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Measurement, Data and Channels Terms

eNPS, surveys, hiring metrics, KPI set and channel terms.

A

  • Application Conversion Rate

    Application conversion rate shows what share of people who view the career page or a job ad complete an application: an indicator of career page and ad quality.

C

  • Career Social Media Accounts

    Career accounts are the company's LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok channels dedicated to the employer brand, telling candidates about culture, teams and opportunities.

  • Channel Map

    A channel map defines which internal and external channels are used for which audience, purpose and content type.

  • Communication Fatigue

    Communication fatigue is when employees, exposed to too many channels and messages, stop reading, mute notifications and miss important messages.

  • Cost per Hire

    Cost per hire is total internal and external hiring cost divided by the number of hires: a core metric for the return on employer brand investment.

E

  • Employee Engagement Survey

    An employee engagement survey is a comprehensive, usually annual study measuring the drivers of engagement: leadership, development, recognition, communication, wellbeing.

  • Employer Brand KPI Set

    An employer brand KPI set is a group of indicators across awareness, attraction, conversion, experience and retention that reports the result of employer brand investment to leadership.

  • Employer Review Platforms

    Employer review platforms are sites where current and former employees rate and review companies anonymously (Glassdoor, Kununu, Indeed, LinkedIn reviews); candidates research there.

  • eNPS (Employee Net Promoter Score)

    eNPS is an engagement indicator calculated from 0-10 answers to "Would you recommend our company as a place to work to a friend?".

F

  • Focus Group

    A focus group is a moderated qualitative research session with 6-10 employees or candidates exploring a topic in depth: a core tool in EVP and internal communication work.

I

O

  • Offer Acceptance Rate

    Offer acceptance rate is the percentage of job offers accepted; it measures the credibility of the candidate experience and employer brand at the final step.

P

  • Pulse Survey

    A pulse survey is a short 3-10 question survey run frequently (monthly or quarterly) to track employee sentiment and the impact of communication in near real time.

S

  • Source of Hire

    Source of hire analysis shows which channel (referral, career page, social media, job board, agency) hires come from, with the cost and quality of each.

T

  • Time to Hire

    Time to hire is the number of days from a role opening (or a candidate applying) to offer acceptance: the speed indicator of the hiring funnel.