-1 Report is a compliance survey mandated by federal statute and regulations. It’s basically a survey that requires company employment data to be categorized by race/ethnicity, gender, and […]