Headcount Management & Workforce Planning Knowledge Center
In our knowledge center, we’ve gathered the essential insights in headcount management software, authored by experienced practitioners from leading tech and venture capital firms. This includes insights on workforce planning, headcount management, recruiting leadership, headcount software reviews, and financial planning and analysis (FP&A) topics. If you're a Talent Acquisition or FP&A leader seeking to manage headcount effectively in a modern enterprise, this is the premier online resource for headcount education.
Optimizing the HR Tech Stack With an Orchestration Layer
Most HR tech stacks rely on spreadsheets as their “orchestration layer,” but spreadsheets drift, break, and hide accountability. Every HR tech stack needs a true operating layer — headcount365 delivers it.
3 Ways to Improve the Time to Hire Metric
Time to hire is a benchmark metric, but with noisy data and inconsistent measurement. Learn the three proven ways to improve the accuracy of time to hire and make it a more predictive tool for workforce planning.
How to Calculate The Cost Impact of Headcount Turnover on Sales & Revenue
Predictive backfills create accurate revenue forecasts by reducing the impact of attrition on revenue.
5 Things Every Recruiting Leader Should Know About Headcount Planning
Unlock the secrets to effective headcount planning. Learn about attrition and internal mobility data, headcount ratios, and more to drive informed decisions.
Workforce Management vs Headcount Management
Key differences that separate workforce planning, workforce management, headcount planning and headcount management.
Choosing a Recruiting Strategy: Capacity/Demand vs Hiring Quotas
A deep-dive comparison of the two most popular recruiting strategies.
Manage recruiting capacity like a PRO
Key metrics & considerations Recruiting Leaders need to build an accurate recruiting capacity model.
Headcount Magic for Recruiting Operations: Every Manual Workflow Eliminated
Spend less time organizing data and more time actioning it. See what happen without hours of reconciliations.
A Recruiting Leader’s Guide to Managing On-Hold Requisitions
A Recruiting Leaders guide to managing the “on-hold” status for requisitions on the hiring plan.
Headcount Management & Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Compliance
Why waste time completing SOX audits when you can do it with the click of a button.
6 Headcount Metrics Improved by Data Science
Accuracy increases every spreadsheet you eliminate.
The Top 5 Time Savers from Headcount Automation
Automating the movement of headcount data between hiring managers, Finance, Recruiting and HR saves hundreds of hours a year.
6 Ways Recruiting Can Make FP&A Look Good
The best recruiting leaders ensure their FP&A team can accurately predict recruiting production.
Time to Fill as a SUPERPOWER
Specific metrics for every stage in the requisition lifecycle are more accurate than broad time to fill/time to hire metrics.
Spreadsheets vs. Headcount Software: 5 Reasons to Make the Switch
Recruiting, HR, and Finance leaders have spent years patching together complex trackers to manage hiring plans, budgets, and approvals—only to end up with time-consuming reconciliations, inaccurate data, and constant version control headaches.