Data | Nearly 50% of employers have people analytics teams

Global organisations have increased their focus on upskilling HR teams in a bid to unlock more people data, new research has found.

Following a new report released by Thomsons Online Benefits, 43% of firms now have people analytics teams - up from eight per cent just three years ago.

The report, Innovation generation: the big HR tech disconnect, surveyed 60 HR decision-makers from UK-based global companies revealed that 70% have upskilled existing HR team members, meanwhile 22% plan on upskilling HR staff over the next 12 months.

“There’s a common misconception that digitalisation and increasing automation will lead to job losses."