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Have you ever wondered how much it costs to recruit a new programmer? The numbers may surprise you.
The most common cost of recruiting a developer which comes to mind is a recruitment agency fee, but it’s just a starter. In the IT world, where there is a talent shortage, hiring a new programmer (or any tech talent) increases in cost and effort as time goes on. The better a programmer is, the more expensive it gets. The best ones are like superstars with their own agents. Employee turnover is a huge problem for most companies and long-time employment is almost unreal. According to the 2015 Recruiter Survey, the average employee tenure is below 6 years; 30% of people change their job in 1-3 years and 29% in 4-6 years. Quarsh’s research gives even more dreadful numbers – 20% of new hires leave in 12 months!
Even with low turn-over you need to be prepared for recruitment costs. These studies show that 79% of the workforce keep their resumes up-to-date and 63% have updated their LinkedIn profile just in case. Are you sure your employees won’t quit on you?
(Score: 2) by mechanicjay on Saturday December 31 2016, @05:44PM
A little off topic, but what the hell.
Am I the only one who find technical recruiters to be basically useless? I've moved jobs a number of times. Every job I've landed, except one, I've gotten by applying directly. The recruiter assisted I got by being connected with a recruiter was, quite honestly, a shit show. Indeed, many interviews I landed which were setup by recruiters were almost always a less than ideal match. They just seem to add static into process where clear communication and intentions are of paramount importance. Having a recruiter send resume's to an HR drone, who then filters them to a hiring manager, well, you're now you're two levels removed. I can't see how this is advantageous either for the hiring manager or the worker to-be.
That said when I'm on the hunt, I'll totally talk to recruiters when they call, because it would be dumb not to, but I seem to be better at generating leads than end in an offer by working things myself.
My VMS box beat up your Windows box.
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Saturday December 31 2016, @06:38PM
Companies prefer people who apply directly, because those people are more likely to stick with a job. Recruiters are just a symptom of a problem, that being that Hiring Managers do not want to deal with the process of hiring at all. It's long, painful, and annoying.
(Score: 2) by Common Joe on Sunday January 01 2017, @09:09AM
You're right that hiring managers don't want to do their job. However, HR is another huge factor.
I have plenty of first person, unflattering stories concerning HR, but one story sticks out. I had two friends at a company who had shown a hiring manager my resume. We wanted to have an interview. HR insisted we do things by the book and refused to let me directly communicate with the manager to directly setup an interview; instead, I was supposed to set up an interview with HR first and then they would setup an interview with the manager.
HR fucked up so badly multiple times that I told my friends to put my phone number in the hands of that manager and have him communicate with me directly or I wasn't going to work at their firm. I was done with HR. HR put their foot down and told the manager that he could not call me. I told my friends they could keep their company. My friends, both who enjoyed their job, were shocked at what had happened.
A few months later, my friends found out that I was far from the only candidate having problems with HR.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 31 2016, @07:07PM
I am looking for a job. I have one word for these dudes. I use them. Because at this point I am just spamming. But they are flaky.
One dude called me yesterday. "I will send you an email next week asking for your resume". DUDE YOU ALREADY HAVE IT. I already sent it to you 3 times. I am in your peoplesoft system. Also why next week? Why not today? ...Flake.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday December 31 2016, @07:11PM
I usually like recruiters, with the exception of the ones which are obviously from India. You know the kind - they call from a New Jersey area code, and the time delay while talking indicates their call's being bounced from Mumbai into the united states.
Those are utterly worthless. Companies are shooting themselves in the foot in saving a few pennies hiring those idiots, they'll screw your neatly-formatted resume up so bad it looks like shit, and strip out the more subtle language aspects of it because they suck at English.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday December 31 2016, @10:12PM
It totally depends... I've usually gotten hired by word of mouth, personal referrals, etc. but then, I've also been placed by an agent - that place had me for 2.5 years, and spent over 9 months of my annual salary on recruitment and relocation fees.
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