Quality of Hire

Quality of Hire Calculator

Measure how effective your hiring process really is — not just how fast you fill roles, but how well your hires perform, stay, and deliver value.

The SkillSauce Quality of Hire Calculator helps you turn everyday hiring data into a clear, actionable quality score so you can spot gaps, improve outcomes, and hire with confidence.

What Is Quality of Hire?

Quality of Hire (QoH) is a hiring metric that measures how much value a new employee brings to an organization based on performance, productivity, retention, and speed to impact.

It helps companies understand whether their hiring process is producing strong, long-term contributors — not just filling roles quickly.

A strong quality of hire means:

• Better performance
• Faster ramp-up
• Higher retention
• Lower hiring and replacement costs

How to Use the Quality of Hire Calculator

Using the calculator takes less than a minute. Just enter data from a defined review period (for example, the last 6 or 12 months).

1. 1. Enter hiring volume
   Total hires – Number of people hired during the period
   Successful hires – Hires who met performance expectations and stayed beyond the initial review period
2. 2. Add performance and retention signals
   Average performance (1–5) – Based on manager or performance review ratings
   Average tenure (months) – How long new hires stayed on average
   Time to productivity (months) – How long it took new hires to become fully productive
3. 3. View your Quality of Hire result
   The calculator instantly shows your overall Quality of Hire rating, hiring success rate, productive months delivered, and clear guidance on what the result means and what to do next.

How Quality of Hire Is Calculated

SkillSauce uses a practical, outcome-based model instead of a generic formula.

Quality of Hire is calculated by combining key post-hire metrics and averaging them.

In practice, companies may adjust inputs based on available data. The SkillSauce Quality of Hire Calculator simplifies this by using real hiring outcomes such as success rate, tenure, and time to productivity.

The goal isn’t a perfect number — it’s a reliable signal you can track, compare, and improve over time.

How to Interpret Your Quality of Hire Result

Why Quality of Hire Matters More Than Time-to-Hire

Filling roles quickly doesn’t always mean hiring well.

Tracking quality of hire helps you:

• Reduce early attrition
• Improve first-year performance
• Lower replacement and training costs
• Identify which hiring sources deliver the best talent
• Prove hiring impact with data, not opinions

When quality of hire improves, everything downstream improves too.

Common Quality of Hire Metrics Included

This calculator brings together the most meaningful QoH signals:

• Hiring success rate
• Performance ratings
• Time to productivity
• Employee tenure
• Productive contribution period

Together, these give a balanced view of hiring effectiveness.

How to Improve Quality of Hire

If your score isn’t where you want it, start here:

• Review unsuccessful hires to identify screening gaps
• Compare top performers’ interview responses and assessment scores
• Improve job descriptions to set clearer expectations
• Use structured interviews instead of gut-based decisions
• Track quality of hire monthly or quarterly to spot trends early

Small improvements in hiring decisions compound fast.

Why Use SkillSauce for Quality of Hire Tracking?

Unlike standalone calculators, SkillSauce connects quality metrics with how you actually hire.

With SkillSauce, teams can:

• Screen candidates using skill-based assessments
• Run structured, bias-aware interviews
• Track hiring outcomes across roles and teams
• Replace guesswork with measurable hiring quality

Quality of hire becomes a system, not just a number.