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The Reason Companies Should Calculate Cost Per Hire

HR Bartender

Basically, here it is: CPH = (External Recruiting Costs + Internal Recruiting Costs) / Total Number of Hires for a Time Period. External recruiting costs include agency fees, advertising, job fairs, college recruiting, relocation, etc. According to SHRM, the average cost per hire in 2016 was $4,129.

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3 Ways to Improve the Candidate Experience

HR Bartender

(Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from my new book, “ The Recruiter’s Handbook: A Complete Guide for Sourcing, Selecting, and Engaging the Best Talent “ (SHRM, 2018) SHRM members can order a discounted copy at the SHRMStore. Recruiters need to make sure that the company message is reaching the places where candidates are.

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Recruiting Is Only Getting Tougher [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

I believe one of the key metrics in recruiting is time to fill. That means during the 44 days that companies are trying to fill a job, they are losing $22,000 in recruiting costs and productivity. The full report and findings have lots of insights that can be helpful, especially during recruitment planning meetings.

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The 4 Constituents in Today’s Blended Workforce

HR Bartender

Each group involves a unique recruiting as well as an engagement strategy. Image captured by Sharlyn Lauby after speaking at the 2016 MBTI Users Conference in San Francisco, CA. We’ve talked about how today’s workforces need three key constituents: regular full-time workers, regular part-time workers, and contingent workers (i.e.

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5 Culture Trends for 2019

As we approach 2019, major shifts in the work environment will continue to affect the ways companies do business. Companies that are looking to attract, engage, and retain top talent should leverage these trends to create workplaces where employees thrive.

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Healthcare Recruitment 2020: The Good, the Bad and the Future

Hospital Recruiting

For recruitment professionals in healthcare, the pandemic brought challenges and immediate solutions to meet demand and need. Many of the problems faced resulted in innovation which will work well for hospital recruiters in the future. The pandemic illustrated how often recruitment professionals in all industries need to be flexible.

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For this HR “vigilante,” the C-suite was a stop, not the destination

HR Brew

It was a job she thought would be temporary, though she’d end up staying for nearly 15 years, first in benefits and then recruiting before finally moving into professional development, where she worked to support the careers of employees’ she’d helped hire over the years. This [new opportunity] would be exciting to join very early.”