1. Application Completion Rate
Your application completion rate can tell you a lot about how simple or difficult your application form is. A low completion rate suggests people do not have the time or patience to fill your application out, which means your application might be too complicated. Improve your application completion rates by using a short application and asking only for the most necessary information. If you absolutely require a longer application form, use a progress bar or split questions by sections to make it more digestible.
2. Candidate Callback Rate
A low candidate callback rate is an indication that candidates don’t find your offer compelling or convincing. Try multiple recruiting pitches to see what works best for you. Try alternative means of communication like SMS, messenger platforms, LinkedIn, or email – anything you think might work — to see if certain channels encourage more responses.
3. Interviews Per Hire
This metric should be as low as possible. If it is high, that means your hiring managers are exhausting more time on interviews than is necessary. To reduce the metric and move the needle in your favor, revisit your hiring managers’ expectations and craft clear job descriptions that define specific deal-breakers during the screening process.
4. Time to Hire
Time to hire measures the time span between when the candidate was first contacted by a recruiter and when the candidate accepts a formal offer.
5. Time to Fill
Time to fill measures the time it takes your recruiters to fill an open position. The starting point for this calculation can either be when a hiring manager first requests a hire or when the role is first advertised. Use whatever method works best for you...