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Cornerstone OnDemand

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What is Cornerstone OnDemand?

Cornerstone OnDemand is a cloud-based application for talent management. Cornerstone offers suites for recruiting, training, performance monitoring and planning, learning, and HR data management. It is scaled for enterprises.

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Popular Features

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  • Course catalog or library (185)
    8.4
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  • Assignments (181)
    7.8
    78%
  • Learning reporting & analytics (183)
    7.7
    77%
  • Learning administration (184)
    7.6
    76%

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What is Cornerstone OnDemand?

Cornerstone OnDemand is a cloud-based application for talent management. Cornerstone offers suites for recruiting, training, performance monitoring and planning, learning, and HR data management. It is scaled for enterprises.

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Features

Onboarding

Employee onboarding is the process of orienting new hires to the social and performance aspects of their jobs so that they are able to function in their new roles as quickly as possible.

8.2
Avg 7.3

Performance and Goals

Goal alignment is the practice of ensuring that all employees have clearly defined goals in support of the overall corporate strategy.

8.3
Avg 7.3

Performance Management

Performance management is the process of ensuring employees meet pre-determined objectives and goals through regular check-ins and appraisals.

7.8
Avg 6.8

Succession Planning

Succession planning is the identification and development of internal employees with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in the company.

9.1
Avg 7.2

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

8.6
Avg 7.3

Learning Management

Features of LMS and LCMS systems, related to designing, administering, and consuming learning content in an educational, corporate, or on-the-job context.

7.5
Avg 7.1
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Product Details

What is Cornerstone OnDemand?

Cornerstone powers the future ready workforce, with HR software and solutions designed to unite people, teams, technology and business, and inspire a work environment of growth, agility and success for all. With an AI-powered and skills-forward system designed for the contemporary workforce, Cornerstone helps organizations modernize the learning and development experience, deliver the most relevant content from anywhere, accelerate talent and career mobility, and establish skills as the universal language of growth and success across the business. Cornerstone serves over 7,000 customers and 90M users and is available in 180 countries and 50 languages.

  • Learning & Development: Support learners' skills with learning management software.
  • Recruiting & Onboarding: Fill job reqs faster with an engaging candidate experience and a streamlined recruiting and onboarding process.

  • Performance Management: Build a high-performing culture that motivates people to meet their potential.

  • Engagement Surveys: Measure the business impact of talent programs and gain a clear picture of employee engagement and satisfaction.

  • Extended Enterprise: Expand learning to audiences that are critical to the organization, like partners or customers.

  • Core HR: Consolidate and uncomplicate HR processes into one place to better support, reward, and engage people.

  • Workforce Planning: Maximize workforce efficiency through thoughtful planning and a collaborative, data-driven approach.

  • Analytics & Reporting: Make better, more informed talent decisions with predictive analytics and visualizations.

  • Integration & APIs: Connect to a broader ecosystem to move data where it has its greatest impact.

Cornerstone OnDemand Features

Onboarding Features

  • Supported: New hire portal
  • Supported: Manager tracking tools
  • Supported: Compliance tracking and reporting

Performance and Goals Features

  • Supported: Corporate goal setting
  • Supported: Subordinate goal setting
  • Supported: Individual goal setting
  • Supported: Non-hierarchical goal setting
  • Supported: Line-of sight-visibility
  • Supported: Performance tracking

Performance Management Features

  • Supported: Performance plans
  • Supported: Plan weighting
  • Supported: Manager note taking
  • Supported: Performance improvement plans
  • Supported: Review status tracking
  • Supported: Rater nominations
  • Supported: Rater nomination workflow
  • Supported: Review reminders
  • Supported: Workflow restrictions
  • Supported: Review transfer
  • Supported: Multiple review frequency
  • Supported: Reporting

Succession Planning Features

  • Supported: Create succession plans/pools
  • Supported: Candidate ranking
  • Supported: Employee profiles
  • Supported: Candidate search
  • Supported: Candidate add
  • Supported: Candidate development

