What Is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)? A Complete Guide
Learn what an applicant tracking system (ATS) is, how it works, who uses it, the benefits, must-have features, and how to evaluate one for your team.
October 23, 2026
How to Calculate Quality of Hire
To calculate quality of hire, pick the outcomes that matter for new hires, score each hire on consistent inputs, and combine them with a formula you can repeat. Here's how, step by step.
October 23, 2026
How to Measure Hiring Effectiveness
Measure hiring effectiveness with a scorecard of five to seven metrics across speed, quality, funnel movement, cost, and candidate outcomes. Here's how to build and use it.
October 23, 2026
How to Measure Recruiter Productivity Without Mistaking Activity for Results
Recruiter productivity is how effectively a recruiter turns workload and candidate conversations into hires, not how busy they look. Here's how to measure it fairly.
October 23, 2026
Recruiting Dashboard: What to Track, How to Build It, and a Simple Template
A recruiting dashboard is a shared view of the hiring metrics that show where roles are moving, stalling, and converting. Here's what to track, how to build it, and a template.
October 23, 2026
What Are the Key Metrics for Recruitment? Start With the Numbers That Change Hiring Decisions
The key recruitment metrics fall into five categories: speed, quality, cost, candidate experience, and source effectiveness. Here's which ones to track and how to use them.
October 23, 2026
The True Cost of a Bad Hire: How to Calculate It and Reduce the Risk
There’s no universal cost of a bad hire. Here’s how to calculate what one costs your organization, which hidden costs to count, and how to reduce the risk of the next one.
October 13, 2026
12 Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Metrics to Track (With Formulas)
The 12 recruitment metrics that matter, from time to fill and cost per hire to quality of hire, with formulas and tips for setting benchmarks.
October 5, 2026
The 2026 Recruiter Pressure Index: A State-by-State Map of the Talent War
A new analysis from Lever ranks all 50 states and Washington, D.C. by hiring pressure—combining job openings, quits, and unemployment into a single Pressure Score. The result is a national labor market split into two economies, with South Dakota the tightest place to hire and D.C. the loosest.
June 15, 2026
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