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Offer Acceptance Rate
Percentage of offers accepted by candidates
How it’s computed
COUNT(accepted) / COUNT(offered)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Offer Acceptance Rate can tell roughly 26 pre-built stories — each a designed scene the data either confirms or it doesn’t. Bring your numbers and the Story Finder runs every one of these shapes against them.
specific to talent acquisition
New hires are ramping slower than they used to
onboarding · T1
No villain stage — the funnel is the funnel
ta-funnel · T1
On this pace, you miss the plan
ta-funnel · T1
The hiring engine is stalling
ta-funnel · T1
The leak has an address
ta-funnel · T1
There's one job family we can't close
offer-competitiveness · T1
You're losing them at the close
ta-funnel · T1
Your biggest source isn't your best
quality-of-hire · T1
universal shapes — any single metric can take these
A few large values are doing the talking
any focus · T1
A one-time event, not a trend
any focus · T1
It doesn't track — the premise is false
any focus · T1
It's concentrated — one group stands apart
any focus · T1
Scenes are pre-built; your data is the toggle. Browse the full deck or watch one play end-to-end in The Quiet Exodus.
Run it on your data
This metric is computed in the People Analytics Toolbox on your own numbers. See pricing — posted, no quotes.
sources: toolbox:metrics-catalog · principia:metrics
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“Percentage of open positions analytics: The formula for percentage of open positions is, Percentage of open positions = Total number of open positions / Total number of open positions in the company A high percentage of open positions can indicate jobs that have high attrition.…”
— Predictive HR Analyticsmatch 63%
“Percentage of open positions analytics: The formula for percentage of open positions is, Percentage of open positions = Total number of open positions / Total number of open positions in the company A high percentage of open positions can indicate jobs that have high attrition.…”
— People Analytics Text Mining with Rmatch 63%
“Underestimating Time-to-fill can throw off a company’s growth plans. A short time-to-fill a job means less overtime and better morale. The average time-to-fill worldwide is 47 days. (2) If your time-to-fill too high compared to industry benchmarks, breakdown the time-to-fill…”
— Predictive HR Analyticsmatch 50%
Resources: Predictive HR Analytics · People Analytics Text Mining with R