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TABLE OF CONTENTS

License Agreement for the SHRM Customized Benchmarking Report   1

A Guide to Your SHRM Customized Benchmarking Report             3

Customized Tables Based on Your Criteria
      Recruitment                                               5
      Selection                                                 10
      Quality of Hire                                           16

A Glossary of Terms                                             18

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A GUIDE TO YOUR SHRM CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT

Understanding the Data                           between your figure and those found in this
                                                 report, the greater the need for additional
As you compare your own data against
                                                 scrutiny.
other organizations, please keep the
following in mind:
                                                 3. In cases where you determine that
                                                 potentially serious deviations do exist, it
1. This report is based on data derived from
                                                 may be helpful to go back and calculate the
the SHRM Customized Benchmarking
                                                 same benchmarking measure for your
Database, which contains organizational
                                                 organization over the past several years to
data from a random sample of SHRM
                                                 identify any trends that may exist.
members. The report is designed to target
companies that closely match the selected
                                                 4. The information in this report should be
criteria to allow for a more focused and
                                                 used as a tool for decision-making rather
comparable analysis and interpretation.
                                                 than an absolute standard. Because
Therefore, any interpretations of these data
                                                 companies differ in their overall business
should be kept within this context.
                                                 strategy, location, staff size and other
                                                 factors, any two companies can be well
2. A deviation between your figure for any
                                                 managed, yet some of their benchmarking
benchmarking measure and the comparative
                                                 measures may differ greatly. No decision
figure is not necessarily favorable or
                                                 should be made solely based on the results
unfavorable; it is merely an indication that
                                                 of any one study.
additional analyses may be needed.
Benchmarking measures that relate more
closely to the context of your organization’s
                                                 Working with the Data
industry and staff size are more descriptive     The information in this report is designed to
and meaningful than information that is          be a tool to help you evaluate decisions and
more generic in nature, such as all industries   activities that affect your organization.
combined. The larger the discrepancy             When reviewing these data, it is important

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to realize that business strategy,               circumstances or other business initiatives
organizational culture, leadership behaviors     that cause differences with your
and industry pressures are just a few of the     organization’s benchmarks.
many factors that drive various
organizational measures. Absolute measures       Notes
are not meaningful in isolation—they
                                                 The data in this report were collected from
should be compared with one or more
                                                 May to July 2017 and reflect fiscal year 2016.
measures to determine whether a
satisfactory level exists. Other measures, for
                                                 The number of respondents, indicated by
example, might be your organization’s past
                                                 “n,” is composed of the organizations that
results in this area or comparatives based on
                                                 responded to the specific benchmark.
organization staff size, industry or
                                                 Therefore, the number of peer organizations
geographic location.
                                                 may vary from benchmark to benchmark.
                                                 The percentile is the percentage of
Each table in the report contains
                                                 responses in a group that have values less
customized benchmarks in aggregated form.
                                                 than or equal to that particular value. The
There may be discrepancies between your
                                                 median is the 50th percentile. The average, or
organization’s benchmarks and the average
                                                 mean, is the sum of the responses divided by
or median numbers for a particular category.
                                                 the total number of responses.
It is particularly helpful to communicate to
stakeholders that just because your
                                                 Some benchmarks are less frequently
organization has benchmarks that are
                                                 collected by organizations or may be more
different from the average or median, it does
                                                 difficult to obtain. Some data are not
not mean they are favorable or unfavorable.
                                                 displayed when there are fewer than five
Rather, it may be the result of a particular
                                                 organizations for a specific metric.
total organizational strategy, special

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SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION
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                         RECRUITMENT

                                         Tools Used to
                                       Source Candidates

n                                            1,749
Company website                              85%
Employee referrals                           90%
Free job boards                              71%
Informal networking                          53%
Job fairs (onsite)                           39%
Job fairs (virtual)                           9%
Networking events                            32%
On-campus college recruiting                 39%
Online college recruiting                    30%
Paid job boards                              68%
Print advertisement                          31%
Radio advertising                             8%
Social media websites                        67%
Staffing agencies: direct hires              36%
Staffing agencies: temp to hire              40%
Trade publications                           11%
TV advertising                                2%
Other                                         3%

