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  • Because people involved in hiring have no idea what they are spending to find and hire employees. Once they learn what they’re spending and on what, they’ll definitely agree to spend a tiny bit more to ensure the upfront investment pays off in a good employee.

    EX: My company, we are currently hiring another accountant to join the team. We’ve spent somewhere in the range of $20,000 so far trying to fill that role. I expect we’ll get closer to double that by the time these dipshits find the right person.

    So we’re talking about, say, $30,000 in expenses to find the new employee.

    What would an interview pay? A few hundred dollars, max? Let’s say $100 to make the math easy.

    If we interview 5 people for the job and hire one, we will have spent $30,000 + $500, or $30,500. If we interview 10 people for the job and hire one, we will have spent $30,000 + $1000, or $31,000.

    We doubled the number of interviews (much larger pool to find the right candidate) and the overall cost was only 1.6% higher.

    A savvy manager would significantly increase interview numbers for a small increase in cost. Big benefit, little downside.