Pitfalls of Metrics & How to Track the Right

Ones

Sydney Busch Engineering Recruiter, Netflix

Success

Data

Hire

s

Calls

Conversion Diversity

Metrics

Pip

eli

ne

Candidates

Responses

Onsites

Time

Inte

rvie

ws

Data and trends help show the

success of the entire recruiting

strategy - not the individual.

Rules of Using Data

Know the story

you want to tell

Is your data

actually proving

your point?

Focus on

broader trends

Trends vs.

seasonal shifts

Make it

actionable

Plan next steps -

what now?

Come with all

the facts

Percentages,

numbers, scale,

comparisons

“No one is making it onsite”

• Story/Problem: Talking to the wrong candidates

• Data Exploration: Pipeline conversion

• Timeline Trend: 2 months

Sourced Candidates: 14

58%

Applicants: 17

Recruiting Screen

Manager Screen

25%

50% 100%

Total

Next Steps:

• Focus energy on passive candidates

• Build Strategy for networking and referrals.

“I want more hires, now”

• Story: Diversify your funnel

• Data: Source of Hire

• Timeline Trend: 1 quarter vs 2+

quarters

• Next Steps: Divide your efforts

Other Datasets you can start using now

• Linkedin Reports

• Interview Feedback - text

analysis

• Google Analytics

• Source of hire

• ATS reports

Remember the Rules

Know the story

you want to tell

Focus on

broader trends

Make it

actionable

Come with all

the facts

You’ve got to feel what’s not

there as much as what is.

Daredevil

Questions?