Free practical course
Recruitment Funnel Analytics
Build trustworthy hiring metrics, interpret bottlenecks and avoid misleading comparisons.
What you will build
A recruitment metric dictionary and decision dashboard specification.
Before you start: Talent Engineering Fundamentals, or equivalent recruitment experience.
74 min estimated, including practice. 4 written lessons.
What you will learn
- Define events before metrics
- Measure flow and waiting separately
- Diagnose bottlenecks with context
- Report decisions, not decorative numbers
Course lessons
- Define events before metrics
- Measure flow and waiting separately
- Diagnose bottlenecks with context
- Report decisions, not decorative numbers
Complete the lessons and pass the five-question knowledge assessment at 80% to earn a free course certificate. Exercises are self-directed, not independently graded.
Download the practice workbookSources and further reading
Original Academy teaching and fictional examples. These references provide context, not endorsement. Edition 2026.09; updated 2026-09-24.
- CIPD: Recruitment
Professional context for the recruitment lifecycle.
- MIT: Little's formula and queueing systems
Technical background for interpreting work in progress, throughput and flow time.