CH 13 Personnel 13.1 Recruitment
Dec 24, 2015
13.1 Recruitment
• Recruiting is the act of soliciting qualified employees to work for your company. Recruiting costs include such things as advertising expenses, interviewing expenses, and hiring expenses.
What industries would have a high recruitment cost? Why?
Example of industries: technology, manufacturing, health, etc.
For Smaller Firms, Recruiting Costs Add Up(WSJ article)
Large firms see a significant scale advantage when it comes to recruiting costs per new employee, according to a study from Bersin & Associates, a human-resources advisory firm.
Companies with more than 10,000 employees world-wide pay a median figure of $1,949 per hire, compared with midsize companies, which pay $3,632, and small firms, which pay $3,665.
To calculate the cost per hire, 414 companies added up all their spending on internal recruiting staff, third-party agencies, company career websites, applicant tracking software, job-listing services, college recruiting, employee referral programs plus other recruiting-related expenses—and divided that number by their total hires over the preceding year.
Welch Associates is seeking a Senior Business Analyst. Advertising costs for the position were$3,275. They used an employment service in their placement search that charged a 25 percent feeon the first year salary of $80,000. Interviewing expenses for candidates totaled $2,835. Hiringcosts included moving expenses of $4,750 plus a 5 percent broker’s fee on the sale of the newemployee’s house. The house sold for $175,000. What are Welch’s total recruiting costs?
Luxbrite Corporation hired Susan Phillips at an annual salary of $62,500. Advertising costs forthe position totaled $2,320. The employment agency’s finder’s fee is 20 percent of the firstyear’s salary. Interviewing costs were as follows: Susan Phillips $237 and Hal Oberlan $354.
What was the total recruiting cost?
Recruiting Review-BWNewtell Agency hired Sylvia Axton as its new Director of Accounting Services at an annual salary of $125,000. Executive Services charged a fee of 25percent of the first year’s salary to help find candidates. Local advertisements totaled $1,389.Newtell also paid moving costs of $3,599 for Axton plus a 4 percent broker’s fee on the saleof her $220,000 home. Interviewing costs for Axton and 2 other candidates totaled $2,337.What were the total recruiting costs to fill the position?
Big idea: Why are wages and salaries so important to job growth?
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2013/06/27/analysis-need-strong-increases-in-wages-and-salaries/?KEYWORDS=wages+and+salaries
NEW VocabularyA salary scale is a table used to compare wages for different jobs at a company. This allows you to estimate cost-of-living adjustments, which are raises in salary to keep up with inflation, and merit increases, which are raises in salary for superior job performance.
Josiah Freeman is employed as a Senior Business Analyst, Level 1. His company has decided to give all employees a 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment. In addition, it has awarded Freeman a 2.75 percent merit increase.
Present Salary + Cost-of-Living Adjustment + Merit Increase = New Salary
1. Find the present salary.
$52,000
2. Find the cost-of-living adjustment.
$52,000 2.5% $1,300
3. Find the merit increase.
$52,000 2.75% $1,430
Present Salary Cost-of-Living Adjustment Merit Increase New Salary
$52,000 $1,300 $1,430 $54,730 new salaryx
Bill Rawls earns an annual base salary of $27,500 and 2.5 percent commission on all sales. His employer is giving everyone a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment. Rawls will also receive a 3 percent merit increase. What is his new salary if his sales for the year total $130,250?
Bill Rawls earns an annual base salary of $27,500 and 2.5 percent commission on all sales. His employer is giving everyone a 2 percent cost-of-living adjustment. Rawls will also receive a 3 percent merit increase. What is his new salary if his sales for the year total $130,250?
Employee Benefits• The company you work for may offer employee benefits,
such as health insurance, life insurance, and paid vacations. The total of these benefits may be calculated as a percentage of annual gross pay.
Find the rate of benefits.Avian Robles is employed as a Senior Business Analyst with an annual salary of $52,000. Hisannual employee benefits include: 3 weeks paid vacation; 10 paid holidays; 5 sick days; paid healthinsurance at $250 per month; and unemployment insurance at 4 percent of gross salary.
Find the weekly salary and daily salary.Find the total benefits.Find the rate of benefits.
Find the rate of benefits.Avian Robles is employed as a Senior Business Analyst with an annual salary of $52,000. Hisannual employee benefits include: 3 weeks paid vacation; 10 paid holidays; 5 sick days; paid healthinsurance at $250 per month; and unemployment insurance at 4 percent of gross salary.