{"id":1085,"date":"2013-12-18T17:20:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T17:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2019-03-01T21:21:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T21:21:23","slug":"recruiting-metrics-primer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Metrics: A Primer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Metrics are important for any business, but in the staffing and recruiting industry, these analytics are crucial. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Recruiting software<\/a>\u00a0metrics that are accessible and used appropriately can provide insight into trends and changing market conditions in real-time.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Because of the benefits, it would seem that every recruiting firm would use recruiting metrics, but that\u2019s not the case. Some recruiters believe that aggregating and analyzing their metrics is either too difficult, takes too much time or won\u2019t yield significant benefits. Those recruiters are missing out.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Metrics can vary depending on your type of recruiting and your industry niche. Nonetheless, you can\u2019t manage what you don\u2019t measure. Here are some key recruiting metrics you can use to gauge the health of your business. They\u2019re by no means exhaustive, but should give you some food for thought.<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Marketing call effectiveness<\/li>\n<li>Job order coverage ratio<\/li>\n<li>Job order response time<\/li>\n<li>Quality of candidates submitted<\/li>\n<li>Quality of candidates interviewed<\/li>\n<li>Quality of hire<\/li>\n<li>Job order fill ratio<\/li>\n<li>Time to fill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Over the next few weeks, we\u2019ll take a look at each of these recruiting metrics and how you can use them to measure your business performance. Tune in Friday for an overview of marketing call effectiveness.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bullhorn\" target=\"_blank\">@Bullhorn on Twitter<\/a> for more recruiting data, tips and news. You can also check out the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/resources\" target=\"_blank\">Bullhorn Resources section<\/a> for the latest whitepapers, infographics, e-books and reports.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metrics are important for any business, but in the staffing and recruiting industry, these analytics are crucial. Recruiting software\u00a0metrics that are accessible and used appropriately can provide insight into trends and changing market conditions in real-time. &nbsp; Because of the benefits, it would seem that every recruiting firm would use recruiting metrics, but that\u2019s not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks-and-how-tos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Recruiting Metrics Are a Vital Resource for Staffing Companies<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Accessible recruiting metrics, when used appropriately, can provide insight into trends and changing market conditions in real-time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Recruiting Metrics Are a Vital Resource for Staffing Companies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Accessible recruiting metrics, when used appropriately, can provide insight into trends and changing market conditions in real-time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bullhorn EU\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Bullhorn\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-12-18T17:20:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-01T21:21:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Vinda Souza\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Vinda Souza\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Vinda Souza\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/#\/schema\/person\/d3f3b9bd15c1dadeb93316389a868576\"},\"headline\":\"Recruiting Metrics: A Primer\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-18T17:20:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-01T21:21:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Tips, Tricks, and How-Tos\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\",\"name\":\"Recruiting Metrics Are a Vital Resource for Staffing Companies\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-12-18T17:20:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-01T21:21:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Accessible recruiting metrics, when used appropriately, can provide insight into trends and changing market conditions in real-time.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/blog\/recruiting-metrics-primer\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/eu\/\",\"name\":\"Bullhorn EU\",\"description\":\"Applicant Tracking &amp; 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