We Have Field Hiring Down to a Science

Kronos' selection science and workforce analytics are simply superior

Kronos' hiring management software can help you realize dramatic cost savings from automating the hiring process. But the greatest value our customers see comes from continuously improving the quality and performance of the field workforce by making better hiring decisions.

At the heart of improving workforce quality are Kronos selection science, hiring analytics, and business intelligence — the most proven in the staffing industry.

Without Kronos' science, you could be aiming in the dark

When you consider that the typical tenure for an hourly employee is a mere 60-90 days, the most important decision about that employee you'll ever make is the first one — do you hire them?

It doesn't matter how quickly you hire someone if they're the wrong fit for the position. What matters is that you're able to screen out poor candidates and identify those most likely to succeed in your field workforce — every time.

Driving business results for you

Our proven selection science and business intelligence remove much of the subjectivity from the hiring decision process, replacing it with tools that use data to enable smarter decisions about who to hire. Rather than choosing on intuition or instinct, you can confidently select high-quality employees whom Kronos science predicts are more likely to be productive and dependable, and successfully represent your brand to customers.

No one applies science to hiring better than Kronos

To improve employee selection and quality of hire, you have to first understand the performance metrics that define success within the context of the job function — such as sales and attendance — and then systematically capture that information and use it to influence your future hiring decisions.

Kronos' selection science is at the forefront of this methodology:

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Higher ROI in talent management

By helping you continuously improve the performance of your field workforce, Kronos science creates unparalleled business value for our customers. Looking for a validated scientific approach that to optimize workforce productivity? Find out how Kronos delivers.

Why Kronos' hiring analytics and science work better

Our approach is to help you identify worker characteristics associated with success or failure on the job, so you can use that knowledge to make better hiring decisions in the future.

Data capture

Using online employment applications and questionnaires, Kronos captures large amounts of high-quality hiring data at very little cost to the employer. Once it's in the system, we can do research on a scale that was never possible before. This jump from sampling to census-level data collection allows Kronos scientists to apply modern data mining techniques to employee selection. This is big news and we've got the patents and research to prove it.

Data mining techniques

We process approximately 100,000 employment applications every single day, with a current applicant database that contains more than 70 million records — a huge quantity of applicant data. When we are able to match pre-employment data with actual job performance information, we can do things that have never been possible before, such as applying very powerful data mining techniques to discover the worker characteristics that lead to on-the-job success.

Statistical predictions

When we apply pattern-matching techniques to applicant data, we can make statistical predictions about a candidate's probable success on the job. This is a very powerful capability when applied to a large hourly workforce.

On-staff expertise that delivers results

Our expertise extends to many other employee selection practices including job analysis, theory-based research-driven content development, and utility analysis. Indeed, this is what distinguishes Kronos talent management from all of our competitors. We have many different types of scientists on staff, working together to build what we believe is the world's best hiring system. Our diverse team of I/O psychologists, statisticians, consultants, and economists provide a unique mix of skills that deliver selection tools based on real business value.

Quality-centric field hiring — only from Kronos

A consistent, repeatable methodology that helps you make informed decisions based on validated data

Kronos has the expertise to create predictive models that help you manage business outcomes such as retention and sales performance in any given hourly position. First, we take a look at job performance measures that define success in a particular hourly position, such as sales quotas and attendance. We can then systematically capture the employee data held within POS, payroll, Kronos workforce management systems, and associated HRIS systems to analyze individual performance and link that back to the original hiring decision.

This allows us to understand how the employee is doing relative to expectation and how to improve hiring decisions (and operational performance) in the future — the only way to truly assess the "quality" of each field hire. None of our competitors currently do this.

The bottom line

The bottom line is that hiring people isn't rocket science - but it can and should be based on proven behavioral science. Matching people to jobs more effectively is a win for each new employee who enters the workforce with a better chance of success. And it's a win for the employer as their workforce evolves into a true source of competitive advantage.

As a result, we believe the ROI on your talent management investment is higher with us than with anyone else. Kronos was the first company to offer a truly quality-centric hiring process, and we are the most proven - just ask our customers who are experiencing results that include:

Kronos drives business results for customers everywhere. Learn more now.