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Customized Application Form
  • Supported: Resume Management
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Candidate Search
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Collaboration
  • Supported: Task Creation and Delegation
  • Supported: Email Templates
  • Supported: User Permissions
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts
  • Supported: Reporting

Learning Management Features

  • Supported: Course authoring
  • Supported: Course catalog or library
  • Supported: Player/Portal
  • Supported: Learning content
  • Supported: Mobile friendly
  • Supported: Progress tracking & certifications
  • Supported: Assignments
  • Supported: Compliance management
  • Supported: Learning administration
  • Supported: Learning reporting & analytics
  • Supported: eLearning
  • Supported: Assessments
  • Supported: Live online learning
  • Supported: In-person learning
  • Supported: Micro-learning
  • Supported: Video learning
  • Supported: eCommerce
  • Supported: AICC-compliant
  • Supported: SCORM-compliant
  • Supported: Tin Can (xAPI) compliant
  • Supported: Social learning

Additional Features

  • Supported: Airtight integration across modules - from recruiting to learning to performance
  • Supported: Machine learning and predictive analytics to get actionable information from your talent data

Cornerstone OnDemand Screenshots

Screenshot of A personalized, modern user experience and self-service capabilities to engage employees, ensure productivity, and centralize employee dataScreenshot of With Cornerstone Learning, go beyond compliance and training - truly develop an engaged and collaborative workforce.Screenshot of Cornerstone Recruiting takes care of all talent acquisition needs and provides candidates with an amazing experience.Screenshot of With Cornerstone Performance, benchmark your people's performance, align them with your strategy, and provide feedback that matters.Screenshot of Cornerstone HR offers a personalized, modern user experience and self-service capabilities to engage employees, ensure productivity, and centralize employee data.Screenshot of With Content Anytime, quickly deliver hundreds of eLearning courses covering key soft-skills such as communication, time management, leadership, teamwork, and emotional intelligence.Screenshot of With Cornerstone Careers, provide continuous career development and expert coaching​.Screenshot of Actionable insights

Cornerstone OnDemand Videos

Cornerstone Products Overview Unified Talent Management Video
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Cornerstone Content Anytime Video

Cornerstone OnDemand Integrations

Cornerstone OnDemand Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesAll
Supported Languages50 languages

Frequently Asked Questions

Cornerstone OnDemand is a cloud-based application for talent management. Cornerstone offers suites for recruiting, training, performance monitoring and planning, learning, and HR data management. It is scaled for enterprises.

Brassring, SilkRoad Life Suite, and Workday Human Capital Management are common alternatives for Cornerstone OnDemand.

Reviewers rate Candidate ranking and Candidate search highest, with a score of 9.3.

The most common users of Cornerstone OnDemand are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Cornerstone OnDemand is a versatile platform that has been widely used across various industries for different purposes. Users have found the software to be helpful in streamlining employee development and engagement, compliance training, and performance management. The platform allows organizations to track and assign training, host both in-house and virtual sessions, and automate processes for annual performance reviews and long-term succession planning. Additionally, Cornerstone OnDemand is effective for large-scale compliance training, offering general training, and serving as an API for internal and external candidates.

One of the key benefits of Cornerstone OnDemand is its ability to centralize all employee-related information in one place, making it a convenient solution for learning, performance management, recruiting, onboarding, talent management, and compensation modules. Organizations have used the software to consolidate processes and HR systems on a single platform, which has proved to be highly efficient. The platform's user-friendliness has garnered positive feedback from users, particularly in managing change management and assigning specific e-learning to multiple departments worldwide.

Moreover, during the Covid pandemic, Cornerstone OnDemand has enabled uninterrupted learning by allowing organizations to continue training remotely. It serves as a global Learning Management System solution that can be utilized to manage corporate training records for both online and classroom instruction. The software also offers social learning platforms for cohorts and tools for completing observation checklists.

