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Requisition Aging
Average age of open requisitions
How it’s computed
AVG(today - open_date)
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
What this metric can show you
Requisition Aging 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
What the literature says
The measurement literature behind this signal — sourced, so you can defend it.
“The first approach is to contact the survey provider for it. They may have collected general salary increase budget information and would be able to summarize it for you. The second approach is to call the companies in the survey and ask them what their salary increase budgets…”
— Statistics for Compensationmatch 43%
“For point-in-time surveys, where data are collected from all participants at one time, generally the data-collection effective date is noted and should be used for aging purposes. Other surveys may be published on a rolling data-collection schedule, where data are collected from…”
— The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.)match 41%
“For federal contractors, it may include goals to correct underutilization, relief such as back pay or correction of problem areas.[C11]Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)Federal legislation that made employees between the ages of 40 and 65 a protected class. The…”
— Worldatwork Handbook Compensationmatch 40%
Resources: Statistics for Compensation · The Compensation Handbook (6th ed.) · Worldatwork Handbook Compensation