The terms and definitions for the LinkedIn Recruiter Pipeline Report are available to ensure clarity and accuracy as you track your hiring process.
The LinkedIn Recruiter Pipeline Report includes metrics to help you identify trends in your hiring process. The commonly used terms and their definitions are below.
All reports are in Universal Coordinated Time (UTC +0). Any activity can take up to 48 hours to appear in your reports.
Important to know
The report includes data up to 2 years before the current date.
The Pipeline Report stages for candidates will only appear if the Automated Pipeline Stage is enabled and part of your contract. The Pipeline Report will only show candidates in the Uncontacted (in-review), Contacted, and Replied stages who have been moved manually or by Automated Pipeline Stages.
Here’s a list of commonly used terms and definitions for the Pipeline Report.
Sourcing Pipeline module metrics
Candidate Activity: The number of candidates in a particular stage during the selected date range.
- Calculation: The number of candidates already in the stage before the start date plus number of candidates who Moved into the stage during the selected date range.
- Note: The number of candidates already in the stage before the start date equals the number of candidates who moved into the stage before the start date minus the number of candidates who moved out of the stage before the start date.
Moved into stage: The number of candidates who moved into a new pipeline stage from any previous stage during the selected date range based on selected filters. This is calculated based on the number of candidates who are currently in that stage during the selected date range.
Remained in stage: The number of candidates who didn't move to a new pipeline stage during the selected date range regardless of the move in date based on selected filters.
- Calculation: Candidate Activity The number of candidates who moved out of the stage during the date range regardless of the moved in date.
Archived: The number of candidates who were archived from a given stage in the pipeline during the selected date range based on selected filters.
Sourcing Pipeline module conversion rate metrics
Moved into stage conversion rate: The percentage of candidates who were moved into a stage from the previous stage during the selected date range out of the total candidate activity in the stage.
- Calculation: Candidates moved to next stage divided by Candidate Activity.
Remained in stage conversion rate: The percentage of candidates who remained in a stage during the selected date range out of the total candidate activity in the stage.
- Calculation: Candidates stayed in Stage divided by Candidate Activity.
Archived conversion rate: The percentage of candidates archived out of stage during the selected date range out of the total candidate activity in the stage.
- Calculation: Candidates archived divided by Candidate Activity.
Average Time to Source metrics
The Average Time to Source module shows the average time from when a Recruiter-sourced candidate enters the pipeline to when the candidate conveys interest (or disinterest) in the opportunity.
- Calculation: Average time to source equals the average for all candidates that moved into the replied stage during the selected date range (Date candidate is moved to Replied stage minus date the candidate was added to the pipeline).
The Time Spent in Stages shows the average number of days all candidates hired during a selected time period spent in a specific stage.