People analytics that answers whether your hires stayed
CogniHR computes time-to-hire, source quality, tenure and retention by role from a single record that runs from application through to exit. Applicant tracking systems cannot answer retention questions because they do not hold employment data, and HRIS platforms answer them poorly because their hiring data is shallow.
- Funnel
- Application to exit
- Retention
- By role and source
- Tenure
- From actual start date
- Joins required
- None
One record, so the join already exists
An application becomes a candidate, a candidate becomes a hire, a hire becomes an employment record with a start date and, eventually, an exit. Because that chain lives in one database, retention by hiring source is a query rather than a data project.
- Application → hire → employment → exit, linked
- Tenure measured from the actual start date, not the offer date
- Retention broken down by role
Funnel metrics without a spreadsheet step
Time-to-hire, stage conversion and drop-off are computed from the pipeline as it moves. There is no weekly export, and no reconciliation between what the ATS says and what HR believes.
- Stage-by-stage conversion and drop-off
- Time-to-hire per role
- Source-level quality, not just volume
The comparison a category leader cannot make
An applicant tracking system stops holding data at the offer letter. An HRIS starts holding it at the start date. Only a platform that holds both can tell you whether the candidates you sourced a particular way are still here twelve months later.
- Retention correlated with hiring source
- Assessment score against performance outcome
- No integration or export required
Frequently asked questions
Can CogniHR show whether the people we hired actually stayed?
Yes. Application, hire, employment and exit are linked in one record, so retention and tenure by role and by hiring source are computed directly rather than joined across exports. Tenure is measured from the actual start date rather than the offer date.
Why can an applicant tracking system not report on retention?
Because it stops holding data at the offer letter and has no employment or exit record to measure against. An HRIS holds the employment side but its hiring data is usually too shallow to attribute retention back to a sourcing channel or assessment score.
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