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                        RECRUITMENT

                                         Tools Used to
                                        Source Executive
                                          Candidates

n                                            1,641
Executive search firms (headhunters)         49%
In-house executive recruiter                  28%
Industry associations                         23%
Internal applicants/current employees         48%
Professional contacts/networking              61%
Recruiting websites                           41%
Social media                                  27%
Other                                         3%

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                            RECRUITMENT

                                         Position Responsible for
                                         Recruiting Applicants for
                                        Nonexecutive Job Openings

n                                                 1,708

Hiring manager                                     16%

HR Generalist                                      48%

In-house recruiter                                 25%

Third-party recruiter/staffing agency              3%

Other                                              8%

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                            RECRUITMENT

                                        Position Responsible for
                                        Recruiting Applicants for
                                         Executive Job Openings

n                                                 1,635

Hiring manager                                    18%

HR Generalist                                     32%

In-house recruiter                                19%

Third-party recruiter/staffing agency             10%

Other                                             20%

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                                                               RECRUITMENT

                                                                      25th                   75th
                                                       n                          Median                Average
                                                                    Percentile             Percentile
Cost-per-hire                                        488                 $500     $1,633    $4,669      $4,425

Executive cost-per-hire                              247                 $1,300   $5,000    $18,000     $14,936
Recruitment-expenses-to-HR-
                                                      198                 0%       4%         19%        15%
expenses ratio
Requisitions per recruiter (or
                                                      716                  5        15        35          29
HR FTE)
Requisitions per recruiter
(organizations with dedicated                        349                   10       25        54          54
recruiters)
Requisitions per recruiter
(organizations without                               373                   3        10        22          20
dedicated recruiters)

  * Metrics with a sample size (“n”) of less than 5 are not displayed.

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                                          Selection Techniques Used
                                           to Assess Executive Level
                                                  Candidates

n                                                   1,329
Audition/work sample interview                      22%
Behavioral or personality assessment                 32%
Behavioral interview                                56%
Cognitive skills assessment                          16%
Competency-based interview                          43%
Group interview                                      57%
In-person screening                                 50%
Knowledge test                                       8%
One-on-one interview                                68%
Panel interview                                     40%
Phone screening                                      61%
References                                          74%
Skype/video conference interview                    29%
Stress interview                                     3%
Structured interview                                 33%
Technical skills assessment                          10%
Unstructured interview                               12%
Other                                                1%

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                                          Selection Techniques Used
                                               to Assess Middle
                                           Management Candidates

n                                                   1,483
Audition/work sample interview                      22%
Behavioral or personality assessment                28%
Behavioral interview                                58%
Cognitive skills assessment                         17%
Competency-based interview                          45%
Group interview                                     55%
In-person screening                                 51%
Knowledge test                                      13%
One-on-one interview                                68%
Panel interview                                     38%
Phone screening                                     68%
References                                          74%
Skype/video conference interview                    27%
Stress interview                                     3%
Structured interview                                34%
Technical skills assessment                         17%
Unstructured interview                              12%
Other                                                1%

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                                          Selection Techniques Used
                                                   to Assess
                                          Nonmanagement/Individual
                                           Contributor Candidates
n                                                   1,407
Audition/work sample interview                      20%
Behavioral or personality assessment                20%
Behavioral interview                                54%
Cognitive skills assessment                         16%
Competency-based interview                          43%
Group interview                                     45%
In-person screening                                 49%
Knowledge test                                      20%
One-on-one interview                                68%
Panel interview                                     29%
Phone screening                                     68%
References                                          69%
Skype/video conference interview                    21%
Stress interview                                     2%
Structured interview                                33%
Technical skills assessment                         27%
Unstructured interview                              12%
Other                                                1%

