Cost per hire is a metric used to calculate the cost associated with hiring a new employee. To calculate cost per hire, simply divide the total cost of recruiting and hiring a new employee by the number of employees hired. This metric is useful for evaluating the efficiency of your recruiting and hiring process and can help you to identify areas where you can improve in order to reduce costs.

For example, let’s say that it cost your company $5,000 to recruit and hire a new employee. If you hired 10 new employees last year, your cost per hire would be $500.

To get a more accurate picture of your cost per hire, you can break down the total cost of recruiting and hiring into its component parts, such as advertising, job fairs, employee referral programs, and so on. This will allow you to see which areas are costing you the most and where you might be able to save some money.

In addition to looking at the cost per hire, you should also consider the time to hire. This metric measures the amount of time it takes to fill a position, from the time the job is posted to the time the new employee starts work. A longer time to hire can indicate inefficiencies in your recruiting process.