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Data Analytics for HR

People analytics: turnover, hiring, engagement and pay fairness — with privacy protected.

6 units30 bitesAbout 90 min

What this track covers

For HR practitioners who want to answer questions about people with data rather than gut feel. Calculating turnover properly, measuring the hiring funnel, reading engagement surveys, checking pay and promotion fairness, and using AI in people decisions responsibly. Privacy and bias are part of the method, not an appendix. No coding.

New to AI? Every track builds on AI & Data Fundamentals.

What you will be able to do

  • Calculate turnover, time to hire and promotion rates correctly
  • Read engagement survey results without over-reading them
  • Check pay fairness with raw and adjusted gaps
  • Handle employee data in line with data-protection law and anonymity rules

Units and bites

  1. Unit 15 bitesAbout 15 min

    People analytics basics

    Using data for decisions about people — starting from the right question.

    1. What people analytics is for

      Using data about work and workers to make better, fairer people decisions.

      3 min
    2. HR data you already have

      HRIS, payroll, recruiting and surveys: what's in them and how far to trust it.

      3 min
    3. Headcount and FTE

      Counting employees properly, including part-time and contract staff.

      3 min
    4. Rates per period

      Why "12 people left" means nothing without a denominator and a period.

      3 min
    5. Asking a good people question

      From a manager's complaint to a question data can answer.

      3 min
  2. Unit 26 bitesAbout 18 min

    Turnover and retention

    Who leaves, when and why — without guesswork.

    1. Attrition rate

      The standard turnover formula and the usual mistakes in calculating it.

      3 min
    2. Voluntary vs involuntary

      Resignations and dismissals tell two very different stories.

      3 min
    3. Regretted attrition

      Not every leaver is equal: focus on the people you wanted to keep.

      3 min
    4. Tenure curves

      In which month people most often leave, and what that means.

      3 min
    5. Exit data

      Reading leaving reasons honestly, including the unspoken ones.

      3 min
    6. Predicting attrition, carefully

      What a "flight risk" model can and cannot do, and its ethical risks.

      3 min
  3. Unit 35 bitesAbout 15 min

    The hiring funnel

    From applicant to employee: measuring every step of hiring.

    1. Stages and pass-through rates

      What share of applicants reach each stage, and where it gets stuck.

      3 min
    2. Time to hire

      Measuring hiring speed, and why the best candidates don't wait long.

      3 min
    3. Source of hire

      Which channels produce hires who stay, not just the most applicants.

      3 min
    4. Quality of hire

      Defining a "good hire" in a way you can measure.

      3 min
    5. Offer acceptance

      Why candidates say no, and what the numbers can teach you.

      3 min
  4. Unit 45 bitesAbout 15 min

    Engagement surveys

    Designing, reading and acting on employee surveys properly.

    1. Designing questions

      Questions that are clear, neutral and ask one thing at a time.

      3 min
    2. Response rates

      Who did not answer can change the whole result.

      3 min
    3. Reading scores and eNPS

      Averages, distributions and how eNPS is calculated.

      3 min
    4. Comparing teams fairly

      Small teams, small gaps, and when a score difference means nothing.

      3 min
    5. Acting on results

      A survey with no follow-up makes the next one worse.

      3 min
  5. Unit 55 bitesAbout 15 min

    Pay and fairness

    Reading pay and promotion data without misleading — and without exposing individuals.

    1. Pay bands and compa-ratio

      Where someone's pay sits within the range for their role.

      3 min
    2. Raw vs adjusted pay gap

      Two pay-gap numbers, two different questions, and why both matter.

      3 min
    3. Promotion rates

      Comparing promotion chances across groups fairly.

      3 min
    4. The small-group problem

      When a group is too small to conclude from — or to report safely.

      3 min
    5. Reporting fairly

      Presenting sensitive findings to leadership clearly and responsibly.

      3 min
  6. Unit 64 bitesAbout 12 min

    Ethics and privacy

    Employee data, anonymity, and using AI in people decisions responsibly.

    1. Employee data privacy

      What Indonesia’s data-protection law means for data HR collects and analyses.

      3 min
    2. Anonymity thresholds

      Minimum group sizes so that nobody can be identified.

      3 min
    3. Bias in HR algorithms

      How CV-screening models can copy past unfairness.

      3 min
    4. AI in hiring, responsibly

      Where AI may help with hiring, and where the decision must stay human.

      3 min

Questions about this track

Learning

How long does Data Analytics for HR take?

About 90 minutes in all: 6 units made of 30 bites of about three minutes each, and every bite ends with a quick check. You can do one bite a day or several in a row.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Every Datamew track is written for working professionals without a technical background. Where there is arithmetic, it is the kind you can do on a phone or in a spreadsheet.

Where should I start?

Everyone begins with AI & Data Fundamentals, which covers how AI works, how to write a good prompt and how to read data honestly. Then take Data Analytics for HR for your role.

When can I start learning?

Datamew is coming to iOS and Android soon. There is no release date or price announced yet: join the waitlist and we will tell you when the app is out.

Is it available in Bahasa Indonesia?

Yes. Datamew is written in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

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