The Future of Human Capital Analytics
According to Joanne Bintliff-Ritchie, chief strategist at DoubleStar, Inc., HR professionals lack strong analytic and decision science skills (Roberts, 2009). Capabilities needed to be a successful human capital analyst include “quantitative analysis, psychometrics, human resource management systems and processes, and employment law” (Davenport, Harris, and Shapiro, 2010, p. 58). Unfortunately, according to a 2009 SHRM survey (Babcock, 2009), only eight percent of respondents reported that they were “well-staffed and can deliver predictive analytics to the CEO regularly.”