What HR metric measures the period from job requisition approval to the new hire start date?

• A. Time to fill
• B. Time to hire
• C. Time to onboard
• D. Time to recruit

Answer: (A)

This metric tracks how long it takes to fill a vacancy—from the moment the job requisition is approved to the new hire’s first day. It encompasses the entire recruitment and selection process up to when the employee actually starts, which is exactly what the period from approval to start date aims to measure.

Time to hire typically ends when an offer is accepted, not when the person begins work, so it doesn’t align with the start date. Time to onboard measures the activities that occur after the hire has started, not the time to fill the position. Time to recruit isn’t a standard, consistently defined metric, so it wouldn’t reliably describe the period from approval to start.