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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 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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Reviews and Ratings

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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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Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
At my company, Cornerstone is used to manage the Learning and Training assignments for all 5,000+ employees. Annual compliance trainings, special initiatives and weekly specials are all offered to our employees through the Cornerstone Learning platform. This LMS helps us stay up to date, innovative and ahead of the curve in our industry.
September 22, 2020

New to Cornerstone

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are currently utilizing Cornerstone for our field/Operations employees to replace some of the on-site SME led annual safety training. This allows us to put a portion of the training in the hands of the front-line leaders, thus allowing them to dictate when the training occurs (when it is most convenient for them and their teams). In the near future, we will be rolling this platform out to our entire organization as we begin to broaden our approach to training and personal development.
September 22, 2020

First time Cornerstone user

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone is being used by my entire organization. We are still using a manual, paper-based performance appraisal process, and we are implementing Cornerstone as our tool to automate it. This will bring huge efficiency and reporting capabilities to our organization. Since we started using Cornerstone, we are also looking to automate our development plans and our succession program. We are excited!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone onDemand is being used across the enterprise. We addressed several business problems with this solution. First and foremost, we needed to get a full suite to we were not in so many different system. SSO was very much appreciated by the organization. We are now able to track certification, onboarding and competencies without paper and numerous excel sheets. Our performance data is in one place from corrective actions, evaluations, and development plans.
September 22, 2020

CSOD Enables Action

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My organization uses the performance module of the Cornerstone OnDemand product for both annual performance reviews as well as long term succession planning for our salaried employees in both the staff and field groups. We moved from manual processes in these areas to completely automated processes within Cornerstone OnDemand.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently utilize the performance management tool, along with compensation management for all employees in our corporate and wholesale locations. We also utilize it for our management level positions and above in the US and Canada. By utilizing this tool, we are able to provide feedback in real time to our employees, instead of just twice a year.

We also utilize the learning management system for a very small (less than 200) retail population.
September 22, 2020

Accessible Learning

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is being used by all our employees, and our pre employees during the recruitment compliance stage. It ensures we can get the right learning out to teams and staff swiftly. We are able to create learning and host it on the system very easily. In addition we can curate learning and host this and push out to certain job roles. This makes the system specific to certain roles while accessible for all.
September 22, 2020

LMS to lead the rest

Ryan Mattiuzzo | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization is using CSOD for our learning management system. Prior to partnering with CSOD, we had a very unorganized learning management system that did not have a lot of functionality. We have since used CSOD to track and report learning as well as integrate online learning content. WE have cultivated a whole new learning culture with the help of CSOD LMS.
September 22, 2020

CSOD makes it easy!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use CSOD across our global organization. Every employee is licensed, which helps drive a consistent learning experience. We utilize language packs to keep our non-English speaking employees engaged. The workforce is made up of primarily remote workers, meaning they do not have computers at their work stations. This requires a mobile-ready platform and CSOD delivers.
September 22, 2020

Very user friendly!

Elke Meurs | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is used by the whole organization, which contains around 26000 employees. We were not using any digital learning options before using Cornerstone Learning. Now we can offer our employees all the tools they need to further develop their knowledge and wellbeing and give them the opportunity to keep on learning, even in this daunting time.
September 22, 2020

Cornerstone OnDemand LMS

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using Cornerstone OnDemand to optimize our compliance and also upskilling and reskilling of employees. This is done through the use of ILT, online course, multiple curricula as well as other online vendors that supply content to assist the employees of our organization. We also use Cornerstone OnDemand to re-sell content to third party affiliates.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand is being used across the whole organization. It addresses performance review problems. It gives employees ways to improve their evaluations or support their asking for a raise. It gives supervisors something to suggest or require if an employee is not doing well in a certain area instead of just giving them a bad review.
September 22, 2020

Excellent LMS!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using it within our organization, but also providing learning and content to the general public, too. We needed a solution to leverage our prevention curriculum to the masses and Cornerstone was able to provide this solution to us. We were able to sell our training content via Cornerstone OnDemand as a means of revenue for our nonprofit, too.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I lead the selection and implementation of CSOD for the entire organization. We have over 14,500 employees in 52 departments but had no clear strategy for learning and other compliance issues of all types. Everything from Courts to Public health, to road construction to the sheriff's department. This required a very flexible, robust system that was still straight forward to manage. We also needed stringent permission settings that could deal with the variety of department issues.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Cornerstone OnDemand has helped us to streamline online learning and ensure training compliance. It helps our employees to stay up to date with the airlines training and ensures we are able to share and track completions.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently use Cornerstone OnDemand - NonProfit Ready, as we are a non-profit organization. We use this for most of our training needs for the organization, including HIPAA, Diversity, Sexual Harassment, and other various training. We also use it for training for upcoming leaders. Nonprofit Ready helps provide appropriate training to our workforce.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We utilize it for performance, succession planning, development plans, recruiting, and learning management. We currently are implementing it across the whole organization. Cornerstone OnDemand addresses needs we had in creating a formal and online process for recruiting, an electronic process for performance, and a more robust training system.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Our organization has been using Cornerstone OnDemand (performance management) for about 4 years. It was introduced and implemented across the entire organization. A few years ago, our organization was still using Excel sheets to manage performance goals and track each individual's review status, which created a high degree of inconsistency and human errors in the process. We then decided to introduce an automated system to the PM process to have a more consistent and fair review process. The setup and implementation of the system was super easy. They guided us through the entire process and provided tons of training materials which was super helpful for our managers and employees.
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Cornerstone OnDemand LMS for our entire organization. Some are using the Performance Tool; however, they are not very happy with it. The LMS is a good tool and has many capabilities and with recent enhancements is good at managing compliance on a global level.
Michelle Braun | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use the CSOD (Cornerstone on Demand) LMS (Learning Management System) for all our Learners in the USA & the UK. We use CSOD to let people register for instructor-led training; launch eLearning; track Learner's course completions; automatically display Learners certificate of completions on their LinkedIn profiles, and integrate their completion information with Micron (a system that tracks people's compliance with their certification/designation requirements).
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is not being used well because we are having trouble setting it up. It’s overcomplicated and is not what we expected from a setup perspective. Cornerstone's onboarding was not very good and we were handed off after 8 weeks with only knowing how to do a few things. Not all features were covered.
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