The most-used recruiting metrics, from a new study by The Newman Group, in conjunction with ERE, of 500 recruiting and staffing professionals of varying company size.
| Open reqs by recruiter | 70% |
| Aggregate time-to-fill | 69% |
| Number of hires per period | 60% |
| Cost per hire | 57% |
| Functional time-to-fill | 47% |
| Internal placement percentage | 47% |
| Offer-to-accept ratio | 45% |
| Interview-to-offer ratio | 44% |
| Decline-to-offer ratio | 35% |
| Diversity | 33% |
| Time-to-fill by exempt/non-exempt reqs | 29% |