Miscellaneous
The process in which a candidate formally expresses interest electronically in a job
What is an application?
Tool that can significantly improve recruiting efficiency for open roles by making it easier to search for candidates
What is Boolean Searches?
Laws that prohibit employers from asking applicants to disclose any criminal convictions they have during the initial interview process.
What is Ban the Box?
Is a recruitment metric that measures the percentage of job applications completed and submitted by candidates out of the total number of applications started.
What is Application Completion Rate (ACR)
Requires federal and subcontractors to adhere to specific regulations to avoid discriminatory practices in their hiring and employment.
What is the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs? (OFCCP)
Workers who typically receive a salary instead of hourly wages and aren’t covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
What is an Exempt Employee?
Laws that prohibit employers from asking applicants to disclose any criminal convictions they have during the initial interview process.
What is Ban the Box?
An acronym meaning “depends on experience,” which is often used in job descriptions instead of listing specific salaries
What is DOE?
Refers to the number of calendar days it takes to find and hire a new candidate is typically measured by the number of days between approving a job requisition and the candidate accepting your offer.
What is Time to Fill (TTF)?
a recruitment software that is used to track and source candidates, manage job applications, helps in resume parsing, and so on.
What is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)
According to Indeed Analytics, how long does the average recruiter look at a resume before determining if they are going to set up a phone interview?
What is 7 seconds?
Is a software system that helps hiring professionals manage the recruitment process and build relationships with job candidates:
What is Candidate Relationship Management (CRM)
Is a plan of action to help you successfully identify, attract and hire candidates for your open roles
What is a Recruitment Strategy?
is an assessment organizations use to evaluate and enhance the recruitment process from the perspective of job applicants.
What is a candidate experience survey?
Are important to measure a company’s long-term growth and strategic insight into this can reveal areas where a recruiter or a recruitment agency can improve upon.
What is a Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
A hiring framework with a clearly defined process for moving through the stages.
What is the Recruitment Funnel?
A company's representation of itself as an employer, and how it's perceived by potential and current employees:
What is an Employer Brand?
Is a proactive approach to finding and attracting qualified candidates to fill specific job vacancies
What is Recruitment?
An important metric that measures the percentage of job offers extended by a company that is accepted by candidates.
What is Offer Acceptance Rate (OAR)
Often used when recruiters conduct screening and selection processes to fill up senior-level positions at any company or firm.
What is headhunting?
Financial incentives or benefits offered to the best performers as a way to prevent them from leaving the company. Might include stock options, bonuses and other perks, and they typically require the employee to stay with the company for a specified length of time to avoid losing the benefit or having to pay it back.
What are Golden Handcuffs?
The process of recruiting potential job candidates who are already currently employed (and generally happy with their jobs) but who are open to switching positions if given a better opportunity
What is Passive Sourcing?
The strategic process of sourcing, hiring and onboarding new employees for a company
What is Talent Acquisition?
the average amount being spent to hire a new employee, including external hiring agency and recruiting technology costs, as well as time spent evaluating candidates.
What is Cost per Hire? (CPH)
Basic 4 R's of HR?
What is Recruitment, Reward, Retention and Retirement?