Purpose

This document details the Employee Skills Analytics dashboard, including how to navigate its different sections, use its filters (Controls), and interpret the various charts and data presented. It covers both the "Skills Overview" and "Skills Deepdive" tabs, providing an understanding of employee skill distributions, trends, and demographic breakdowns.

Audience

This document is intended for Human Resources Business Partners (HRBPs), HR Leaders, and other stakeholders who require detailed analytics on employee skills to inform talent strategy, workforce planning, and development initiatives.

Introduction

The Employee Skills Analytics dashboard offers a comprehensive overview and a deep dive into the skills possessed by employees within the organization. It provides valuable insights into key skill metrics, top skills, growing skills, skill distribution across various demographic segments (like gender, ethnicity, education), geographic locations, business units, and employee levels. By leveraging this dashboard, users can better understand their workforce's capabilities, identify skill trends, and make data-driven decisions to support talent development and organizational goals.

Accessing the Dashboard

To access the Employee Skills Analytics dashboard:

1. Log in to the Eightfold platform (https://app.eightfold.ai).
2. Navigate to the Insights section.
3. In the left-hand navigation pane, under Talent Management, click on Employee Skills Analytics.

The dashboard will load, typically defaulting to the "Skills Overview" tab.

For First-Time Users: Provisioning the Dashboard

If you are accessing the TM Skills Dashboard for the first time, you will need to provision it to make it visible in your 'Insights' tab.

1. After signing in, go to More > Admin Console.
2. Select Analytics > Provision Dashboards.
3. Locate the Employee skills analytics row in the list.
4. Click the Actions icon (three dots or similar) in that row.
5. Select Create and then Submit. Once provisioned, the dashboard will appear as an option in the Insights tab.

Dashboard Navigation and Structure

The Employee Skills Analytics dashboard is composed of:

• A Controls section at the top for filtering data.
• Two main tabs:
• Skills Overview: For a high-level summary of employee skills.
• Skills Deepdive: For more granular analysis, often focusing on specific skills.
• Various charts and KPI tiles within each tab to visualize data.
• A Notes section (on the Skills Overview tab) providing definitions for metrics.
• An Employee Profiles table (on the Skills Deepdive tab) for raw data.

Controls Section

The Controls section allows users to filter the data displayed across the dashboard. Clicking on the Controls bar expands it to show available filters.

Common filters available on the "Skills Overview" tab include:

• Country
• State
• Business Unit
• Employee Level
• Education Level
• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Employee Hire Date Range (From and To)
• Employee Title

The "Skills Deepdive" tab includes these filters and adds:

• Skill: Allows filtering the entire tab's data for one or more specific skills.
• Ethnicity equals

Skills Overview Tab

This tab provides a general summary of employee skills and related workforce metrics.

Key Metrics

The top section displays key performance indicators (KPIs):

• Total Number of Employees - Hired in the date: Shows the total count of employees hired within the selected "Employee Hire Date Range" in the controls.
• Employees Added in Past 1 Year: Number of employees hired in the last 12 months.
• Share of Female Employees: The percentage of female employees within the filtered population.
• Average Employee Tenure: The average length of service (in years) for the filtered employees.

Top Skills and Growing Skills

• Top Skills by Number of Employees: A horizontal bar chart displaying the most prevalent skills among the filtered employee population, showing the number of employees associated with each skill (e.g., Research, Writing, Corporate Valuation).
• Top Growing Skills by Number of Employees: A line graph illustrating the growth trend of the top 10 skills over time, based on the number of employees possessing these skills. The X-axis represents "Employee Hire Date (Month)," and the Y-axis shows "Number of Employees Over Time".

Skills Distribution by Demographics

• Top Skills Distribution by Gender (%): A stacked or grouped bar chart showing the distribution of top skills between male and female employees, represented as percentages.
• Top Skills Distribution Across Ethnicities (%): A stacked or grouped bar chart displaying how top skills are distributed across different ethnic groups (e.g., Asian, Black, Hispanic, White), shown in percentages.

