3 of April, 2025

Do you want to know how well your company is really performing? People Analytics KPIs allow you to measure the performance of all your employees and human resources processes, regardless of their location or team.

With Sesame HR, our easy-to-use HR software, you can access key metrics that will help you make better decisions. We explain what they are and how you can access them with the help of People Analytics. Stay with us!

Types of People Analytics KPIs for your strategy

The People Analytics KPIs will allow you to measure and optimize your company’s HR processes. With Sesame HR, you can visualize data such as staff turnover, labor productivity, and hours worked.

To navigate through this data, you can find them summarized in 10 blocks, which we will break down together below.

1. Team

Knowing the profile of your team is a crucial base data to start your HR management analysis. Anticipate possible changes and ensure knowledge transfer between generations. For this, you will have data such as:

Evolution of the number of employees.
Gender.
Age.
Nationality.
Salary range.
Position.
Distribution of employees by department.

Knowing the demographic profile of your staff will allow you to formulate the basis for training strategies, work dynamics, and potential gender inequalities in the workforce.

2. Labor and staff turnover

The People Analytics KPIs of your company’s labor context will allow you to access the data of the hires and leavings in your company. You will also be able to control the types of contracts in your staff and their average salary.

In this way, you can know the staff turnover. A key data to improve talent retention. Sesame HR offers you KPIs such as the turnover rate or the average time of stay in the company.

You can analyze the causes of contract terminations, whether they are voluntary or involuntary. This will help you to delve into the areas for improvement in people management.

The information extracted from these People Analytics KPIs will allow you to design effective strategies for talent management and boost the organizational health of your company.

3. Absenteeism and telework

The KPIs of absenteeism and telework will allow you to measure the attendance of your employees and their commitment to the company. With Sesame HR you can:

Control the amount of absences (vacations, sick leaves, permits) to detect possible problems of motivation or health in your staff.
See the average of pending vacations to be requested.
Monitor the type of absences that employees request the most and the dates on which these absences occur.
See which days your employees telework the most and their average telework per month.

By detecting the main causes of absence, you can develop a labor flexibility strategy more adapted to the needs of your employees. And thus, you will reduce the number of absences in your team, also with the help of telework.

Investing in your employees’ happiness translates into greater productivity, commitment, and loyalty. With the right People Analytics KPIs, you can take the pulse of your company and build a solid strategy to reduce absenteeism.

4. Time tracking

Make sure to track your employees’ working hours to optimize their productivity. With Sesame HR, you can configure tracking of your employees’ check-in and check-out times.

You will also be able to monitor the types of breaks your employees take and their average duration, to know if they are really taking advantage of their working hours.

The overtime hours bag will also connect with the People Analytics KPIs panels. In this way, you will have greater visibility of how work is organized in your company and you will be able to detect possible overloads by department. Maybe it’s time to open new recruitment processes.

5. Task management and profitability of projects

To control tasks and your projects’ profitability, you need to define specific People Analytics KPIs. Some useful KPIs for your team include:

Amount of tasks assigned per period: you will be able to detect work peaks in your company.
Project profitability: with the time of hours invested in each project.
Employees who clock the most hours and task distribution: monitor if the workload is being evenly distributed in your team.

These KPIs are just some examples. Adapt the indicators to your specific needs to get useful information about the performance of your task management software. Tracking the right KPIs can make a big difference!

6. Recruitment

One of the areas to be measured with People Analytics KPIs is recruitment. How many vacancies do you launch in a year? How successful are your hires?

Thanks to Sesame HR, you can get the answer to these questions, thanks to these graphics:

Vacancies: analyzes how many vacancies are opened in your company throughout the year.
Candidates per vacancy: monitor your ability to attract talent with this metric.
Successful hiring ratio per position: measures the success of your selection processes.

Monitoring these KPIs will allow you to optimize your recruitment strategy and attract and retain the best talent for your organization.

7. Evaluations

Performance evaluations and your employees’ work productivity are key factors for your business’s success. With Sesame HR you can conduct work climate surveys, 360° evaluations, and define People Analytics KPIs for your employees.

You will be able to measure each employee’s work productivity and the team as a whole. You will know if they are meeting objectives, if they need more training, or if you should restructure tasks.

In addition, you will have very visual graphics such as nine-box matrices, to see schematically at what point each employee is and redirect their training plan or possible internal promotions.

You will also be able to track how many evaluations you conduct each year and their participation rates to be able to readapt your follow-up strategies.

8. Document management

Sesame HR’s document manager allows you to securely store all the information related to your employees.

To know if you are really taking advantage of the tool, you can access People Analytics KPIs to know the type of files you are storing.

You will also be able to visualize which roles are getting the most out of the tool.

9. Payflow

The wage evolution is one of the most important People Analytics KPIs to keep your expense control in check. You can compare the wage evolution of your team over time.

Especially to see what percentage of employees are requesting salary advances through Payflow. You can also evaluate demographically which type of employees ask for more advances according to:

Salary.
Age.
Generation.
Gender.
Department.

Visualizing your employees’ data will allow you to have a general view of your human team’s compensation.

10. Internal communication

Internal communication is key to the success of any company. With the Sesame HR’s People Analytics KPIs, you can:

See the type of posts made.
Review the read rate of the announcements.
See the employees’ engagement with each communication.

Thus, you can know if you are achieving your goal of keeping your team informed, motivated, and committed to the company’s objectives.

Benefits of using People Analytics KPIs

An HR strategy cannot be guided by mere intuition. Using People Analytics KPIs to monitor your HR strategies will guide you in this process and will provide you with multiple benefits:

Making more informed decisions. With accurate data about your team, you can identify areas for improvement and

Making more informed decisions. With accurate data about your team, you can identify areas for improvement and
Reduced employee turnover.
This type of data will help you uncover the reasons behind employee departures so you can work on improving working conditions.
Lower absenteeism rates.
A satisfied team with well-managed schedules and tasks will find it easier to maintain work-life balance, leading to fewer absences.
Increased workplace productivity.
With tools to assign and evaluate performance, your team will work more efficiently.

Using People Analytics KPIs not only gives you visibility into your workforce, but also empowers you to take action and optimize your HR strategy. It’s an investment that will undoubtedly bring significant returns.

How to measure People Analytics KPIs with Sesame HR

Now that you’re familiar with People Analytics KPIs, it’s time to track them in our system. But how do you get started? Just follow these steps to view your data in Sesame HR:

Install the Sesame HR platform. Sign up and complete the onboarding process.
Configure the features you need. This includes activating the People Analytics functionality.
Access the data dashboard. You’ll find pre-built charts and reports with key KPIs for your organization.
Filter the data to focus on the metrics that matter to you.
View real-time charts and insights. Track indicators like turnover, absenteeism, productivity, and more.
Use Sesame AI to automatically generate HR reports.
Export and share the data with your team.

With Sesame HR, you’ll have essential People Analytics KPIs at your fingertips—empowering you to make smarter HR decisions. It’s a simple, affordable tool that delivers visible results in no time.

No large investments or prior expertise required. It gives you the control you need to manage your team efficiently.
So what are you waiting for? Try our HR software with a 14-day free demo. You won’t regret it!

Customer-oriented, both internally and externally, specializing in the definition and implementation of HR policies, as well as talent management, recruitment, and retention. Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, organization, and team coordination skills. Over 12 years of experience in Human Resources.

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