How many candidates are stuck right now — and at which stage?

A candidate is sourced, screened, sent, interviewed. Then something happens, or does not, and weeks pass.

Every consultant carries their own pipeline in their own head and their own sheet. Nobody can say how many candidates are stuck at which stage right now, or for how long.

Every candidate is a job with a stage and an owner. Anything untouched for four days surfaces on its own.

An offer is accepted. Then there is a notice period, a counter-offer, a family conversation, and sometimes a candidate who simply does not arrive on day one.

The drop-out rate is known roughly. Which client, which role, which recruiter, and at what point is not, so the same pattern repeats every quarter.

Each stage between offer and joining is a step with a date and a check-in, not a hope.

Profiles are sent. Nothing comes back. The consultant follows up once, then twice, then moves on to a client who responds.

The requirement is still open and still worth a fee. It quietly falls off because nobody owns following it up, and nobody sees it fall.

A requirement without feedback for a set number of days raises its own hand, on a screen a manager also sees.