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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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  • 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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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 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Assigning Training - easy to use, customizable assignment process
  • The end user interface is intuitive and easy to use
  • Documentation/help resources for administrators is very good
  • The Performance module lags behind Learning in terms of new features and ease of use
  • Learner Home is great but not a true LXP, which is what many companies are moving toward. Things like the lack of xAPI reporting within the general reporting function are a big limitation.
  • The system is intuitive for end users but not always for administrators. Things like Group administration are not very flexible and can be cumbersome.
  • Clients should be able to report on basically any field in the system. Things like instructor reporting, reporting on group criteria, security role reporting are veryy limited and make auditing and governance difficult.
Alex Hurtado | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Intuitive for users hence easy to use
  • Constantly updating their system on a quarterly basis.
  • Strong community of fellow experts
  • Many avenues to get answers besides fellow community experts
  • Certain areas have not been updated since initial launch and feel forgotten
  • Faster response time for submitted questions.
  • Do not remove what works well with new features. Add on vs removing unless what is being removed does not work well
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • We have been beyond thrilled with the level of customer service we receive. On the rare occasion that something doesn't work like we've anticipated, or if we have questions, we have multiple CSOD resources supporting our journey.
  • We are really happy with the learning suite. The Learner Home page and the various carousels provide an engaging experience for our learners.
  • We've been really happy with the updates they've made to Reporting 2.0. It's made it a lot easier for us to provide the level of information our executives are looking for.
  • [Cornerstone OnDemand] does a great job of bringing their customers together. This allows us to collaborate with other [Cornerstone OnDemand] users and learn from their experience.
  • We are really impressed with the functionality in their Performance and Career products! Unfortunately, it's cost prohibitive for us. A lower cost structure for organizations with fewer employees would be appreciated and would allow us to expand the products we use with [Cornerstone OnDemand].
Taline Goorjian | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Express Class allows rapid course tracking in batch, available for mobile.
  • Security is complicated but manageable to provide a variety of permissions to different user sets.
  • System Preferences provide tremendous customization options for every organization's particular instance.
  • On the Job Training allows for training in the flow of work.
  • Learner App for mobile does not allow every training type yet.
  • Certification training type is clunky.
  • Assessments are outdated but the new beta for the test platform is awesome.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy User Experiene
  • Online cloud based solution
  • Good Customer Service
  • Better implementation of client's enhancement requests
  • Better/easier Administration flexibility for large corporation user bases
  • Lack of features that cause lines of businesses to acquire other systems since Cornerstone OnDemand can't do it
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Sorry, [I feel] I honestly can't find something they do "particularly well".
  • All of their recruiting features are "hard to use" - the steps to follow are cumbersome, clunky, frustrating...beginning with setting up processes, to using the features, to providing feedback.
  • [I feel like it is] missing functionality: there's a lot to list, but let me start off with a few: cannot sort candidates alphabetically; cannot automatically allow managers access to "manage candidate" view; cannot integrate emails with Outlook; cannot adjust offer letter template to match the flow for data entry; cannot just search for open reqs without manually adjusting date range; cannot run "standard" recruiting reports to capture YTD open reqs, closed reqs with names of candidates who filled roles with their start dates; cannot easily run a report that shows candidates by demographics by interview funnel...
  • [I feel that] the MOST frustrating aspect of Cornerstone OnDemand is the process to address problems. As a user, I cannot just call a help desk, I must either work through my administrator OR sign up for a weekly one hour session, but ONLY IF, you first demonstrate that you a) have taken training or b) have used the help feature. THEN you log in and are placed in a queue, where you can see / hear each and every problem that other clients have AND they can hear yours. You are allowed to ask ONE question, and then you are returned to the queue to wait again. When you are given an answer, links are dropped in the chat, but without clear instructions on how to proceed. So [I feel] EVERY SINGLE ISSUE takes so long to resolve.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The level of automation that's possible within the system makes repetitive tasks like annual training a breeze when configured appropriately.
  • The flexibility of the latest reporting capabilities with Cornerstone OnDemand allows for a vast range of data tracking.
  • With good implementation, the system can essentially be configured to capture, track, and house almost any level or kind of data associated with a user.
  • Although the system allows for a great deal of flexibility, there are certain areas that are more locked down and do not provide what might actually be available in other parts of the application.
  • Sometimes there is a lack of consistency among different pieces of the system that makes for a less fluid user experience than might be possible.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Learner home/layout
  • Content/curricula
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Deprecation of tools (often in the name of continuous quality improvement).
  • Would like additional ways to "slice and dice" data -- i.e. by hire date.
  • More robust support
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Show users all performance review questions at once, so they can fill in questions as desired.
  • Show and allow users to download past reviews, to understand an employee's past performance.
  • Customization. Editing the performance review questions was limited and confusing.
  • Saving work. Dozens of employees would type directly into the performance review question boxes only for the system to refresh and not save their work. This is because the system logs you out after a short time on the website.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
  • The ability to easily track the assignment and completions of all the tasks, and the ability to produce real-time reports has revolutionised our training and performance management areas. It is now a simple and easy process to provide reports for auditors and for management reporting. This has enhanced manager’s ability to keep track of their team’s progress.
  • In the learning space, we have created in-house training, uploaded SCORM files from external providers to create online courses and created materials which link to external training websites. All the training assignment and completion is easily tracked and reported on. The users find the access through Cornerstone easy to use.
  • It would be great if the Performance module had the same reporting features as the Learning Module. I find I have to design my own reports using Reporting 2.0, whereas I just use the Standard Reports in Learning, as they have everything I need.
  • Again, it would be nice if assigning the Performance Tasks had something like the Learning Assignment Tool where you can easily assign and track assignments.
  • I find the Custom Reports difficult to create and the on-line help is not very helpful in this area!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Permissions - Almost everything within the tool is permissionable, which allows us to show only needed pieces to employees.
  • Releases - The quarterly release cycle is communicated very well with enough supporting documentation to gain knowledge of what is happening and prepare your org prior to upgrades.
  • Flexibility - The system is very flexible to meet many needs of a diverse organization. There are built-in pieces that can be adapted to fit a need and fill gaps.
  • Groups - You have the ability to create tailored groups of people for use across the system but the groups interface is very cumbersome to use.
  • Pulling information from System - there are some gaps with information you can pull back from the system overall. This includes reporting on some information such as group criteria and permissions/roles applied to users. To get this information you have to do a project/work order which takes time and money.
  • Administrator Functions Menus - The menus are deep and hard to navigate because the placement of items does not always seem consistent.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • The customization of the home screen allows us to be more impactful to our learners.
  • The creation and management of learning/completion dashboards make it really easy to track progress.
  • The upgrades to the reporting features allow me to customize the data that I want to see.
  • When an employee is on extended leave, they will still appear on training reports and past due reports making the reports inaccurate.
  • While you are able to create reoccurring training, it has to be at specific intervals. It would be really nice to be able to relaunch a training or checklist when the need is recognized.
  • There has been some issues playing trainings over specific browsers.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Easy to upload new trainings or update existing ones
  • Simple user management
  • Configurable, dynamic learning assignments
  • Legacy system with new features built on top of old or outdated ones, i.e. system configuration or reporting
  • Crossover features between modules do not always function correctly, i.e. observation checklists from performance used as learning objects
  • Development focus on adding new features instead of responding to client requests for improvements to existing ones
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Customization features, such as headers in emails, make for a better user experience.
  • Reporting 2.0 makes sharing reports much easier.
  • Language equivalencies are a huge benefit for sending out training globally.
  • Exams need to be made available on the mobile app.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Tracking the progress of training.
  • Pulling and using reports.
  • Easy to use interface.
  • I feel like on the back end things can be complicated and hard to find or you can find and do the same thing multiple ways.
  • I really like the block chain information I learned. I think implementing that will help individuals find training that will really help them progress.
  • I don't like that once something is created, (material or ILT, etc.) you can't delete it, you can only deactivate it.
September 24, 2020

