Future of Work Glossary

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Time to Hire

Category
Talent acquisition
Also seen as:
Hiring time, recruitment duration, fill time

What is time to hire?

Time to hire measures how long it takes to move a candidate from application to accepted offer.

It’s a key metric for recruitment efficiency.

Why it matters

Long hiring processes lead to losing top candidates, increased costs, and delayed projects.

Short, efficient processes improve candidate experience and business agility.

How to improve time tohire

Streamline interview stages.
Improve internal decision-making speed.
Build pre-qualified candidate pipelines.
Use clear evaluation criteria.

Example

A company reduces hiring steps from five interviews to three, cutting time to hire by 40%.