Cost per hire

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In people analytics, cost per hire is a human resource metric that reflects the cost of a new employee. [1] [2] [3]

The cost per hire does not always reflect the loss of productivity and the emotional toll of turnover. [4]

References

  1. Cost-per-hire: American National Standard. Society for Human Resource Management. 2012.
  2. Tracey, William R.; Bronstein, Daniel A. (29 December 2003). The Human Resources Glossary: The Complete Desk Reference for HR Executives, Managers, and Practitioners. CRC Press. pp. 149–150. ISBN   978-1-4200-2531-6.
  3. Banks, Carl; Incorporated, C. C. H. (1 January 2003). HR How-to: Strategy, Everything You Need to be Strategic in Your HR Decisions. Wolters Kluwer. pp. 232–233. ISBN   978-0-8080-1035-7.
  4. "The Real Costs of Recruitment". www.shrm.org. Retrieved 1 November 2025.