...Today, far more emphasis is placed on measuring in order to manage effectively and apply data more strategically across organisations. The shift is towards proactivity, 'Not capturing workforce data is plain negligent,' says Charles Candy, new business sales consultant at Snowdrop. 'The business needs that information, but too many companies do not even have any idea of their training and recruitment costs.'...

...A study conducted by Snowdrop in 2005 found that more than 60% of companies didn't know how their absence rates compared with the industry average. Nearly half (45%) had no idea of what they were spending on recruitment, and an oblivious one in 10 did not even know how many employees worked for them...