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49 results in Glossary for "hiring rubric"
- Glossary· Hire on demonstrated skillsTerm
Skills-based hiring
Hire on demonstrated skills
- Glossary· Stage-by-stage pipelineTerm
Hiring funnel
Stage-by-stage pipeline
- Glossary· Algorithmic candidate evaluationTerm
AI hiring assessment
Algorithmic candidate evaluation
- Glossary· Cross-functional offer decisionTerm
Hiring committee
Cross-functional offer decision
- Glossary· Pre-defined evaluation criteriaTerm
Interview rubric
Pre-defined evaluation criteria
- Glossary· Recruitment Process OutsourcingTerm
RPO
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
- Glossary· Restriction on recruiting from former employerTerm
Non-solicit
Restriction on recruiting from former employer
- Glossary· Same questions, same rubricTerm
Structured interview
Same questions, same rubric
- Glossary· How candidates perceive your hiringTerm
Candidate experience
How candidates perceive your hiring
- Glossary· NPS of the hiring experienceTerm
Candidate NPS
NPS of the hiring experience
- Glossary· Channel a hire came fromTerm
Source of hire
…, sourced) credited with a hire. Drives recruitment marketing budget allocation.
- Glossary· Approved hiring slots by quarterTerm
Headcount plan
Approved hiring slots by quarter
- Glossary· Hiring below candidate's previous titleTerm
Down-levelling
Hiring below candidate's previous title
- Glossary· Job-realistic task during hiringTerm
Work sample
Job-realistic task during hiring
- Glossary· Applicant Tracking SystemTerm
ATS
…managing candidate pipelines through a hiring funnel. Examples: Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever.
- Glossary· HR Business PartnerTerm
HRBP
…s unit, advising leaders on org design, hiring, performance, and people risk.
- Glossary· Cross-team interviewerTerm
Bar raiser
An interviewer not on the hiring team whose veto can block a hire. Used at Amazon and others to defend the hirin…
- Glossary· Attract → alumniTerm
Employee lifecycle
The arc from attraction through hiring, onboarding, development, performance, retention, exit, and alumni.
- Glossary· Tools and training for managersTerm
Manager enablement
…content that make managers effective at hiring, feedback, performance, and growth conversations.
- Glossary· Data about people decisionsTerm
People analytics
Using data to inform hiring, performance, retention, and org design. Most teams should start with 10–12 cle…
- Glossary· Adverse effect on a protected groupTerm
Disparate impact
…ected class. Increasingly applied to AI hiring tools and audited under NYC Local Law 144.
- Glossary· Stage-by-stage conversionTerm
ATS funnel metrics
…stage. Together they tell you where the hiring process is breaking.
- Glossary· Did the hire work outTerm
Quality of hire
…etention, and manager satisfaction. The hiring metric that actually matters; harder to measure than time-to-fill.
- Glossary· % gone in 12 monthsTerm
First-year attrition
…thin their first year. >15% indicates a hiring or onboarding problem, not a market problem.
- Glossary· Retention by joiner groupTerm
Cohort survival
Tracking what % of a hiring cohort (e.g., Q1 2024 hires) remain at 6, 12, 24 months. Surfaces onboarding an…
- Glossary· Disparate impact statistical testTerm
Adverse impact
…rs scrutiny. Increasingly applied to AI hiring tools.
- Glossary· Stated behavioural anchorsTerm
Core values
…k commitments. Useful only when used in hiring loops, performance reviews, and termination decisions — otherwise wall art.
- Glossary· Req-open to start-dateTerm
Time-to-fill
…re's first day. The cleanest end-to-end hiring-speed metric. Track median, not mean — outliers distort the picture.
- Glossary· Application to accepted offerTerm
Time-to-hire
…igned offer. Measures the recruiter and hiring-manager loop, not the upstream sourcing pipe.
- Glossary· Did this hire work out?Term
Quality of hire
…formance ratings, 90-day retention, and hiring-manager satisfaction. The hardest hiring metric to measure honestly — and the m…
- Glossary· Pay-on-placement searchTerm
Contingent search
Recruiting model where the firm is paid only if their candidate is hired. Common for mid-l…
- Glossary· Structured skill vocabularyTerm
Skills taxonomy
…es the org one language for capability, hiring, and learning. Examples: Lightcast, SFIA, custom.
- Glossary· Return on InvestmentTerm
ROI
…In HR contexts, usually applied to L&D, hiring tools, and engagement programs — though attribution is famously hard.
- Glossary· Requisition — approved role to hireTerm
Req
…IS that authorises a recruiter to start hiring.
- Glossary· Levels × expectations matrixTerm
Career framework
…ck. Anchors promotion, performance, and hiring decisions in one shared language.
- Glossary· Models that forecast people outcomesTerm
Predictive people analytics
…nd ML models predicting attrition risk, hiring success, performance, or engagement. Powerful, but governance-heavy under GDPR…
- Glossary· Right to human review of automated decisionsTerm
GDPR Article 22
…ed processing — directly relevant to AI hiring and performance tools.
- Glossary· EU's risk-tiered AI regulationTerm
EU AI Act
…ying AI systems by risk. HR-related AI (hiring, evaluation, monitoring) is generally 'high-risk', triggering conformity assess…
- Glossary· AEDT bias-audit requirementTerm
NYC Local Law 144
…ployment Decision Tools (AEDTs) used in hiring or promotion decisions for NYC roles. Effective July 2023.
- Glossary· Pre-offer background conversationTerm
Reference check
…h former managers and peers to validate hiring decisions. Useful when done with behavioral questions; theatre when done as a c…
- Glossary· Off-list reference conversationTerm
Backchannel
…e's submitted list, usually through the hiring manager's network. Powerful signal; ethically and legally sensitive.
- Glossary· % of quota actually hitTerm
Quota attainment
…. <50% suggests broken quotas, ramp, or hiring.
- Glossary· Employee Value PropositionTerm
EVP
…autonomy. The DNA of employer brand and hiring positioning.
- Glossary· Conversation with returning ex-employeeTerm
Boomerang interview
…ding scope. Lighter touch than external hiring; sharper on what's changed.
- Glossary· Preference for people like usTerm
Affinity bias
…l, or style. One of the most measurable hiring biases; controlled with structured interviews and diverse panels.
- Glossary· Agreement between independent ratersTerm
Inter-rater reliability
…core the same input. Low IRR means your rubric is noise; the fix is calibration, not more interviews.
- Glossary· NYC Automated Employment Decision Tool lawTerm
AEDT
…ocal Law 144: employers using automated hiring tools must complete an independent bias audit and notify candidates. First-of-i…
- Glossary· EU AI Act classificationTerm
High-risk AI system
Under the EU AI Act, systems used in hiring, performance, or termination decisions are classified high-risk and subject to…
- Glossary· US adverse-impact thresholdTerm
Four-fifths rule
…impact. Central to NYC AEDT and most US hiring-tool audits.