{"id":15713,"date":"2017-07-03T14:29:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T04:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/au\/?p=15713"},"modified":"2017-07-03T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:08:16","slug":"3-questions-ask-build-recruitment-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/au\/blog\/3-questions-ask-build-recruitment-report\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Questions to Ask Before You Build a Recruitment Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

You probably know reports are essential for tracking and improving the performance of your recruitment agency, but do you take a strategic approach to creating and using them? In the battle against time, recruitment\u00a0<\/span>reports often get the short-shrift.<\/p>\n

Do you run a report with the pre-set defaults that come with your reporting solution or with custom parameters that make sense for your business? Do you run reports with a\u00a0purpose or because it’s part of your job responsibility? Do you make adjustments based on the data or do you just collect it?<\/p>\n

Reporting can be incredibly impactful for the success of yourself, your team, and your agency if you take the right approach. Ask yourself these three questions to get in the right mind-frame for building and running reports.<\/p>\n

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Are you using the right metrics?<\/b><\/h3>\n

What data are you tracking and how are you using it? A recruitment agency<\/span>\u2019s data can be broken down into two
\nlarger categories: performance metrics and business health metrics. Performance metrics are essential for improving operational efficiency and empowering your team to be as successful as possible. Business health metrics are critical for managing new and existing accounts, revenue, and profitability. Check out the ebook, From Reporting Zero to Recruitment\u00a0H<\/span>ero<\/em><\/a>, for an in-depth analysis of the metrics that comprise these two essential categories of data.<\/span><\/p>\n

Are you building the right reports?<\/b><\/h3>\n

The way you build your reports is just as important as the data you use.\u00a0<\/span>Before you build a recruitment\u00a0<\/span>report, be sure you understand what information you\u2019re looking for, why you\u2019re creating the report, and who the report is for. Are you building reports to tell a story about what happened or are you looking to gain insights about what decisions to make next? In particular, consider:<\/span><\/p>\n