10. What Should a Simple, Recruiter-Friendly HomeBase Relocation Report or Dashboard Contain?
Quick Answer
A HomeBase year-end or recruiting-season report should be a short executive summary with a few important numbers, followed by useful observations and recommendations. It should not feel like a complicated analytics dashboard.
Start With the Numbers That Matter
The report should prominently show:
Total referrals → employees who leased with HomeBase
Those numbers give the recruiter an immediate picture of participation and successful housing outcomes.
Show Where New Hires Are Trending
The report should summarize the general areas of town that were most popular with the employer's new hires. This should remain aggregate information and should not identify an individual employee's apartment, address or private housing decisions.
Include a Short Trends Section
HomeBase can highlight meaningful patterns observed during the season, such as changing neighborhood preferences, budget pressures, roommate trends or emerging areas when those observations are useful.
Give the Recruiting Team Practical Pointers
A short recommendations section can translate HomeBase's firsthand relocation experience into useful guidance for the next recruiting class.
For example, if many new hires ask for a particular area but typical entry-level budgets do not fit that area well, the recruiter can know that in advance. Recruiters do not need to become housing experts; the information simply helps them understand what incoming employees are experiencing.
Grant's Recommendation
Make the report an executive summary, not a spreadsheet dump: lead with referral and lease numbers, summarize the most popular areas and important trends, and finish with a few practical observations or recommendations the recruiting team can use for the next class.