Hello world, what do you think about this People Analytics job posting?
I have curiosity for your feedback on this draft job posting - especially if you are a people analytics professional or aspire to be one. Is it compelling? Do you have any suggestions to improve the concept of it? Thoughts on the difference between the outlier successful analyst and the average? If you have thoughts please do share them.
Once every 50 years or so there is a spark of innovation that leads to a big change in the way that business is managed, and the way companies win. Do you ever wonder what it was like to be there when it happened? Would you have seen why it mattered and signed up or would you have let that opportunity slip you by?
At XYZ we are building an eclectic team that combines people science, statistics, strategy and systems expertise into one diverse high performing special analytics unit, designed to use people data to be the “force multiplier” for people program teams and company management. We call it People Analytics.
At XYZ we know that we don’t all start with the resources we want, but with a little creativity we can figure out how to put it together and make it work in a counterintuitive way that is fun, fair and rewarding for everyone.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING IN PEOPLE ANALYTICS
● People Analytics is the systematic application of statistics and behavioral science to HR / talent strategy to create competitive advantages.
● It’s new. In a nutshell you will: help push XYX Human Resources up the analytical maturity curve from no data, to standard reporting, to basic statistical analysis, to advanced statistical modeling such as prediction and optimization.
● Rolling this onion back one more layer you will either directly or indirectly: extract data from people related systems, create new data through data collection devices, join data with other data, execute transformation of data using formulas and calculations, apply statistics, synthesize insights then deliver it to stakeholders through reports, dashboards and presentations.
● Design analysis to identify patterns that provide new learning and insight that gives XYZ advantages in sourcing, recruiting, motivating, fighting through bias, retaining, supporting, and developing differentiated talent.
● Design analysis to problem solve and make recommendations in the people side of the business x1 + x2 + x3 = Y equation. Solve for X, where Y is measurable in dollars.
● Design analysis to help XYZ make better people and organization related decisions (people operations programs, policies and practices) and measure the effectiveness of prior decisions.
● Design and implement people related data collection devices to measure fuzzy ideas previously thought unmeasurable to increase certainty. For example using tools for this like employee surveys and Organization Network Analysis.
● Work with operational system owners and business users to identify, correct and prevent data quality issues that pretty much make what we are trying to do impossible. (Specific HRIS system experience is irrelevant as long as you know your way around HR data).
● Job Analysis / Workforce Planning Analysis / Talent Acquisition Analysis / Diversity & Inclusion Analytics / Compensation & Benefit Analytics / Employee Survey Design and Analysis / Learning Analytics / Organization Network Analysis / and similar.
WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH:
A very large and unique discount retail organization that has a lot of people and store unit data, with impressive retail management expertise that consistently wins against very difficult odds, and ever-evolving formidable competition.
Don’t worry about data and problems. You will have enough of those to win a noble prize in behavioral economics if you have the chops.
Every company who has interest in creating a successful people analytics team with 1/100 of the resources of Facebook, Amazon, Walmart or Google will be peering through holes in the fence to see what we are doing in our Smokey, eclectic, scrappy, creative, gravity-defying, unbelievably fast, high-performing people laboratory.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
The person we want would pack everything they own into their car and drive across the country in a pandemic to be part of something special, and meaningful, and to do something that has not been done before in our time or the history of the world. They are mission driven, devoted to equality and fairness, and have an insatiable hunger for data-driven decision-making.
PRIMARY NEED: Ideal candidate will give Dollar Tree People Analytics new or additional depth in ANY category of expertise described below:
- Organization Science (Sociologists, Labor Economists, Behavioral Economists, Operations Science, Org Behavior, IO Psychology, or any related white lab coat kind of people ,…)
- Consulting: e.g. ability to meet with a variety of stakeholders, identify problems, frame problems, boil down all the contradictory crazy stuff that people say into something coherent and measurable, work with the team to deploy those measurements through technology, then present insights from that back to people and drop the mic.
