Umbrella thread
Hire-to-Retire
- Recruit-to-Retire
- Onboard-to-Offboard
- Attract-to-Retire
- H2R
The full employee lifecycle: attract and hire talent, onboard and pay, develop and manage performance, and offboard at exit or retirement.
The constellation
The brass line traces the thread; the lit houses are the category plates it crosses, in process order. 6 steps across 2 categories.
The thread, step by step
- Develop and Manage Human Capital Develop and manage human resources planning, policies, and strategies 7.1
- Develop and Manage Human Capital Recruit, source, and select employees 7.2
- Develop and Manage Human Capital Manage employee onboarding, training, and development 7.3
- Develop and Manage Human Capital Reward and retain employees 7.5
- Manage Financial Resources Process payroll 9.5
- Develop and Manage Human Capital Redeploy and retire employees 7.6
Signature software
The systems most associated with Hire-to-Retire, in prominence order. Selection basis and the dated-snapshot policy are on the methodology page.
Workday HCM
Enterprise cloud HCM suite and system of record for the workforce.
RANK #1 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
SAP SuccessFactors
Suite-embedded enterprise HCM for SAP-standardized organizations.
RANK #2 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis
Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
Enterprise cloud HCM; current formal name replacing the older 'Oracle HCM Cloud'.
RANK #3 as of 2026-Q3 ranking basis