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                                          Selection Techniques Used
                                             to Assess Nonexempt
                                          (Hourly) Nonmanagement
                                                  Candidates
n                                                   1,456
Audition/work sample interview                      16%
Behavioral or personality assessment                17%
Behavioral interview                                49%
Cognitive skills assessment                         18%
Competency-based interview                          39%
Group interview                                     36%
In-person screening                                 50%
Knowledge test                                      22%
One-on-one interview                                68%
Panel interview                                     24%
Phone screening                                     65%
References                                          65%
Skype/video conference interview                    15%
Stress interview                                     2%
Structured interview                                32%
Technical skills assessment                         28%
Unstructured interview                              14%
Other                                                1%

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                                                                             n             Yes            No
                Use of automated prescreening to
                                                                            1,668       22%            78%
                review job applicant's resume

                                                                25th                               75th
                                                 n                                  Median                     Average
                                                              Percentile                         Percentile
Acceptance rate                                839                 86%               96%           100%         91%

Positions externally filled                    747                 66%               89%           100%         74%

Positions internally filled                    747                     0%            11%            33%         25%

* Metrics with a sample size (“n”) of less than 5 are not displayed.

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                                                                25th                    75th
                                                 n                          Median                 Average
                                                              Percentile              Percentile
Time-to-fill                                   864               20 days    30 days    45 days     36 days

Open to approval                               480                 1 day     2 days     5 days      8 days

Approval to job posting                        481                 1 day     1 day      3 days      3 days
Job posting to start
                                               488                3 days     5 days     10 days     9 days
screening
Screen applicants                              483                2 days     5 days     10 days     7 days

Conduct interviews                             490                3 days     5 days     10 days     8 days

Make final decision                            488                2 days     3 days     5 days      5 days

Offer to acceptance                            509                 1 day     2 days     4 days      4 days

* Metrics with a sample size (“n”) of less than 5 are not displayed.

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                             QUALITY OF HIRE

                                          Quality of Hire Measures
                                           Used by Organizations

n                                                   305
360-degree feedback scores                         28%
Average bonus                                      15%
Customer service score                             20%
Error rates in performance                          23%
Inclusion in succession plan                        9%
Interview to performance relationship               27%
Number of awards                                    4%
Performance appraisal score                        62%
Profit contribution                                 8%
Promotion frequency                                 8%
Promotion rate                                      9%
Rate of salary increase                             18%
Retention rate                                     45%
Talent scorecard                                    10%
Other                                               6%

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                                                               QUALITY OF HIRE

                                                                                 n        Yes        No
                   Percentage of organizations
                                                                                1,343     23%        77%
                   measuring quality of hire

                                                                              25th                  75th
                                                               n                         Median                Average
                                                                            Percentile            Percentile
Separations within first three
                                                             610               0%         6%        25%         16%
months of employment
Separations within first six months
                                                             599               0%         9%        25%         17%
of employment
Separations within first year of
                                                             602               0%         14%       38%         26%
employment

     * Metrics with a sample size (“n”) of less than 5 are not displayed.

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TALENT ACQUISITION GLOSSARY OF METRIC TERMS, DEFINITIONS
AND CALCULATIONS

Statistical Definitions                          Average
                                                 The average is the sum of the responses
“n”                                              divided by the total number of responses. It
The letter “n” in tables and figures indicates   is also known as the mean. This measure is
the number of respondents to each question.      affected more than the median by the
In other words, when it is noted that n = 25,    occurrence of outliers (extreme values). For
it indicates that the number of respondents      this reason, the average reported may be
was 25.                                          greater than the 75th percentile or less than
                                                 the 25th percentile.
Percentile
                                                 Job Positions
The percentile is the percentage of
responses in a group that have values less
than or equal to that particular value. For      FTE
example, when data are arranged from             FTE is an abbreviation for full-time
lowest to highest, the 25th percentile is the    equivalent. Full-time equivalents represent
point at which 75% of the data are above it      the total labor hours invested. To convert
and 25% are below it. Conversely, the 75th       part-time staff into FTEs, divide the total
percentile is the point at which 25% of the      number of hours worked by part-time
data are above it and 75% are below it.          employees during the work year by the total
                                                 number of hours in the work year (e.g., if the
Median (50th percentile)                         average work week is 37.5 hours, total
The median is the midpoint of the set of         number of hours in a work year would be
numbers or values arranged in ascending          37.5 hours per week x 52 weeks = 1,950).
order. It is recommended that the median is      Converting the number of employees to
used as a basis for all interpretations of the   FTEs provides a more accurate
data when the average and median are             understanding of the level of effort being
discrepant.                                      applied in an organization. For example, if

