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This episode discusses the importance of calculating Employee Lifetime Value in talent acquisition and how it can transform recruitment into a strategic function.

CALCULATING EMPLOYEE LIFETIME VALUE For decades, talent acquisition has been measured by speed and cost—time-to-fill and cost-per-hire dominated the conversation while the true economic impact of every hire remained frustratingly opaque. Yet as workforce strategy matures into a board-level priority, a critical shift is underway: organisations are finally beginning to quantify what an employee is actually worth over their entire tenure. Employee Lifetime Value (ELTV) represents the holy grail of people analytics—a single metric that captures productivity, revenue generation, retention savings, and cultural contribution from day one to departure. This webinar demystifies the calculation, exposes why most organisations get it wrong, and reveals how TA leaders can use ELTV to transform recruitment from a cost centre into a profit-driving strategic function. Key Themes We Must Address: • Defining the Metric – Breaking down the ELTV formula beyond simplistic revenue-per-employee to include performance trajectory, promotion velocity, and knowledge transfer value • The Data Dilemma – Why HRIS fragmentation, inconsistent performance data, and short organisational memory make accurate ELTV…

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Host: Hung Lee

Topics covered

• Employee Lifetime Value
• Talent Acquisition
• People Analytics
• Workforce Strategy
• Recruitment Metrics
• Organizational Performance

Keywords

• Employee Lifetime Value
• Talent Acquisition
• Cost-per-hire
• Performance Data
• Recruitment Strategy
• Organizational Memory

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