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The Reason Companies Should Calculate Cost Per Hire

HR Bartender

According to SHRM, the average cost per hire in 2016 was $4,129. Now, I get it…there’s lots of talk about quality of hire being the best recruiting metric. I’m not opposed to calculating quality of hire. And I know we sometimes hate to talk like this but quality of hire is based on the company’s budget.

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Background Screening Impacts the Candidate Experience

HR Bartender

We know the value background screening creates in more consistent organizational safety, improved compliance and (most importantly) better quality of hire. If we look at only the background screening piece: New staffing strategies require a new approach to the background screening process. The survey takes 10 minutes.

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Key Points from LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends 2016 [Report]

TalentCulture

That’s why LinkedIn’s Global Recruiting Trends for 2016 , created by a panel of experts, is a fantastic guide for HR professionals and hiring managers. Other concepts, like improving the quality of hires, sourcing techniques, and pipelining talent were further down on the priority list. What do you think?

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Background Checks Provide a Better Quality of Hire [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

Case in point: According to the 2016 HireRight Employment Screening Benchmark Report , eighty-eight percent (88%) of companies surveyed uncovered a lie or misrepresentation on a resume that they wouldn’t have discovered if it hadn’t been for the background check process. It’s not enough to simply look at labor statistics.

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Measure Quality of Hire With These Three Critical Factors

Visier

However, most talent leaders believe they aren’t measuring quality of hire effectively. According to LinkedIn’s 2016 Global Recruiting survey , only 33% of respondents feel that their methodologies are strong, and even smaller, 5% felt “best in class.”. Using Talent Acquisition Analytics to Measure Quality of Hire.

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Quality of Hire and Data

China Gorman

Quality of Hire” is one of those terms – like “engagement” – that we all use and all mean different things when we use it. That’s why I read with interest Joe Murphy ’s Quality of Hire: Data Makes the Difference. That’s why I read with interest Joe Murphy ’s Quality of Hire: Data Makes the Difference.

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What 4,000 Talent Leaders Believe About the Industry (and Why They are Wrong)

Linkedin Talent Blog

However, I just went to LinkedIn’s Talent Connect 2016 in Las Vegas in October and what I heard and learned there was at odds with some of the more important survey findings. Finding: Leaders believe quality of hire and time to fill were considered the most important metrics.