Predictive Attributes
Voluntary-termination and performance predictions are based on specific attributes from a worker's personal, employment, absence, compensation, and talent management information, most of which are held at the assignment level.
This topic identifies the relevant attributes by their factor names, as they appear in predictive analytics, and explains how each attribute value is calculated or derived.
Person Attributes
Person attributes are described in the following table.
Factor Name |
Description |
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Worker is an employee |
Worker has a current employee work relationship |
Home city |
City from the worker's current home address |
Home country |
Country from the worker's current home address |
Time until work permit or visa expiration |
Number of weeks until the worker's next visa or work-permit expiration |
Has a second passport |
Worker has a second passport |
Worker is a rehire |
Worker was previously employed by the enterprise |
Tobacco user |
Worker uses tobacco |
Time until contract expiration |
Number of months until expiration of the worker's contract |
Willing to relocate domestically |
Worker is willing to move to a different location in the same country |
Willing to relocate internationally |
Worker is willing to move to a different country |
Employment Attributes
Employment attributes are described in the following table.
Factor Name |
Description |
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Current legal employer |
Legal employer from the assignment |
Current enterprise |
Current enterprise |
Worker category |
Worker category from the assignment |
Length of service |
Worker's enterprise service in years |
Time since last probation ended |
Number of months since completion of the worker's latest probation period |
Current assignment status |
Status of the assignment |
Legislation |
Legislation of the legal employer |
Current or most recent manager |
Line manager of the assignment |
Time with current manager |
Number of months the worker has been reporting to the current manager |
Average time with each manager |
Average number of months the worker has reported to each manager in all employee assignments in the enterprise |
Number of manager changes in the last 5 years |
Number of manager changes in all of the worker's employee assignments in the last 5 years |
Normal start time |
Work start time from the assignment |
Normal end time |
Work end time from the assignment |
Normal working hours |
Expected number of hours worked each day |
FTE |
Sum of the FTE values from the worker's current employee assignments |
Current grade |
Grade from the assignment |
Time in current grade |
Number of months between the last grade change or the start of the assignment and the current date |
Average time in each grade |
Average number of months between grade changes for all of the worker's past and current employee assignments in the enterprise |
Number of different grades |
Number of different grades for this worker in all past and current employee assignments in the enterprise |
Number of grade changes in the last 2 years |
Number of different grades for this worker in all employee assignments in the last 2 years |
Current department |
Department from the assignment |
Time in current department |
Number of months between the last department change or the start of the assignment and the current date |
Number of different departments |
Number of different departments for this worker in all past and current employee assignments in the enterprise |
Average time in each department |
Average number of months between department changes for all of the worker's past and current employee assignments in the enterprise |
Current job |
Job from the assignment |
Time in current job |
Number of months between the last job change or the start of the assignment and the current date |
Average time in each job |
Average number of months between job changes for all of the worker's past and current employee assignments in the enterprise |
Current position |
Position from the assignment |
Time in current position |
Number of months between the last position change or the start of the assignment and the current date |
Average time in each position |
Average number of months between position changes for all of the worker's past and current employee assignments in the enterprise |
Current location |
Location from the assignment |
Absence Attributes
Absence attributes are described in the following table.
Factor Name |
Description |
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Amount of leave taken in the previous year |
Number of days' leave taken in the previous year |
Total enterprise leave |
Number of days' leave taken since the start of the worker's enterprise service |
Time since last leave |
Number of months between the latest leave and the current date |
Amount of sickness in the current year |
Number of sickness days taken in the current year |
Amount of sickness in the previous year |
Number of sickness days taken in the previous year |
Increase in sickness over previous year |
Percentage change in the number of sickness days for the year to date compared with the previous year |
Time since last sickness |
Number of months between the latest sickness day and the current date |
Number of sickness absences in the previous year |
Number of distinct periods of sickness in the previous year |
Increase in sickness absences over previous year |
Percentage change in the number of sickness absences for the year to date compared with the previous year |
Compensation Attributes
Compensation attributes are described in the following table.
Factor Name |
Description |
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Latest salary change |
Latest salary change as a percentage of the annualized salary before the change |
Reason for latest salary change |
Reason for the latest salary change |
Time since latest salary change |
Number of months between the latest salary change or the hire date and the current date |
Average salary change |
Average of all salary-change percentages since the hire date |
Time until next salary review |
Number of months between the current date and the date of the next salary review |
Time since last received options |
Number of months since stock options were last granted |
Ratio of vested to unvested options |
Vested stock options expressed as a percentage of the worker's total stock options |
Talent Management Attributes
Talent management attributes are described in the following table.
Factor Name |
Description |
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Current performance self rating |
Worker's current self-assessment for the assignment |
Current manager performance rating |
Manager's current overall performance rating for the worker's assignment |
Difference between manager rating and self rating |
Difference between the manager's overall rating of the worker and the worker's self-assessment |
Current appraising manager |
Name of the manager performing the evaluation of the worker |
Previous manager performance rating |
Manager's previous overall performance rating for the assignment |
Current performance rating |
Current overall performance rating for the assignment |
Change in current performance |
Current overall performance rating for the assignment expressed as a percentage of the rating for the previous year |