- Statistics / Data Science: you have ability to apply a wide range of methods to extract insights from data and differentiate signal from noise.
- Software Engineering / Data Applications (Python, SQL, Database, Dev Ops, etc.)
DETAILED NEEDS
● Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and persistence in pursuit of the solution to questions with no certain answer or ambiguous & changing problems.
● Demonstrated interest in the use of the scientific method to improve organizations with data.
● Education in ANY of the following: Sociology, Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Labor Economics, Behavioral Economics, Applied Statistics, Data Science, Computer Science, Operations Science, Visual Design, or similar.
● You can apply judgment to handle sensitive information with integrity and professionalism.
● You have substantial expertise with data management, analysis, reporting and visualization.
● You can demonstrate strong interpersonal skills. Able to function as a respected partner to all stakeholders among varied levels of management.
● You can demonstrate you are flexible, proactive and resourceful.
● Notable experiences with Excel, Alteryx, Tableau, Microsoft PowerBI or any modern Business Intelligence (BI) toolset is desirable.
Knowledge or interest in learning SQL, Python, Node.JS, Machine Learning packages, cloud data platforms, or similar is desirable.
Here are some other thoughts I have previously shared on this topic, all incomplete.
People Analytics and the Search for the Origin of the River Nile
Welcome to People Analytics, Are You Sure You Want This Job?
Three Easy Steps
- Follow or connect with me on LinkedIn here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/michaelcwest
- Join the People Analytics Community here: https://www.dhirubhai.net/groups/6663060
- Check out my blog and an index of other people analytics related writing and resources here: Index of my writing on people analytics on PeopleAnalyst
I have curiosity for your feedback on this draft job posting - especially if you are a people analytics professional or aspire to be one. Is it compelling? Do you have any suggestions to improve the concept of it? Thoughts on the difference between the outlier successful analyst and the average? If you have thoughts please do share them.?
Organization Consultant | People Analytics I Research I HR I Learning & Development
3 年As an aspiring in People Analytics, the above Job description is about HR Analytics and not People Analytics. It focuses on functional role of HR. I think People Analytics scope should go beyond HR, to include customers too. Some other people's problems may lie outside HR. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. I like the idea of the job description. When it comes to skills and knowledge, I would definitely need a business qualification, HR and change management experience. Since People Analytics requires a non traditional combination of skills set, I would get a team to deliver on the project or otherwise a unicorn.
People Operations @ Short Story
4 年Woohoo I’m a white lab coat person!!
Internal mobility, skills and employee retention | Co-Founder @GoFIGR
4 年David McKeague I’m sure you’ll have some great feedback to share!
Talent and Culture - all things Culture, Ex, Scaled Agile, Mindsets and Behaviours, Workforce Planning, Change
4 年Hi Mike, coming from Southern Hemisphere so my perspective might be different, I love the ad, the language is great and the thinking is clear. Two things I thought when reading it - it is a lot to take in, maybe figure out how to simplify a little here and there. But my main piece of feedback, was when we were looking for these roles last year the data scientists told us that giving the types of problems is what motivates them to apply - so maybe something like How can we predict who will be a high performer before we hire them by using data such as turnover, engagement and performance data? How do we figure out which leaders are most effective by using data such as staff engagement, staff tenure in roles reporting by to particular leaders and revenue? - not saying those are your examples but that kind of thing so that scientific brains can start associating the problems with how they would solve them. (Note my two pieces of feedback are at odds with each other - take more out and add more in - sorry!)
People Intelligence Officer
4 年I love it... however, finding a person who possesses all these skills is a needle in a haystack scenario. My recommendation is to hire a team of 3-4 academics on a contract basis to gain a broader perspective and deliver a more innovative solution than a traditional candidate can provide. If you find the right program they should be able to provide a multi-dimensional team for the same (maybe less) cost of a single FTE. https://redcastlehc.com/fellow_class/2020-21/