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New Hires (Period)
Number of new employees hired during the period
How it’s computed
COUNT(employees WHERE hire_date IN period)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
New Hires (Period) can tell roughly 25 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to workforce composition
{mover} is becoming a bigger share of who you are
workforce-composition · T1
{mover} is fading from the mix
workforce-composition · T1
A few people hold the whole network together
org-networks · T1
One unit is over-managed
workforce-composition · T1
Spans are stretched thin in one corner
workforce-composition · T1
The mix is holding steady
workforce-composition · T1
The organization you have isn't the one you had
workforce-composition · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“HiresA hire is, by definition, someone who was not an employee that became an employee. To calculate the number of hires, you extract a list of all active and terminated employees and count the employees within a given segment with a start date squarely within the period you're…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 63%
“To evaluate how successful you are at talent acquisition, you should understand that companies have different head count growth needs and targets and that your own company’s growth needs and targets will change over time. Successfully hiring 100 people sounds good, but if you…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 50%
“Headcount-Plan-Achievement-Percent is a particular segment's head count on a particular date expressed as a percentage of that segment's head count plan on the same date: Headcount-Plan-Achievement-Percent: [Segment].[Period].Headcount-EOP ÷ [Segment].[Period].Headcount-EOP-Plan…”
— People Analytics For Dummiesmatch 49%
Resources: People Analytics For Dummies