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Most companies still obsess over sourcing, funnels, and time-to-fill, then go quiet the moment someone starts Day 1. That’s the blind spot. Quality of hire is the metric that actually tells you if the business is getting stronger or weaker, and most companies don’t measure it with any real discipline. They talk about it. They don’t track it.
The top companies that hire well generated more than $800 billion in additional revenue compared to the ones who don’t. That’s not an HR metric. That’s a financial engine. When companies get serious about post-hire performance, retention, and growth, everything moves. When they don’t, they burn money and churn talent.
Quality of hire works when someone owns it. TA influences it, but leadership is accountable for it. If better hiring drives revenue, leaders need to treat every hire like a strategic decision, not an administrative transaction. Companies that tighten this up win. Companies that don’t keep wondering why growth feels stuck.
What We Cover
Why quality of hire is the single most important hiring metric
How most orgs track the wrong data and ignore the right signals
What revenue impact looks like when hiring quality improves
How leadership—not TA—should own the outcome
What 4M data points across the Fortune 500 reveal
Why post-hire data solves the retention problem before it starts
Key Takeaways
Quality of hire is the real performance predictor, not pipeline metrics
Companies that track retention, growth, and achievement outperform
A move from average to above average hiring quality can create a 2 percent revenue bump
Senior leadership must be accountable for hiring outcomes
Post-hire insights should drive how companies hire going forward
Timestamps
0:00 Quality of hire as the real lever
3:40 Why most orgs talk about it but don’t measure it
7:10 The financial lift behind better hiring decisions
10:55 What the data says about retention and advancement
14:22 Who actually owns hiring quality
18:05 Why post-hire data changes everything
21:30 How to build a culture that measures and improves quality
Guests
Michael Fitzsimmons, CEO, Crosschq
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-fitzsimmons-a3698/
Dr. Steven Hunt, Workforce & Talent Expert
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steventhunt/
Host:
Bob Pulver, Host Elevate Your AIQ
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