HR Glossary

What is Descriptive Analytics (HR)?

The foundational tier of HR analytics that summarizes historical workforce data into reports, dashboards, and KPIs to answer the question "what happened?" across the employee lifecycle.

Why it matters in hiring

Descriptive Analytics (HR) comes up whenever teams compare candidates, set policy or report on people data. Getting the definition right keeps decisions consistent, which is the same reason springhire scores every applicant against the same criteria rather than on impression.

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