Why It Is Important to Measure Recruitment

>first pass yield. The way this is calculated is simple.
To measure recruitment is equivalent toDivide the number of people who for hired by the
measuring success. Profiling the right candidate fornumber of people who were interviewed.
the jib is integral in meeting the program’sExample: if there are two hundred people who
goals and objectives. In almost all firms there is agot interviewed and only 50 were hired, the first
need to measure recruitment to find out if thepass yield is equivalent to 25%. The second pass
way Human Resources handles manpower is fityield is calculated by the number of people who
for the needs of the organization. It is a sad factpassed a second test by the number of the
of reality that not all people who are hired willpeople who passed the first test. And the last
succeed in the job. This has something to do withkind of yield is the RTY or roll through put yield.
profiling the right kind of people that will fit theThis is equivalent to the first pass yield
role of job.To begin with, one must look at thepercentage multiplied by the second pass yield
minimum skills requirement of the employees thatpercentage multiplied by the third process. This is
need to get hired. The issue with many recruitingpart of measuring process capability.There are
teams is that they never really bother to filterother metrics to measure the performance of a
applicants. They think that as long as the applicantrecruitment team. One of these is the
has a similar experience with the job he needs tocost-per-hire. This is measured by dividing the
fill in, he is qualified. This is a mistake that needstotal recruiting costs by the number of positions
to be addressed as it will always turn out thatfilled. Another is through new hire quality. This is
employees who do not pass the minimum skillsthe performance appraisal of the employee on his
requirement will not be productive.How shouldfirst 90-180 days in the operations that includes
recruitment effectiveness be measured? Theretraining time. This is the ideal period to see if the
are a lot of ways to do this. Also, thetrainees are good enough to pass the
measurement will depend on a certain perspectiveprobationary period and then move on to
or standpoint. For the production standpoint, thisemployee regularization.Keep on mind that to
means that the employee production and productmeasure recruitment is not only about reducing
knowledge will be measured against thecosts but it also helps create a standard or a
recruitment and training team. However, if one isbasis on what kind of employee to hire. This aligns
coming from the financial aspect of the company,the HR team to the needs of the operations
then the measurement of the recruitmentteam. This means the higher the standard is, or
effectiveness is yield.There are three types ofthe more the new hires meet the standard, the
yield, so to speak. The first type of yield is thebetter operation will be.