Furthermore, Cornerstone OnDemand caters to the individualized needs of organizations with complex setups by allowing unique settings across multiple divisions. It can be used to document training for quality management systems, health and safety protocols, product knowledge for field personnel, and more. The software also helps non-profit organizations move their training programs online while reaching a broader audience.

In summary, Cornerstone OnDemand has proven to be a valuable tool for developing employees' skills and engaging them effectively in various industries. It facilitates compliance training, automates performance management processes, centralizes employee-related information, supports remote learning, and caters to the individualized needs of organizations. Users have praised its user-friendliness and its ability to streamline processes, making it a versatile and indispensable solution for many businesses.

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September 27, 2023

A good innovative service

Emily Rust | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Having a large company that is growing, it's nice to have one location where we can put all our trainings, and training materials. It is easy to search and access those things as well. I love the functionality it has to link videos, SharePoint docs, and much more with the URL option in adding materials.
I do wish it was a little more user friendly with those who are not as technologically trained as the younger generation. and adding a little more integration options for the agricultural side of businesses would be nice as well.
Fred Apfel, PMP, MBA | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In my opinion, technical support from Cornerstone OnDemand has been what is expected from a software company, but not good enough for what is required in supporting training customers in regulated industries. We continue to work with Cornerstone OnDemand to address these shortcomings and they are committed to finding a way to meet our demands.
Tina Pegar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I think CSOD is great for most organizations it does have a hefty price tag so making sure the robustness is leveraged is important when choosing the correct system for your organization. I appreciate that they have quarterly releases so the product is getting updates often versus some other LMSs when that is less frequent.
September 26, 2023

Cornerstone OnDemand Review

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is a great LMS and can handle just about anything you can throw at it. It's powerful, comprehensive, and easy to use. They still have ground to make up though on some of their other modules and in their customer care center. I would point out analytics, API extensibility, and Global Client Support as areas of improvement. I use and support the learning portion of the product. It's great for getting training into the right hands at the right time.
September 26, 2023

