What is Time to Hire?
Time to fill an open role end to end.
How to calculate it
Calculate Time to Hire as: Avg days from job posting to offer accepted. Pull the inputs from your connected data and track the trend over time in your dashboard.
Examples
Example 1
A role posted Jan 1 with an accepted offer Feb 5 -> 35 days to hire.
Example 2
A role posted on Jan 1 with an accepted offer on Feb 5 -> 35 days to hire, on par with the benchmark for that level of role.
Why it matters
Time to hire is the average number of days from posting a role to an accepted offer and affects both productivity and candidate experience. Long hiring cycles leave teams understaffed and risk losing strong candidates to faster competitors. It is often confused with time-to-fill, so the scope should be defined clearly.
Benchmark context
About 30-45 days is typical; technical and senior roles run longer, so benchmark by role type rather than overall.
Common pitfalls
Confusing with time-to-fill scope.
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