Talent Acquisition Spend Efficiency

Crestline Analytics · FY2024 YTD Performance

Avg Cost Per Quality Hire
$12,840
18% vs target
90-Day Retention Rate
88.3%
1.3% above target
Total Sourcing Spend YTD
$847.3K
Budget: $920K
Quality Hires YTD
60
Target: 67 (Q4 pending)
Agency Dependency Ratio
23.8%
7.1pp vs Q1
Referral Conversion Rate
14.2%
3.2pp vs Q1

Channel ROI Matrix: Cost vs. Quality

Invest (low cost, high quality)
Optimize (low cost, low quality)
Monitor (high cost, high quality)
Divest (high cost, low quality)

Application-to-Hire Funnel by Channel

Hire Quality Score by Source

Channel Performance Breakdown

Channel Total Spend Applications Hires CPQH HQS 90d Retention Yield %

Sourcing Spend Allocation

Time-to-First-Screen by Source (Days)

Programmatic Ad Efficiency

8.7%
Apply-to-Screen Rate (Appcast)

LinkedIn Recruiter Seat ROI

$9,440
CPQH (4 seats × $10,800/yr)

Channel Diversification Index

0.73
Shannon Entropy (max 1.0)
Healthy distribution across 8 active channels

CPQH Trend: Top 5 Channels (8 Quarters)

Q1 2024: Referral bonus increased $1,500→$2,500; conversion jumped 11%→14.2%, CPQH dropped to $8,200
Q2 2024: TalentBridge agency rate hike drove CPQH $16,800→$21,800 with no HQS improvement; flagged for divestment
Q3 2024: Appcast programmatic trial launched; highest volume (1,240 applies) but 8.7% screen rate vs. 22% company avg
Q4 2024: LinkedIn Recruiter seat expansion approved (+2 seats); InMail response rate 31% vs. 18% cold outreach