The Cornerstone of Learning

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand has been suited to all our learning needs. The use of playlists and the ability to add in external links, etc. has made it great for less formal learning and easier to give the business access to manage and create their own learning playlists without needing admin training. Whereas curriculums and learning assignments still allow us to support with compliance and more formal learning. A downfall is the content anytime can be very American and does not always transfer well.
Sam Hilliard | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Personally, I believe [Cornerstone OnDemand] is well-suited for a huge variety of different situations. If you have a large variety of divisions/departments, Cornerstone's functionality enables targeted assignments, performance reviews, and reporting capabilities with customizations across divisions. The ability to essentially 'silo off' divisions from one another enables us to have very specific and customized usage in these divisions, which function as independent business entities.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I feel Cornerstone OnDemand is a great solution for companies that have a large amount of compliance training that needs to be assigned and closely tracked. The features of dynamic groups (based on specific user criteria) allows you to target very specific audiences. The assignment functionality gives you great flexibility on when the assignment runs and how often, and also provides many options for due dates (static date or dynamic date - x days from hire date, date assigned, etc.). This has allowed us to have a clear and consistent user experience for both our newly hired employees and our seasoned employees.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is an industry leading Learning Management System and I think it excels in delivering compliance training as well as 'push training'. Cornerstone OnDemand has the ability to sync a data feed with Oracle HRMS, which we have found to be particularly useful once configured. We also have LinkedIn Learning and have found that this system integrates nicely with Cornerstone OnDemand.
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Well suited for: Companies with an HRIS as CORE Non-engineers administrators Non-complex organizations or processess Less appropriate for: Mobile users (most ot pages aren't responsive) Companies with business in different countries Use in different languages (non-compatible features like communities) Hard needings for audit (SOC/SOX) EUROPE/LATAM companies (only customer support in english)
Pilar Moreno López | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The main point we would like to improve is that requests for improvements or inclusion of new functionalities are carried out in a shorter period of time. t would also be beneficial to see improvements in the HTML functionalities of custom emails, as there are occasions when the design does not display as intended.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is great for training assignments, and communicating when those assignments go out and are due. There is a level of difficulty in managing and maintaining pending and overdue notifications because of the level of setting granularity.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The product academy and the certifications are well designed and well promoted. In terms of documentation, online help, and the user community, it is very well structured and information easy to find. We wish to have more flexibility and get more non-billable resolutions regarding the cases we send to the Global Product Support (GPS) team.
Angie Gubbels (She/her) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Overall my score would be higher if we were able to get the support we need WHEN we need it. When things work well, the platform is nice to use and has a number of options for my team but when things do not work properly, it causes a lot of backend work and causes a heavy administrative role on our part to make up for where CSOD lacks. To really benefit from the platform, you need an expert on your team to help you navigate the platform and use it to its full potential. I highly recommend having a member of your team complete the CSOD training courses.
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Cornerstone OnDemand worked for us at the beginning, but in my opinion the level of service has greatly declined. After refusing to let us out of our contract a year early due to no longer being a good fit, I found they changed their file feed method and became a more manual process for the team.
Jamie Drahos | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
When looking at Cornerstone OnDemand, look at the entire package, even if you don't plan on licensing everything. This will allow you see what is possible and how the company has built a cohesive product. Additionally, inquire about their road-map. They have several features that are already planned for this year that make it an even better product. Cornerstone is well suited for medium to larger businesses. I believe there are other products that would work for a smaller business that cost less. It becomes better as you license additional modules for the product.
Samantha Mendez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The dashboards and reporting needs more additional features to clean up the old reports, manage dashboards more effectively is my main concern. I recently launched one of three phases for dashboards and I noticed I cannot work efficiently seeing which dashboard is important to me, which has been shared with me. More organization is requested.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Cornerstone for all of our learning and development as well as performance initiatives. We have many employees out in the field so the mobility of the platform is so important us. Help us keep up top to date on compliance training as well as employee engagement. We love it and would highly recommend it.
Patrick Gray | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is fantastic if you want or need to push out standardized training to your company, team, or other specific groups. Cornerstone OnDemand would be suitable for almost any size organization. Cornerstone OnDemand might be a little cost prohibitive for very small organizations. I tend to balance cost vs benefit per individual and for smaller groups, it might not be as cost-efficient.
Brittney Bell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone strives to make a system that can be molded by each client and used by their associates. While there is no one size fits all system, CSOD does a great job and bridging that gap. From the in person user group meetings to discuss among peers to the online community where questions and answers to those questions are flying every minute. Cornerstone wants the system to work for their clients and makes changes regularly to fit those needs.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone is leading for learning management and is great for learning content. Most of the user-frontends have a modern UI and are mobile-friendly. The Reporting 2.0-Module is great and still evolving. The interface options for data import are really smart. On the other hand, it´s really tough to use Cornerstone as a master data/core system. The forms- and workflow engine is really poor (new workflow engine upcoming in 2022), the OrgCharti-Engine is very rudimentary, the engage-module has lots of room for improvement. The recruiting module is solid, but not a frontrunner.
Eric Gibson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone On Demand is a robust HR platform. Learning, specifically, provides an intuitive, easy to learn platform for both administrators and users.

Cornerstone on Demand excels at managing and delivering online courses and instructor led training. Reporting is also a highlight of the system.

Tracking informal or external training is not as user or admin friendly.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If you need a robust tool to manage learning in a big company, then this is your tool. It can be applied to various businesses, but it works extremely well for those who are compliance-dependent.

If you need more flexibility and care more about user experience than having a 100% accurate record, then maybe Cornerstone OnDemand is not (yet) that fancy tool that you'd be looking at.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone is great for large-scale learning needs. If you need to get training out to a bunch of people, it's a great tool for assigning and tracking. If you're looking for an AI-based tool for performance, it's not ready for that. It's improving, but it's not quite there.
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