‘Cost per hire’ is the total cost incurred in recruiting one employee into the company
Cost-per-Hire = <Internal Recruiting Costs> + <External Recruiting Costs>/<Total no. of hires>
Costs of Infrastructure, administrative costs, recruiter salaries & employee referral bonuses
Costs of candidate sourcing, recruiting consultant fees, assessment tools, marketing, advertising costs, career fairs, background checks, technology costs (recruitment software) & signing bonuses
Costs related to interviewing (no. of hours invested in interviewing), coordination costs, onboarding costs, travel costs etc.
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