Using visuals and presenting data effectively

Presenting findings to stakeholders is a skill that draws on both analytical judgement and visual literacy, and this video for 5CO02 Assessment Criterion 2.2 addresses both directly. The content covers the selection and construction of specific chart types — bar charts, line graphs and pie charts — alongside the use of infographics, and examines the circumstances under which each format serves clarity rather than undermining it. The video also addresses how people professionals present HR performance calculations, including turnover rate, cost per hire, time to hire, and absence rates expressed as lost time rate and frequency rate.

A significant portion of the video is devoted to the mechanics and interpretation of workforce datasets. Turnover rate calculation — leavers divided by average headcount — is discussed alongside the analytical value of disaggregating that figure by voluntary versus involuntary leavers, by department and by length of service. Recruitment metrics such as cost per hire and time to hire are treated in the context of benchmarking and contextualisation, as is the role of seasonal variation when presenting absence data. The video situates these calculations within the kinds of organisation datasets that appear across reward, recruitment and compliance activity.

The video also examines how quantitative and qualitative findings can be combined when presenting to stakeholders, covering themed analysis of open-ended data, the use of anonymised quotations and narrative summaries alongside numerical results. Engagement survey data is used as a concrete illustration of where this balance matters. Across all these topics, the underlying focus remains AC 2.2: knowing not only how to handle the data, but how to present it in formats that support informed decision-making by the people who receive it.