Creating a report of counts

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I am trying to quantify the workload of each of my recruiters.  So, I am trying to create a report that shows each Req Owner (which is my recruiters) and then give a count of the Requisitions by req Status (example 1 below).  Then, I am trying to quanitfy the number of candidates that each is handling by counting candidates by Req-Specific Status (example 2 below).  I am using all the functions I see available in the report writer and am finding this nearly impossible.  Any ideas?

Example 1:

Recruiter	Open	On Hold	Filled	Closed
Recruiter 1	3	10	5	8
Recruiter 2	7	10	8	5
Recruiter 3	7	15	9	2

Example 2:

Recruiter	Rejected	Hired