Recommendation 7

The time taken to recruit staff is a key indicator of the efficiency of an organisation’s recruitment process. Recruitment times can be measured in a number of ways, including the time it takes from starting a recruitment campaign to making a firm employment offer – often referred to as ‘time to hire’. Organisations may also measure ‘time to fill’, or the time it takes to get a new staff member recruited and in post, which includes time taken for pre-employment and security vetting checks.12