Offer acceptance, time-to-fill, cost per hire, agency dependence, and early attrition—especially in priority roles.

Lagging indicators confirm the system worked end-to-end. The big ones: offer acceptance rate, time-to-fill (and time-to-accept), total cost per hire/accepted offer, agency usage share, and 90-day retention. Quality proxies (ramp time, 90/180-day performance) are also lagging but valuable if you can measure them consistently. A choosability-driven brand should improve efficiency (faster, cheaper hiring) and precision (better fit, fewer early exits).