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two employees are job-sharing, the FTE            Nonmanagement/Individual Contributors
number is only one.                               Nonmanagement/individual contributors
                                                  are salaried employees who do not have
HR FTEs                                           direct reports and who report to
HR FTEs is the number of full-time HR             management. They are responsible for the
equivalents that support the HR function          tasks within their role and are exempt from
for an organizational level. The primary          the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) rules
responsibilities of these staff are directly      and regulations. Examples of nonmanage-
HR-related, such as, but not limited to,          ment/individual contributor job positions
administrative support directly related to        include analyst, nurse and engineer.
HR, benefits, compensation, diversity,
generalist, HRIS and recruiting. Excluded         Nonexempt (Hourly) Nonmanagement
staff are those whose primary                     Nonexempt (hourly) nonmanagement
responsibilities are not directly HR-related,     employees do not have direct reports and
such as, but not limited to, facilities, health   report to management. Nonexempt
and safety, organizational development,           employees are covered by the FLSA rules
payroll, phones, training, and travel services.   and regulations. Examples of nonexempt
                                                  (hourly) nonmanagement job positions
Executive                                         include assistant, coordinator and specialist.
Executive-level job positions are at the
highest level of the organization and are         HR Generalists
responsible for managing at the                   The HR generalist supports management on
organizational level by providing the overall     a broad range of HR-related duties and may
direction of the organization and                 recruit on behalf of the organization as one
establishing policies and strategies.             part of the generalist’s job responsibility.
Examples of executive-level management
job positions include CEO, CHRO, COO              In-House Recruiters
and CFO.                                          The in-house recruiter’s primary
                                                  responsibility in the organization’s HR
Middle Management                                 department is to source new candidates to
Middle-management positions report to the         fill open positions.
executive level and have employees who
report directly to them. Middle-                  Third-Party Recruiter/Staffing Agency
management employees are responsible for          The third-party recruiter/staffing agency is a
overseeing products or services at the            recruiter or staffing agency that recruits on
regional or divisional level. They are also       behalf of the organization’s clients.
responsible for implementing company
strategy and policies. Examples of middle-
management job positions include director,
people manager and supervisor.

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Hiring Manager                                    •   Internal applicants/current
The hiring manager is the person who                  employees
                                                  •   Professional contacts/networking
requests a job position to be filled and to
                                                  •   Recruiting websites
whom the newly hired employee will
                                                  •   Social media
directly report.

Recruitment                                   Position Responsible for Recruiting
                                              Applicants for Nonexecutive Job
Tools Used to Source Candidates               Openings
To manage a higher requisition load,          The job position that is primarily
recruiters may prefer to use sources that     responsible for recruiting applicants for
yield a higher percentage of quality          nonexecutive job openings.
candidates in the hope of lessening the
amount of time spent on the pre-screening     Position Responsible for Recruiting
process. Sourcing tools include:              Applicants for Executive Job Openings
    • Company website
    • Employee referrals                      The job position that is primarily
    • Free job boards                         responsible for recruiting applicants for
    • Informal networking                     executive-level job openings.
    • Job fairs (onsite)
    • Job fairs (virtual)                     Cost-Per-Hire
    • Networking events                       Cost-per-hire represents the costs involved
    • On-campus college recruiting            with a new hire. These costs include the
    • Online college recruiting               sum of third-party agency fees, advertising
    • Paid job boards                         agency fees, job fairs, online job board fees,
    • Print advertisement                     employee referrals, travel cost of applicants
    • Radio advertising                       and staff, relocation costs, recruiter pay and
    • Social media websites
                                              benefits, and talent acquisition system
    • Staffing agencies: direct hires
                                              costs, divided by the number of hires.
    • Staffing agencies: temp to hire
    • Trade publications
                                              Executive Cost-Per-Hire
    • TV advertising
                                              Executive cost-per-hire represents the costs
Tools Used to Source Executive                involved with a new executive hire. These
Candidates                                    costs include the sum of third-party agency
                                              fees, advertising agency fees, job fairs, online
   •   Executive search firms                 job board fees, employee referrals, travel
       (headhunters)
                                              cost of applicants and staff, relocation costs,
   •   In-house executive recruiter
                                              recruiter pay and benefits, and talent
   •   Industry associations
                                              acquisition system costs, divided by the
                                              number of executive hires.

