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Recruitment Funnel Yield Calculator

Work out recruitment funnel yield instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Recruitment Funnel Yield Calculator

Funnel yield tells you how many applications a hire requires, which is what drives sourcing effort and cost per hire. Stage-by-stage conversion locates the bottleneck: a low screening pass rate means poor targeting, a low interview-to-offer rate means a weak shortlist or an unclear brief.

Formulas

Application to hire rate

Rate % = Hires / Applications x 100

Applications per hire

Applications per hire = Applications / Hires

Worked example

With the default values below, Recruitment Funnel Yield Calculator returns Application to hire rate of 0.667%. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Applications received
1,800
Candidates passing screening
280
Candidates interviewed
96
Offers accepted
12

Results

Application to hire rate
0.667%
Applications needed per hire
150.0
Screening pass rate
15.56%
Interview to hire conversion
12.50%

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Application to hire rate
  3. 3Applications per hire
  4. 4Application to hire rate= 0.667
  5. 5Applications needed per hire= 150.0
  6. 6Screening pass rate= 15.56
  7. 7Interview to hire conversion= 12.50

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 3 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

What conversion rates are normal?

Very role-dependent. Volume roles can hire from 1% of applications; specialist technical roles often need 150-250 applications per hire.

Which stage should I fix first?

The one with the largest absolute drop-off that you can influence. Improving a stage that already converts well moves the total very little.

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