--- title: "Recruiting Metrics 101: What You Need to Know About Measuring Your Recruiting [White Paper]" description: This white paper lays out an outline for how to put some metrics behind your recruiting programs and better measure its performance. --- [![RPOA Logo](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/hs-fs/file-2613319650-png/images-2015/rpoa-logo-color.png?width=494&name=rpoa-logo-color.png "RPOA Logo")](http://www.rpoassociation.org/) # Recruiting Metrics 101: What You Need to Know About Measuring Your Recruiting Performance ![RPOAImg132.jpg](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/hs-fs/hubfs/images/RPOAImg132.jpg?width=800&height=533&name=RPOAImg132.jpg) Why bother measuring your recruiting performance? The simple answer is, if you don’t measure it, you can’t improve it. HR sometimes gets a bad rap for being too nebulous, too touchy-feely, and too soft. There is a perception that HR is great at working with people and not so great at driving strategic value. So how do you take comments like “our hiring managers are VERY happy” and “we’ve REALLY improved the candidate experience” and turn them into hard metrics? This paper outlines recruiting metrics that matters for measuring performance. ## You should read this paper if: - You are interested in learning more about how to measure your recruiting performance and put that information to work - You are an insomniac looking for a likely cure – a bright paper about measuring recruiting performance Either way, this would be a great read for you. *"Ignorance is bliss until you're not [ignorant], and it isn't [bliss]"* **Download this paper to learn the six-step process to accurately measure your recruiting performance.** ### Download White Paper [![Share on Facebook](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/facebook-24x24.png)](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.rpoassociation.org%2Frecruiting-metrics-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-measuring-your-recruiting-%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dfacebook) [![Share on LinkedIn](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/linkedin-24x24.png)](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.rpoassociation.org%2Frecruiting-metrics-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-measuring-your-recruiting-%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dlinkedin) [![Share on Twitter](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/twitter-24x24.png)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.rpoassociation.org%2Frecruiting-metrics-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-measuring-your-recruiting-%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&url=https%3A%2F%2Fresources.rpoassociation.org%2Frecruiting-metrics-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-measuring-your-recruiting-%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Dtwitter&source=tweetbutton&text=Recruiting%20Metrics%20101%3A%20What%20You%20Need%20to%20Know%20About%20Measuring%20Your%20Recruiting%20%5BWhite%20Paper%5D) [![Share on Email](https://static.hubspot.com/final/img/common/icons/social/email-24x24.png)](mailto:?subject=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fresources.rpoassociation.org%2Frecruiting-metrics-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-measuring-your-recruiting-%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail%20&body=Check%20out%20https%3A%2F%2Fresources.rpoassociation.org%2Frecruiting-metrics-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-measuring-your-recruiting-%3Futm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_source%3Demail) [![rpoa-Logo-white](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/hs-fs/hubfs/rpoa-Logo-white.png?width=489&height=37&name=rpoa-Logo-white.png "rpoa-Logo-white")](http://www.rpoassociation.org) Recruitment Process Outsourcing Association Richmond, Virginia 23114 [info@rpoassociation.org](mailto:info@rpoassociation.org) Stay Connected [**](https://www.facebook.com/rpoassociation) [**](https://twitter.com/rpoassociation) [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/recruitment-process-outsourcing-association-rpoa-) [**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8jKps3jVNAnCl66rep2fJw) Learn - [Recruitment process outsourcing](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/learn?type=all-types&topic=rpo) - [Recruiting best practices](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/learn?topic=recruitingbestpractices)  - [Recruiting trends](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/learn?topic=recruitingtrends) - [Talent acquisition strategy](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/learn?type=all-types&topic=talentacquisitionstrategy) Research - [RPO provider firms](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/rpo-discovery-center) - [RPO Academy](https://resources.rpoassociation.org/learn) Read - [RPO Market Report ](https://blog.rpoassociation.org/rpo-market-report) - [The RPO Voice](https://blog.rpoassociation.org/blog) - [RPOA Press Room](https://blog.rpoassociation.org/press-room) About Us We are a professional membership association committed to serving and elevating the recruitment process outsourcing industry. 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