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Recruitment-Expenses-to-HR-Expenses              Selection
Ratio

This is the ratio of an organization’s total     Selection Techniques Used to Assess
expenses dedicated to recruitment to the         Candidates
organization’s HR expenses. The
recruitment expenses includes pay and            Audition/work sample interview—
benefits for the recruiting team, third-party    applicants are required to provide an
agency fees, background checks, advertising      example of previous work or perform a
costs, job fair costs, online job board costs,   specific task that is related to the target job.
employee referral costs, travel costs of
applicants and staff, relocation costs, and      Behavioral or personality assessment—a
technology infrastructure (talent                standardized instrument, such as a
acquisition systems).                            personality test or a questionnaire (e.g.,
                                                 Predictive Index, MBTI), is used to reveal
                                                 aspects of an individual’s character. Some
Requisitions per Recruiter (or HR FTE)
                                                 organizations choose to use this technique
The requisition per recruiter (or HR FTEs)       to test for person-organization fit or culture
is the average number of requisitions a          fit.
recruiter is responsible for in a year.
                                                 Behavioral interview—a job interview
Requisitions per Recruiter                       technique where the applicant is asked to
(Organizations with Dedicated                    describe examples of past behavior in work
                                                 situations. The candidate’s past job
Recruiters)                                      performance is used as an indicator of the
The requisition per recruiter is the average     applicant’s performance in the position for
number of requisitions a recruiter is            which he or she is being considered.
responsible for in a year in organizations
with at least one dedicated recruiter.           Cognitive skills assessment—an
                                                 assessment used to measure a variety of
Requisitions per Recruiter                       cognitive abilities (e.g. verbal, mathematical,
                                                 reasoning, etc.).
(Organizations without Dedicated
Recruiters)                                      Competency-based interview—candidates
The requisition per recruiter is the average     are asked questions that are linked to
number of requisitions a recruiter is            specific competencies needed in the role
responsible for in a year in organizations       and/or organization. The questions are
without any dedicated recruiters.                designed to have the interviewee give an
                                                 example of tasks he or she has performed in
                                                 the past and the outcome from that task.

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Group interview—an interview process            Stress interview—an interviewing
where multiple interviewees are                 technique where the applicants are
interviewed at the same time.                   deliberately placed in a stressful situation
                                                and evaluated based on how they react to
In-person screening—a screening is a            the stress (e.g., an intimidating interviewer,
selection technique to determine if the         having to complete multiple tasks,
applicant has the qualifications needed to      aggressive interviewer attitudes, puzzles).
do the job for which the company is hiring.     This technique is frequently used for
An in-person screening is typically             positions in which the incumbent would
conducted face-to-face before a job             frequently face stress on the job.
interview.
                                                Structured interview—an interview in
Knowledge test—a standardized test to           which candidates are asked the same
determine a person’s knowledge of a subject     predetermined questions in the same order.
or field.                                       All responses given by the candidates are
                                                evaluated using the same rating scale.
One-on-one interview—a common type of
interview where an applicant is interviewed     Technical skills assessment—an
individually by one interviewer.                assessment used to measure a skill specific
                                                to that field or profession.
Panel interview—an interviewing strategy
where the applicant is interviewed by           Unstructured interview—an interview in
multiple people at once.                        which there is no a specific set of
                                                predetermined questions, although the
Phone screening—a screening is a selection      interviewers may have certain topics in
technique to determine if the applicant has     mind that they wish to cover during the
the qualifications needed to do the job for     interview. Unstructured interviews may
which the company is hiring. A phone            flow like an everyday conversation and tend
screening is typically conducted before a job   to be more informal and open-ended.
interview.
                                                Percentage of Organizations Using
References—a written or verbal                  Automated Pre-Screening
recommendation typically given by a
                                                The percentage of organizations that use
candidate’s former or current supervisor,
employer, colleague or professor.               automated prescreening tools to review job
                                                applicants’ resumes during the screening
                                                process. These tools perform actions such as
Skype/video conference interview—an
                                                scanning resumes for key words pertaining
interview that takes place through an online
                                                to the job description.
video platform such a Skype or Google+.

