Free calculator for staffing agency owners

Can you afford to hire a new recruiter?

A new recruiter costs a salary or a draw before their first placements bill. The margin from those placements arrives after clients pay, weeks later.

Cash in the bank today$ Cash the business adds each month now$ Monthly cost of the new recruiter, with taxes and benefits$ Months until the new recruiter brings in revenuemonths Extra revenue per month after that$ Payroll per run today (for the safe line)$

Lowest cash, next 12 months

Cost before they pay off

wages paid before new revenue starts

Paid back by

month the hire covers its own cost

Month	Without the hire	With the hire

The starting numbers are an example for a staffing agency. Replace them with yours.

The worked example

Here a new recruiter costs $5,500 a month and starts bringing in $9,000 a month after 3 months. The business pays $16,500 before the hire covers a dollar of it.

How to make the hire safer in a staffing agency

Pay recruiters a base plus commission on collected margin.
Hire into a desk that already has open client orders.
Watch days to collect as new clients come on.

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