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Understanding the "Days in Status" Metric

Find and fix stalling jobs faster

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Written by Amogh Balikai
Updated over a week ago

The Days in Status metric helps you see exactly how long each job has been sitting in each stage of your pipeline. It gives you the visibility you need to identify bottlenecks, improve hiring speed, and manage your recruiting process more effectively.

Why It Matters

Hiring speed is critical to making great hires. But when jobs slow down, it's not always obvious where the delays are happening. Without clear visibility into time spent in each stage, improving your process often turns into guesswork.

With the Days in Status metric, you can:

  • Pinpoint stage-level delays to reduce time-to-fill

  • Help recruiters and hiring managers focus where it matters

  • Understand average time per stage to improve forecasting and job aging predictions

Where You Can See "Days in Status"

You can view this metric in three key places in Recruiterflow:

1. Interactive Report

  • Access detailed insights into how long jobs spend in each stage

  • Filter by jobs, companies, and date ranges

  • Analyze trends across your pipeline to identify systemic delays

2. Job Grid & Kanban View

  • See a running clock icon beside each job in your pipeline

  • Quickly spot which stages are taking too long at a glance

Tips to Take Action

  • Collaborate with hiring managers to address delays in specific stages

  • Adjust SLAs based on actual stage timing

  • Set internal benchmarks to monitor and improve hiring speed

  • Use insights to forecast job aging and adjust resourcing if needed


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