Skills Gained and Lost

• Top Skills Gained in the Last 1 Year: (This chart may display "No data" if there are no significant skills gained by new hires in the past year based on the applied filters). It is intended to show the top skills among employees hired in the past year.
• Top Skills Lost in the Last 1 Year: (This chart may display "No data" if there are no significant skills lost due to attrition in the past year based on the applied filters). It is intended to show the top skills among employees who left in the past year.

Notes

Located at the bottom of the "Skills Overview" tab, this section provides definitions and clarifications for the metrics and charts presented on this tab. Key definitions include:

• Total number of employees: Indicates current employees (excluding alumni) based on the hire date filter.
• Employees added in the past year: Number of employees hired in the last 12 months.
• % Female Employees: Share of female employees in the total filtered employee population.
• Average Employee Tenure: Average tenure in years for all filtered employees.
• Top Skills by Number of Employees: Shows the top 20 skills based on the number of employees with that skill.
• Top Growing Skills: Shows the top 10 skills' growth in cumulative number of employees over the years based on employee hire date.
• Skills Distribution by Gender (%): How top skills are distributed across male and female employees.
• Skills Distribution Across Ethnicities (%): How top skills are distributed across various ethnicities.
• Skills Gained in the Past Year: Top skills among employees hired in the past year.
• Skills Lost in the Past Year: Top skills lost among employees who left in the past year.

Skills Deepdive Tab

This tab allows for a more granular analysis of employee skills, particularly when a specific skill is selected in the "Skill" filter within the Controls.

Controls

The controls are similar to the "Skills Overview" tab but critically include a Skill filter, enabling users to focus the analytics on one or more selected skills.

Key Metrics

When a skill is selected, the KPIs (Total Number of Employees, Employees Added in Past 1 Year, Share of Female Employees, Average Employee Tenure) reflect the population possessing that specific skill, subject to other filters. If no skill is selected, these may reflect the broader filtered population.

Skills by Number and Growth

• Skills by Number of Employees: A bar chart listing skills and the number of employees associated with each. If a specific skill is filtered in Controls, this chart will adapt to show data relevant to that skill or related skills.
• Skills Growth by Number of Employees: A line graph showing the trend of skills (or a specific skill) by the number of employees over time.

Skills Distribution by Demographics (for selected skill/s)

• Skills Distribution by Gender (%): Distribution of the selected skill(s) by gender.
• Skills Distribution by Ethnicities (%): Distribution of the selected skill(s) across ethnicities.
• Skills Distribution Across Education Levels: A donut chart showing the proportion of employees with the selected skill(s) across different education levels.
• Skills Distribution by Major: A bar chart showing the distribution of the selected skill(s) based on employees' academic majors.

Geographic Distribution (for selected skill/s)

• Skills Distribution by Country: A pie chart showing the geographic spread of the selected skill(s) by country.
• Skills Across Countries by Number of Employees: A line graph tracking the prevalence of the selected skill(s) across different countries over time.

Business Unit and Employee Level Distribution (for selected skill/s)

• Skills Distribution Across Business Units: A donut chart showing how the selected skill(s) are distributed among different business units.
• Skills Distribution by Gender Across Business Units (%): A bar chart breaking down skill presence by gender within each business unit.
• Skills Distribution Across Employee Levels: A donut chart showing skill distribution across various employee levels (e.g., IC1, IC2, IC3).
• Skills Distribution by Gender Across Levels (%): A bar chart breaking down skill presence by gender within each employee level.

Skills Growth (for selected skill/s)

• Skills Growth Across Business Units: A line graph showing the growth trend of the selected skill(s) within different business units over time.
• Skills Growth Across Top Levels: A line graph illustrating the growth trend of the selected skill(s) across different employee levels over time.

Employee Profiles (Raw Data Table)

At the bottom of the "Skills Deepdive" tab, this table provides detailed, row-level employee data related to the filtered skills. Columns include:

• Skill
• Employee ID
• First Name
• Last Name
• Title
• Employee Email
• Business Unit
• Level
• Hired Date
• Country Name
• Country Code
• City
• Tenure (Years)

This table allows for an in-depth examination of individual employees associated with the selected skill(s) and filters.