Estimated Costs Of Hiring

By A Client On Their Own

If your annual salary is $300,000. Your Hourly Rate: $144.23

  • Ad Cost 1X | Internet: $75.00 | Newspaper: $750.00
  • Ad copywriting and placement: 1 hour
  • Resume review: 100 responses@ 5 minutes/resume= 8.3 hours
  • Assemble candidate list: 1.5 hours
  • Phone prescreening: 8 calls @20 minutes each = 2.7 hours
  • Time to organize: 6 interviews@ 1 hour each= 6 hours
  • Reference and employment history check: 2 hours

Main Costs= $4,070.19

Misc. costs:

  • Recruiting activities often mention your company name, phone number, and web address, you should assume some direct contact by applicants.
  • 25 phone calls to the main telephone number: 1 hour
  • Preparation of interview questions: 1 hour
  • Time to schedule interviews: 1 hour
  • Second round interviews: 3 candidates at 1 hour each = 3 hours
  • Miscellaneous time expenditure: 1 hour
  • Calls and emails to interviewed candidates: 6 calls@ 15minutes each =1.5 hours
  • Cost of standard background check: $125.00

Misc Costs= $1,350.96

Total Costs= $5,321.15