HR Analytics Skills Requirement
Hi All,
I have been in Academia for a while (in HR and Org Behaviour). I am now looking taking a transition to HR Analytics, and I would really love to know what are the top anaytics tools that you use in your day today work? Is it critical to learn a programming language like Python, or is just a “good to have” skill? Iam currently a very good user of excel (dashboards etc) and I am now picking up PowerBI, but I am not sure whther these two will be sufficient.
Can you please share your experiences?
Dennis
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Dennis Otieno.
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Hi Dennis,
Based on industry practice, Excel + Power BI already covers a significant portion of day-to-day HR analytics work, especially in workforce reporting and dashboards, attrition, engagement, DEI, and productivity analytics, stakeholder-facing insights and storytelling. In most organizations, 80–85% of HR analytics work is still descriptive and diagnostic, where strong Excel modelling, Power BI visuals, and business interpretation matter far more than heavy programming. Python or R is not mandatory for most HR analytics roles—but it is a strong differentiator especially in predictive attrition modelling, advanced workforce planning, text analytics (engagement surveys, exit interviews), AI-driven HR use cases
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