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Personnel cost to perform the HR function per business entity employee
This measure calculates personnel cost per business entity employee to perform the human resources (HR) function, which consists of developing and managing HR strategies,…
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Percentage of new hire retention after 12 months
This measure calculates the percentage of new hires (middle management/specialists, operational workers/office staff, and senior management/executives) that are still…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "recruit, source and select employees" that comes from personnel cost. Activities in…
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Cycle time in days from identifying the need to hire a new employee to approval of the job requisition
This measure calculates the number of days elapsed between the moment an organization realizes they need to hire a new employee and when a recruiter is notified that they…
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New employees as a percentage of total business entity employees
This measure calculates the percentage of new employees out of total business entity employees. As part of a set of Supplemental Information measures, it helps companies…
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Number of new hires per FTE that performs the process group "recruit, source, and select employees"
This measure calculates the number of new hires per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee (including those in support locations, such as shared centers) that performs the…
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Percentage of new hires that originated from employee referrals
This measure calculates the percentage of new hires sourced from employee referrals. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate…
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Percentage of middle management/specialist new hire retention after 12 months
This measure calculates the percentage of middle management/specialist (i.e. managers with budgetary and/or supervisory responsibility who report to senior management and/or…
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Percentage of operational worker/office staff new hire retention after 12 months
This measure calculates the percentage of operational worker/office staff (i.e. employees who do not have any management responsibility) new hires who are still employed at…
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Percentage of senior management/executive new hire retention after 12 months
This measure calculates the percentage of senior management/executive (i.e. the highest-ranking officers and managers below executives) new hires who are still employed at…
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Total cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees." Activities in this process group include new…
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Total cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" per business entity employee
This measure calculates the total cost per business entity employee to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees." Activities in this process group…
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Total cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" per new hire
This measure calculates the total cost per new hire to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees." Activities in this process group include new hire…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees." Activities in this process group include new…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" per new hire
This measure calculates personnel cost per new hire to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees." Activities in this process group include new hire…