Also called: HR Data Analyst, Workforce Analyst
Analyzes data about employees to improve hiring, pay fairness, and why people quit.
You discover that employees who get a mentor in their first month stay twice as long, and help HR roll out a new program. It's data science aimed at people's work lives.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in psychology, HR, statistics, or business.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Industrial-Organizational Psychology, Statistics, Human Resources.
Growing faster than average. Growing specialty.
Medium risk for 10 years. HR software now auto-generates people dashboards; handling sensitive, nuanced questions about employees stays human.
Classes: AP Psychology, AP Statistics, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 15-2051.
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