Question for Pimps: Hiring Costs?

[d000hg]

Do you mean everything in total? On top of the actual 'salary':

For a contractor you will pay ~10% (maybe 8, maybe 15) forever. Let's say £75/day, about £15k/year based on 200 days.

For a permie I was always told that one month's salary is a good indicator, so about £10k, but you pay this only once, not every year. But then of course you have employer's NI. That's be about £10k/year, wouldn't it?

edit: I don't think the point of this thread is to discuss if agencies are useful. That's a separate discussion.

[NotAllThere]

...Hire a freelance HR advisor to find you someone, still cheaper than £10k.

Ah - but where do you get your freelance HR advisor? From an agency of course!

Why do big companies still use agencies? is it not within the realms of possibility to task existing HR bods with the process of advertising roles on jobswerve through to paying invoices each month?

It's called "outsourcing". You may have heard of it.

Given that much of recruitment consultancy is done via phone calls, I wonder how many of the big agencies have offshored that part of their business? Then you'd only need to retain a few suits to meet the clients. And a few wideboys to buy the odd pie and a pint for the contractors.