What is Time-to-Hire?
Time-to-hire is the number of days between a candidate applying for a role and accepting an offer, measuring how efficiently a hiring process moves a candidate through the funnel.
Why does Time-to-Hire matter?
A long time-to-hire risks losing strong candidates to faster-moving competitors, while consistently short time-to-hire is one of the clearest signs of a well-run recruiting process.
How does Time-to-Hire work?
Recruiting teams and ATS reporting timestamp a candidate’s application date and offer-acceptance date, then calculate the difference and average it across roles, departments, or recruiters to track trends over time.
Frequently asked questions
How is time-to-hire different from time-to-fill?
Time-to-hire measures from a candidate’s application to their offer acceptance; time-to-fill measures from the requisition opening to the candidate’s actual start date, a slightly longer window.
What is considered a good time-to-hire?
Benchmarks vary by industry and role, but many organizations target under 30 days for most roles, with specialized or senior roles taking longer.
How BrightMove helps
BrightMove’s Wisdom analytics platform tracks time-to-hire automatically by role, recruiter, and client, no separate spreadsheet required. See BrightMove’s recruiting analytics.