Why it is important to pick the right people to fit the job?
Soft and hard costs of a bad hire
Lost productivity
Lost clients
Damaged relationships with clients
Damaged company reputation
Poor teamwork
Time supervising a bad hire (up to 17% of a manager’s time)
Recruiting costs / Training costs. The average cost to hire $4129
Overtime for covering the gap (average position open 42 days)
Litigation (Every hire gone wrong is a potential lawsuit)
Cost of each employee that leaves your company
by their hourly rateWhile not exact, the U.S. Department of Labor's estimate is simple – the average cost of a bad hiring decision is at least 30 percent of the individual's first-year expected earnings. If you take an employee with an annual income of $50,000, the cost to the organization can be $15,000.
Effective hiring and on-boarding
Onboarding a new hire is as important as finding the right person
17.42% of employees who quit their job will do it within their first month of employment.
33% of surveyed employees quit their job within the first 90 days that they’re employed.
The key to retaining a new hire is a systematic expectations strategy.
Unconscious expectations?
Unreasonable expectations?
Communicated expectations?
Agreed to expectations?