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SHRM CUSTOMIZED TALENT ACQUISITION BENCHMARKING REPORT
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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 2
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 3
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 4
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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% 5
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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% 6
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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% 7
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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% 8
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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. 9
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT SELECTION 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% 10
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT SELECTION 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% 11
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT SELECTION 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% 12
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT SELECTION 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% 13
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT SELECTION 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. 14
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT SELECTION 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. 15
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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% 16
SHRM TALENT ACQUISITION CUSTOMIZED BENCHMARKING REPORT 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. 17
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 18
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. 19
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. 20
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. 21
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+. 22
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. 23
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. 24
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