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What is recruitment really costing you?
Agency fees are the visible bit. Manager time, unfilled-role drag, onboarding ramp-up, and failed hires are where the money actually goes. Move the sliders to see your true annual number.
10
£32,000
18%
8 weeks
25 hrs
£55
£1,500
20%
True annual recruitment cost
£185,540
Includes agency fees, manager time, vacancy drag, onboarding, and failed hires.
Cost per hire
£13,862
Failed hires / year
2.0
Cost of failed hires
£46,923
Vacancy drag per role
£2,667
How the maths works
- Agency = salary × agency fee %
- Manager time = hours × loaded rate
- Vacancy drag = weekly salary × weeks × 50%
- Onboarding ramp-up ≈ 8% of first-year salary
- Failed hires = rehire cost + 30% of salary sunk