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Metric

Quality of Hire

Are we hiring people who succeed and stay?

RecruitingDiagnosticPredictive

Definition

A composite view of new hire performance, retention, and hiring manager satisfaction after onboarding.

How to calculate it

Weighted index of performance rating, 90-day retention, and hiring manager survey score

Business question

Are we hiring people who succeed and stay?

How to read it

Low quality-of-hire on certain sources signals sourcing or selection issues, not just recruiter performance.

Recommended segments

  • Business unit
  • Geography
  • Function
  • Grade or level

How to visualize it

  • Trend over time
  • Segment comparison
  • Distribution

Decisions it supports

Refine interview rubrics, sourcing channels, and onboarding support by role family.

What can make it misleading

Measuring too early before performance signal stabilizes; over-weighting a single input.

Updated 2026-08-09