Time to Hire vs Time to Fill: Time-based Measurements in Recruiting Analytics

Understanding the time it takes to hire a role is important for two core reasons:

• Optimizing candidate experience: Qualified candidates will accept other positions if the process takes too long.
• Measuring hiring process efficiency: How fast can we replace headcount / fill a role? 

These two approaches reflect distinct approaches to measuring time in recruiting processes:

• Time to Hire is a candidate-level metric which reflects the time it takes for the successful candidate to go through the hiring process, from application to offer acceptance.
  • This metric helps you answer questions around how long the hiring process typically takes for a candidate.
  • JobNav's Hiring Report shows the average Time to Hire for candidates who accepted an offer in the represented time frame.
• Time to Fill is a requisition-based metric which reflects the average length of time between when a requisition is formally opened and when a successful candidate is hired into that requisition.
  • This metric helps you answer the questions around how fast a role is likely to be filled.
  • JobNav does not yet show aggregate reporting on requisitions, such as Time to Fill.