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How long does your hire really take?

Plug in days at each stage of your funnel. See your end-to-end time-to-hire and where AI screening compresses the curve. The 2024 global average is 44 days — most teams sit 20-50% above where they could.

TL;DR

The Josh Bersin Company's 2024 Time-to-Fill research shows the global average hit 44 days — the highest on record. Indeed's Hiring Lab data corroborates: tech and engineering 50-60 days, sales/marketing 35-45, hourly/service 20-30. The single largest delay in most funnels is recruiter screening (25-40% of total elapsed time), driven by scheduling games of phone tag.

Per SHRM Talent Acquisition Benchmarking, candidates who endure 60+ day processes accept offers at materially lower rates than 30-day funnels — they've already accepted somewhere else. AI screening compresses the phone-screen stage from days to hours by interviewing every applicant in parallel within 24 hours of applying. Plug your real stage numbers into the calculator below to see where your funnel is bottlenecked.

Your funnel · days at each stage

Current time-to-hire

34 days

end-to-end · post to acceptance

With Raffi

24 days

AI interviews all applicants in parallel

You compress

10 days · 29%

faster funnel = better candidates accept

Stage by stage

Current funnel

Open → first applicant3d
Reviewing applicants7d
→ recruiter screen5d
Recruiter → HM4d
HM → onsite5d
Onsite → offer3d
Offer → accept7d
Total34 days

With Raffi

Open → first applicant3d
AI interviews all applicants1d
Shortlist ready → HM1d
Recruiter → HM4d
HM → onsite5d
Onsite → offer3d
Offer → accept7d
Total24 days

Why Raffi compresses the funnel: AI calls every applicant within 24 hours of applying, in parallel. The shortlist is ready before a human recruiter would have finished CV review on the first 10 candidates. Downstream stages are unchanged — but the front of the funnel is where most of the delay lives.

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Time-to-Hire Calculator → Raffi

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Application-review-to-recruiter-screen is the longest delay in your funnel. Raffi calls every applicant in parallel — that stage collapses from days to hours.

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Frequently asked questions

What is time-to-hire?
Time-to-hire is the number of days from when a candidate enters your funnel (job posted, applicant applies) to when they accept your offer. The 2024 global average reached 44 days — its highest level on record per the Josh Bersin Company / Indeed Hiring Lab data.
How do I reduce time-to-hire?
The single largest delay in most hiring funnels is recruiter screening — typically 25-40% of total time-to-hire. AI screening compresses this stage from days to hours by interviewing every applicant in parallel within 24 hours of applying.
What's a good time-to-hire benchmark?
Tech and engineering: 50-60 days; sales and marketing: 35-45 days; service-sector and hourly: 20-30 days. These are 2024 SHRM medians — your actual number depends on role seniority and how many of your roles are filled via referral (which is faster).
Why does time-to-hire matter for offer-accept rates?
Candidates who go through a 60+ day process accept offers at significantly lower rates than candidates in a 30-day process. The longer your funnel, the more chance a candidate has already accepted somewhere else by the time you're ready to make an offer.
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