Cornerstone

Cornerstone OnDemand is a global cloud-based human capital management and talent development software company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The company helps organisations recruit, train, manage, and develop their workforce through AI-driven learning and talent solutions. All modules sit on a single connected platform covering HR core, learning management, performance reviews, recruitment, onboarding, and workforce planning. Cornerstone serves over 3,500 organisations across 192 countries, with 42 million users globally, including government agencies across Australia.

In the local government space, Cornerstone HR is the most relevant product for councils, providing a single system for managing employee records, training compliance, performance cycles, and workforce planning across a large and distributed workforce. Cornerstone is listed on the NSW Government's buy.nsw supplier panel, with named clients including the NSW Department of Customer Service and the NSW Ombudsman. For councils using Civica Authority as their ERP, a pre-built SmartGlue connector integrates Cornerstone HR directly to Authority, automating the flow of employee data between the two systems.

Cornerstone is hosted on AWS and holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certifications, meaning its security practices have been independently assessed against internationally recognised standards. Data residency options are available under enterprise agreements for councils with requirements around where their data is stored.