Campus programmes are annual, but the market underneath them moves continuously. A short quarterly check catches drift before it becomes a missed cohort.
Live from our candidate database
Counted at render time and refreshed every six hours. This is a supply-side view of one platform, not a national labour-market statistic.
Has the supply shape changed in our categories?
Pool sizes move slowly; composition — batches, cities, skills — moves faster. A quarterly look at the categories you hire in catches shifts while there is still time to respond.
Is our batch mix still right?
The batch you are sourcing into should shift through the year. Teams that keep sourcing the same batch in Q4 that they sourced in Q1 are working a pool that has already been picked over.
Are we losing candidates at the same place as last quarter?
Drop-off patterns are stable when nothing changes and revealing when they move. A sudden shift usually points at a process change nobody flagged.
What did we not look at?
The most useful question in any review. Cities not sourced, institutions not visited, adjacent pools not considered — the answer is next quarter's experiment.
Key takeaways
- Pool composition moves faster than pool size — check quarterly.
- Shift the batch you source into as the year progresses.
- Watch for movement in drop-off patterns; stability is normal, movement is a signal.
- Ask what you did not look at. That answer becomes next quarter's experiment.
Questions
Is quarterly often enough?+
For supply-side shape, yes — early-career populations move on academic timescales. For your own funnel metrics, monthly is more useful.
Can we get this cut for our own categories?+
Yes. Request the Talent Report with your roles and cities and we will send the figures for your specific requirement rather than the aggregate.