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The average corporate cost per hire is approximately $2,000

Kieran Snyder · Using AI to Predict the Performance of Text // Kieran Snyder, Textio (Data Driven NYC / FirstMark) · Mar 18, 2016 · at 17:03

Kieran Snyder, co-founder and CEO of Textio, references benchmark recruiting costs when explaining the financial ROI of Textio.

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“Considering your average cost per hire is about 2000 dollars, you're saving a fairly substantial amount”

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The claim, plainly

The average cost per hire for an organization is approximately $2,000.

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Assessment

The claim states that the average cost per hire across organizations is approximately $2,000. Benchmark data from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) 2016 Human Capital Benchmarking Report shows that the median cost per hire was exactly $2,000. However, major HR benchmarks report the mean average cost per hire as substantially higher—$4,129 in SHRM's report and nearly $4,000 in Bersin by Deloitte's 2015 Factbook—due to high-cost executive and specialized roles pulling the arithmetic mean upward. Because the figure matches the median average exactly but understates the mean average by about half, the claim is partially true.

SHRM 2016 Human Capital Benchmarking Report: Median cost per hire across U.S. organizations was $2,000.
SHRM 2016 Human Capital Benchmarking Report: Mean average cost per hire across U.S. organizations was $4,129.
Bersin by Deloitte Talent Acquisition Factbook 2015: Average cost per hire was reported as nearly $4,000 across U.S. companies.

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[1] shrm.org [2] shrm.org [3] bestmanagementarticles.com [4] bestmanagementarticles.com [5] scribd.com [6] prnewswire.com [7] staffingindustry.com

average cost per hire SHRM 2016 report figure SHRM average cost per hire 2016 benchmark report SHRM human capital benchmarking report 2016 cost per hire Bersin Deloitte average cost per hire 2015 2016

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