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Source Quality
Quality of hire by recruitment source
How it’s computed
AVG(performance_rating) BY source
What the evidence shows
Evidence (effect sizes, priors, validity) is syncing from Principia.
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.
“Even if you end up deciding that the candidate is not a good fit for your firm, you have built another connection in your field that may be valuable in the future. Also important - Ensure that the process of “always be looking” doesn’t just rest with you, but with those who…”
— Lean Recruitment Finding Better Talent Fastermatch 62%
“For example, your average time-to-hire might be 40 days, your average applicants per job might be 100, and only 10 percent of the applicants have the skills you need, etc. Recruitment analytics that can be used to improve your recruitment process include Source-of-hire,…”
— Predictive HR Analyticsmatch 61%
“For example, your average time-to-hire might be 40 days, your average applicants per job might be 100, and only 10 percent of the applicants have the skills you need, etc. Recruitment analytics that can be used to improve your recruitment process include Source-of-hire,…”
— People Analytics Text Mining with Rmatch 61%
Resources: Lean Recruitment Finding Better Talent Faster · Predictive HR Analytics · People Analytics Text Mining with R