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What is the real cost of recruiting?  Most businesses only think in terms of the cost of running an ad.  But I’d like you to think about the following:

• Yes, there is the cost of the ads, but there are many more creative ways of recruiting than by just posting on Careerbuilder or Monster.com.
• The cost of sorting through what - in this economy - could be hundreds (even thousands) of resumes. Who on your staff is equipped to properly review and sort resumes?  What is the cost of productivity for the time spent on this process?
• Do you have an inside employee capable of doing a proper phone screen, and have you factored in their time to conduct this process?
• Can you ensure that your recruiting process does not discriminate? Discrimination charges in 2009 hiring practices totaled more than $82M.  Can you afford to make any mistakes?

All of the above is even before the candidate has walked in the door for an interview!

Then even more costs are accumulated by on-boarding costs, ramp up costs for the the employee coming up to speed, training, and administrative costs for responding to candidates not selected.

Tie in the above with the potential waste of total dollars if you don’t have the right people advertising, sorting through resumes, phone screening and ultimately in person interviewing and end up hiring the wrong person.

HR Solutions is your single source for recruiting for your high level executives, managers, supervisors or even your front-line hourly employees.  We are experts at finding the right person for the position and for the long haul.