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Acceptance Rate                                 Job Posting to Start Screening
The ratio of the total number of full-time      The number of days from the time the job is
and part-time job acceptances an                posted to the time the candidate screenings
organization received from job candidates to    started.
the total number of full-time and part-time
offers of employment an organization            Screen Applicants
extended to job candidates.                     The number of days it took to screen all job
                                                candidates.
Positions Externally Filled
The number of full-time and part-time           Conduct Interviews
positions in an organization that were filled   The number of days it took to conduct all
with candidates not employed by the             interviews for all job candidates.
organization.

Positions Internally Filled                     Make Final Decision

The number of full-time and part-time           The number of days from the end of the
positions in an organization that were filled   interviews until final decisions on job
with candidates already employed by the         candidates were made.
organization in other positions.
                                                Offer to Acceptance
Time-to-Fill                                    The number of days from the time an
Time-to-fill represents the number of days      employment offer was extended to a job
from the time the job requisition was           candidate until the time the candidate
opened until the time the offer was accepted    accepted the offer.
by the candidate. This number is calculated
by using calendar days, including weekends      Quality of Hire
and holidays.
                                                Percentage of Organizations Measuring
Open to Approval                                Quality of Hire by Tracking
The number of days from the time the            360-degree feedback scores—the total
requisition was opened to the time the          combined scores from a 360-degree
requisition was approved.                       feedback tool (i.e., total score is the
                                                aggregate of all rater groups). Raters include
Approval to Job Posting                         the employee, the employee’s supervisor(s),
The number of days from the time the            peers, direct reports and/or customers.
requisition was approved to the time the job
was posted (e.g., company website, job          Average bonus—a percentage of an
boards).                                        employee’s total salary rewarded in bonuses.

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Customer service score—the aggregate            Rate of salary increase—how quickly an
score of all ratings given to an employee by    employee is given a salary increase.
customers (e.g., in retail, customers are
given the opportunity to rate the employee      Retention rate—how long (in years) an
who helped them).                               employee remains employed with the
                                                organization (e.g., staying more than one
Error rates in performance—formally             year).
documented errors in performance (e.g.,
errors in manufacturing plants that result in   Talent scorecard—the total performance
decreased output, low student achievement       on a talent scorecard, measured by items
scores for teachers, etc.).                     such as key performance indicators,
                                                feedback, etc.
Inclusion in succession plan—whether or
not an employee is included in a formal         Percentage of Organizations Measuring
succession plan.                                Quality of Hire

Interview to performance relationship—          The percentage of organizations that track
the relationship between an employee’s          quality of hire in any way.
interview evaluation scores and actual
performance appraisal/management scores         Separations Within First Three Months
within six months on the job.                   of Employment

                                                The percentage of total separations that
Number of awards—achievements and               were employees who had tenure of three
awards given to the incumbent in the first      months or less.
year of employment and/or subsequent
years.                                          Separations Within First Six Months of
                                                Employment
Performance appraisal score—a total
rating given during a performance review by     The percentage of total separations that
an employee’s supervisor(s).                    were employees who had tenure of six
                                                months or less.
Profit contribution—the proportion of an
employee’s annual sales revenue relative to     Separations Within First Year of
the organization’s sales revenue in that same   Employment
year.
                                                The percentage of total separations that
                                                were employees who had tenure of 12
Promotion frequency—how often an
                                                months or less.
employee is promoted.

Promotion rate—how quickly an employee
is promoted.

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