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Plan for every outcome.

Model future headcount from growth plans, seasonality and attrition. Run what-if scenarios for expansion, restructures and market shifts. Map the skills you have against the skills you need and connect the gaps to hiring, learning or internal mobility.

Headcount planFY27 · companyPlan vs actual · 6-month projection with confidence interval
Live from the record
JulSepNovJanMarMayJul
Actual headcountPlanForecast · 90% confidence
297heads today · 12 open requisitions
11%forecast attrition · 3 retirements
318projected by July · plan 316
Attrition forecast applied · 2.5× more likely to outperformUpdated just now
ScenariosSaved what-ifs · cost and capability
  • Growth · +18 heads in Engineering+$1.26m · closes the cloud gap by Q3Recommended
  • Hiring freeze · Q3−$410k · capability gap in Engineering by Q4Risk
  • Restructure Support−$180k · 2 roles redeployed internallyNeutral
Growth scenario sent to Finance
Skills gapDemand vs supply · next 12 months
Now6 mo12 moCloudMedHighHighDataLowMedHighLeadershipLowLowMed
Learning paths recommended for 14 people
2.5×
more likely to outperform financially with strong workforce planning
6 mo
headcount projection with confidence intervals
saved what-if scenarios to compare
Years
of retirement visibility for critical roles
Why it mattersIndustry research
28%of companies say they do workforce planning well

Organisations that do are 2.5× more likely to outperform their peers financially. The future of your business depends on the people plan you build today.

Automated planningHeadcount → attrition → scenarios → budget

Plan from the live record.
Not last quarter's export.

Headcount, cost, attrition risk and skills come straight from the employee record, so the plan is always current. Model a scenario and October shows the cost and capability consequences instantly, with retirement and attrition forecasts built in.

Now3 mo6 mo9 mo12 mo
Baseline · attrition appliedGrowth scenarioHiring freeze
Forecasting

Six months out, with confidence.

  • Headcount forecastingProjection with confidence intervals.
  • Attrition forecastingPredicted departures and their impact.
  • Retirement analysisYears of visibility for critical roles.
  • Budget planningCost of the plan by team and quarter.
What it removes

Planning on a stale export.

Only 28% of companies say they do workforce planning well, mostly because the numbers are already old by the time the spreadsheet is built. October plans from live headcount, live cost and live skills.

  • Quarterly exports
  • Manual attrition guesses
  • Skills nobody counted
  • Surprise retirements
Scenarios

Compare before you commit.

Save as many what-ifs as you like and compare cost, headcount and capability side by side. Skills gap analysis links every scenario to the learning and hiring that would close it.

  • Scenario planning
  • Skills gap analysis
  • Scenario impact
  • Approvals
Inside Workforce Planning4 capabilities

Workforce Planning.
Piece by piece.

Every capability below reads from and writes to the same employee record, so nothing has to be reconciled afterwards.

01 · Demand forecasting

Predict what's coming.

Model future headcount needs from growth plans, seasonal patterns and attrition trends. A six-month projection with confidence intervals sits on the overview beside current headcount, attrition rate and skills gaps.

  • Headcount forecast chart
  • Attrition forecasting
  • Trend indicators
  • Department breakdowns
October PeopleWorkforce Planning
Live record · updated now
WORKFORCE PLANNING

Demand forecasting

  • Headcount forecast chartLive
  • Attrition forecastingConnected
  • Trend indicatorsReady
  • Department breakdownsReady
Connected to the employee record
Everything inside7 sub-features

Workforce planning

  • Overview
  • Headcount forecasting
  • Scenario planning
  • Skills gap analysis
  • Budget planning
  • Retirement analysis
  • Attrition forecasting
AI in this moduleGoverned · named purpose · human oversight

Built into everything.
Not bolted on.

AI Powered Insights helps teams review data, answer questions and follow up across October People. Here is what it does inside Workforce Planning.

See AI Powered Insights

Attrition forecasting

Predicted departures and their impact on the plan.

Scenario impact

Cost and capability consequences of each plan, instantly.

Stand-alone or enhancedWorks alone · better together

Stand-alone.
Or connected.

Workforce Planning works powerfully on its own. Connect it with the modules below and every workflow starts with the same people, roles, history and evidence.

Workforce Planning · FAQ2 answers

Questions,
answered.

Where does the forecast data come from?

Headcount, attrition, tenure, compensation and skills all come from the same record, so forecasts reflect the organisation as it is today rather than an export from last quarter.

Can finance use the budget outputs?

Yes. Budget scenarios model compensation cost under each headcount plan and can be exported or shared with finance.

Start with your organisation

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