Come in, dear. Recruiters often wonder how many candidates they need in the pipeline to make one hire. Too few and the search stalls; too many and everyone is overwhelmed. The answer differs by role, level, location and market. SymNexusPredict helps you size your searches sensibly.
It learns from your past searches how many candidates were needed at each stage, sourced, screened, interviewed, offered, to make a hire, and what influenced those numbers. For a new role, it estimates the pipeline you're likely to need, with a sensible range. It explains which factors make a search harder or easier. Planning becomes grounded.
Those estimates help recruiters set realistic sourcing targets from the start. A hard-to-fill specialist role might need a much larger pipeline than a common one. Knowing that early avoids the dreaded mid-search restart. Everyone's time is used well.
It helps with resourcing across the recruiting team, too. When you know roughly how much sourcing each open role will need, workloads can be balanced fairly. Recruiters aren't buried while others wait. It's kinder to your team.
Getting started means sharing your past searches with stage-by-stage counts and role details. Applicant tracking systems usually hold this. We'll help organise it and add market information if available. Even imperfect history reveals useful patterns.
We test the estimates honestly on searches from later periods. You'll see how close they came and how often the real numbers fell within the range. Simple averages are compared, so you know the added value. Evidence builds confidence.
Recruiters remain in charge of every search. SymNexusPredict sizes; people source, assess and decide. Their knowledge of the market is essential. The estimate is a helpful starting point.
Conversion rates between stages reveal a lot, too. If a role needs far more interviews than expected to make an offer, perhaps the screening criteria need adjusting. Those insights help improve the process. Learning never stops.
Markets shift, and SymNexusPredict watches for it. When new searches start behaving differently, it signals that its estimates should be refreshed. Planning stays realistic. That's important in changing times.
Imagine every search starting with a realistic plan for how many candidates to find, and far fewer searches that stall halfway through. Imagine a recruiting team with balanced, manageable workloads. That's the steady calm good search sizing brings. It's lovely to see.
Please visit the platform page to see how a record is assessed and explained. Picture the same view sizing your next search. When you're ready, we'll set it up with your recruiting history. I'll be right here.