Cornerstone is a great LMS.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Training tools on how to use the system.
  • Constantly updating and improving.
  • Communicating roadmap of updates.
  • It is a monster of a system and sometimes it is hard to use.
  • Sometimes it is hard to find answers.
  • Costs can be high.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • User friendly.
  • Modern look & feel.
  • Reporting capabilities.
  • Many ways to access platform (mobile, tablet, computer).
  • Admin features could be more user friendly.
  • No longer have a dedicated Client Success Manager, now have to sign up for office hours to ask questions.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Customization. There are plenty of options and ways to do what you might want to serve your training needs.
  • Reporting. The new Reporting 2.0 feature is good and getting better. It makes it easy to create a report you want and share it with others, including dashboards.
  • Learning Assignment Tool. This tool is a wizard that makes assigning easy and provides a lot of options (one-time vs recurring, individual or group assignment, dynamic assignment to new hires, etc). Fantastic feature.
  • The back button on the browser sometimes works, sometimes doesn't and breadcrumbs are not always available to go back to where you need to go.
  • Some of the older page designs use very small text and are not intuitive. However, these are slowly being revamped and the new pages are wonderful.
  • I have experienced poor customer service - delays in responding, stressed employees - so I have learned to rely on the client forums instead. However, I hear this is beginning to change.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Access to a huge community of training resources training webinars and social communities. Cornerstone does a great job with providing administrators with the tools and people to get connected on utilizing the product.
  • Ability to load or upload files of data. I used Cornerstone with a smaller company and now I'm with a company with a larger employee group. Cornerstone's ability to load certain data for specific features saves administrators time and effort when carrying out tasks and projects.
  • Access to permissions and constraints. This allows us to either centralize or de-centralize tasks to our organization partners based on business needs.
  • Cornerstone's available integrations in the Edge Marketplace also is becoming extremely helpful. With so many applications within a business, we're looking to have a "hub" where our employees can have a one-stop shop for learning.
  • When someone gets onboarded as an administrator, it is really daunting to learn the system and the resources available. Personally, I think being able to connect with one person to show me the ropes (sort of a like a buddy system upon hire) is helpful.
  • I remember Cornerstone appointing a CSM to every client before the model changed. I understand having the new system of requesting a CSM allows for CSMs with different expertise and knowledge to step in, but the quarterly check-ins were helpful to understand upcoming releases and a knowledgeable person who truly understands the business' needs and wants.
  • Improved communications on target fix dates for known issues. Being left in the dark without much information is hard to communicate back to the business.
September 24, 2020

Happy with CSOD

Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • Onboarding new hires.
  • Tracking training through individual transcript.
  • Reporting on training.
  • Help with look and feel of homepage.
  • Presenting the best options of training for learners.
  • Having best reports built out, ready-made.
September 24, 2020

Local Government Loves CSOD

Wendy Brodnick | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • SSO ease of access for employees is awesome, in particular with a small team to manage it.
  • Securities are great so that we can have Department Administrators be the super admin for their specific department training.
  • We were able to brand it and make it look personalized to our County.
  • Use of email administration to set up reminders and also notifications has alleviated a huge manual workload issue.
  • Robust system and really required dedicated staff time to implement and launch. It would have been helpful to know this at the get go.
  • Integration with MS Teams would really help our organization.
  • Focused training with a live person at the beginning of implementation.
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