What does your unfilled position cost you?
In 60 seconds, see what every further month without a hire costs your business - and the fastest way to qualified applications.
What's really inside that sum
Four views of the same number. An open position costs more than the saved salary - it costs output, nerves and orders.
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How we calculate
Cost per month: gross annual salary × role value ÷ 12. An unfilled position costs more than the saved salary: orders sit idle, the team works overtime, quality and deadlines suffer.
Role value: support staff ×1.2 · skilled worker ×1.8 · key role ×2.5. Conservative industry figures - studies on value creation per employee range from 1.2× to 3× salary depending on the role.
Extra-workload share: the part above pure payroll cost (role value − 1) - what your team is currently absorbing, or what simply stays undone.
Application counter-calculation: €45 midpoint of our campaign ranges (€35-55 per qualified application in trades and hospitality, as of 2026).
Time to hire: experience from performance-recruiting projects; classic job postings often take 4-6 months or longer according to labour-market surveys.
These figures are a heuristic, not an audit. In a 30-minute call we go through your business's real numbers.
What will you do with this insight?
Three paths, staged by commitment. Pick the one that fits your current situation.
What an application
really costs
The background read: cost-per-application as the honest recruiting metric - with ranges per industry and the three most common measurement mistakes.
Detailed analysis
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We'll send you your cost calculation with all assumptions - and the three recruiting levers that work fastest in your situation.
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30 minutes: we go through your numbers and show how performance recruiting fills the role in 6-8 weeks.