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Discover the actual cost of your recruitment staff.

Use our employment calculator to measure the cost of a full-time recruiter, and see the potential savings with our outsourced recruitment solutions in just two minutes.

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Stay lean with Elastic Outsourced Recruitment and use our experienced talent acquisition team to manage end-to-end recruitment with fewer resources (and headcount).

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How many months of increased hiring demand are you expecting?

To calculate hiring demand duration, divide the total number of unallocated job requisitions by 5 (this is assuming 5 hires per month as a common standard per senior recruiter).

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What is the average annual salary of your Senior Recruiter?

According to Glassdoor, the average salary of a Principal Recruiter is $125,002.

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What is the annual bonus for your Senior Recruiter?

If factored into the annual salary, please skip.

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What state will they be employed?

Taxes vary by state and it is assumed the employee and the employer are in the same state. These calculations are based on national averages and estimate FICA, workers compensation, federal, state & local employment taxes.

How many weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) will they be entitled to?

Please account for paid vacation and sick leave.

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Do you offer health, vision, or dental insurance?

What is the annual employer contribution?

*According to KFF Employer Health, as of 2023, the average annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance were $8,435 for single coverage and $23,968 for family coverage.

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Are you contributing to your employee’s retirement plan?

How much will you contribute to your employee’s retirement this year?

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Any other perk to include? Include those here (if any):

Common perks include: equity (stock options or RSU's), health savings account, profit sharing, maternity/paternity leave, or other financial incentives.

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Total annual cost of the employees tech stack

A corporate recruiter's tech generally costs between $15,000 and $25,000 annually per employee. To further reduce your expenses, we provide our own talent reporting and candidate sourcing tools, which are typically the most substantial cost contributors to a Talent Acquisition org.

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Result:

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What you'll see next is how much you are going to spend on hiring new recruitment staff, compared against how much you can save with our outsourced recruitment services.

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Your recruitment staff cost is $ per employee. You can achieve a % ROI using outsourced recruitment services.

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Recruitment Delivery Total Expense Breakdown

Recruitment Staff Cost Breakdown

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Full-time Staff Exposure

  • Exposure to overextending on staff with inflated payroll during hiring downtime.
  • Limited flexibility with restrictions on adjusting to hiring demand.
  • Cost center risks include: increased overhead & payroll, training costs, healthcare, and other employee expenditures.
  • Employee risks include: ramp-up time, underperformance, and exposure to early exit/employee resignation.
  • Reduced agility with added responsibilities to interview and vet recruitment hires, further taxing your internal team during periods of high-volume hiring.

Elastic Outsourced Recruitment ROI/Value Analysis

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Recruitment Staff Cost: $ per employee
Our Services Cost: $ total over months (duration)
Cost Savings: each year
Cost Avoidance: % costs avoided
ROI: % per dollar spent

Elastic Outsourced Recruitment Value

  • Adjustable bandwidth from vetted US-based Talent Partners to help you maintain a lean team while fulfilling recruitment at any scale.
  • Increased passive candidate recruitment with our candidate sourcing tools.
  • Advanced talent reporting capabilities for strategic partnerships and collaborative stakeholder advisory.
  • Advocates of your employer brand and candidate experience.
  • One of the fastest implementations in the industry to seamlessly integrate with your team.

Contact us to learn about our 20% discount on annual outsourced recruitment.

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