How Much Does it Really Cost to Hire Someone?

How Much Does it Really Cost to Hire Someone?

Many organizations consider cost of advertisements, materials, and salary of recruiters, but there are many other factors that inflate the true cost to hire an employee.

The Cost Per Hire Calculator gives you a bottom line assessment of what it costs to hire an employee - one that includes hard and soft costs, apparent and hidden costs.

Cost Per Hire Calculator

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CNNMoney.com Market Report - Jul. 25, 2008

There is a lot of very positive news in this financial report. Please take the time to read through the article and I think you will agree.

CNNMoney.com Market Report - Jul. 25, 2008

You Have a Choice

John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood andalways has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how hewas doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"He was a natural motivator.If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employeehow to look on the positive side of the situation.Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and askedhim, "I don't get it!You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"He replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have twochoices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... You can chooseto be in a bad moodI choose to be in a good mood."Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I canchoose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept theircomplaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose thepositive side of life."Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested."Yes, it is," he said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away allthe junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react tosituations. You choose how people affect your mood.You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's yourchoice how you live your life."I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry tostart my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when Imade a choice about life instead of reacting to it.Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident,falling some 60 feet from a Communications tower.After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was releasedfrom the hospital with rods placed in his back.I saw him about six months after the accident.When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd betwins...Wanna see my scars?"I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through hismind as the accident took place."The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of mysoon-to-be born daughter," he replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, Iremembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I couldchoose to die. I chose to live.""Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I askedHe continued, "..the paramedics were great.They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me intothe ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, Igot really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew Ineeded to take action.""What did you do?" I asked."Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said John."She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors andnurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breathand yelled, 'GRAVITY'!"Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me asif I am alive, not dead."He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of hisamazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choiceto live fully.Attitude, after all, is everything.Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry aboutitself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.You have two choices now: 1) Ignore this 2) Live by this and share it with others. You know the choice I made.

This Definitely Works!!

Branch 10 did a large email blast today explaining some of the recent changes within our organization. Larry Hern got an appointment back within 15 minutes of his first email along with other leads still coming in. Stephanie Henslee got a direct hire lead off of the blast and is also still receiving responses. If we just took a few moments and sat down and clicked a few buttons then we could send our information out to hundreds of customers in no time at all. This definitely works.

There's Always a Bull Market Somewhere

Here is some really good news, quoted from the Miami Herald...

"...Texas, on the other hand, had a job-creation bonanza, adding a whopping 245,000."

Whoa Nellie! We need a piece of those quarter-of-a-million jobs! Just a little piece!

I found this from a south Florida competitor (also quoted from the Miami Herald)...

""Regardless of the unemployment rate, jobs are still out there for people with the right skills, said Adriana Henao, a search consultant for the Mergis Group, a branch of Fort Lauderdale-based Spherion."

Henao works with finance and accounting specialists in Miami, and she said there's plenty of demand for those with the right education and experience. Some of these skilled workers are turning down offers from other companies or demanding more money as inducement to move.

Some skills always will be in demand, Henao said."

While we don't want to get away from our core business of staffing industrial jobs on a temporary basis we must be constantly aware that there is a bull market somewhere and we need to find that market and a way to tap into it. I'm not advocating the recruiting of doctors, nurses, or CPA's but there are plenty of direct hire opportunities for supporting roles in those industries and related industries that we can recruit successfully.

Similar to the way the slowdown in construction affects suppliers to that industry, the boom in healthcare and accounting will have a positive ripple effect in other industries. I challenge each of you to find the bull market industries in your area and the industries related to them and post your ideas here so everyone can go to work creating a bull market for DSS!

I did a quick Google search and found this...

"Employment in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services will grow by 20.3 percent and add 1.7 million new jobs to the economy by 2016. The largest industry growth in this sector will be enjoyed by employment services, which will be responsible for 692,000 new jobs, or over 40 percent of all new jobs in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services. Employment services ranks second among industries with the most new employment opportunities in the Nation and is expected to have a growth rate that is faster than the average for all industries. This will be due to the need for seasonal and temporary workers and for highly specialized human resources services."

In the above paragraph we find that our industry is the second fastest growing in the nation (are we lucky or what!?!) but did you notice what industries are or will be the biggest users of our services? What related industries might be positively affected by the booming industries mentioned? We also see that there is a need for our staffing services as well as highly specialized human resource services. What might those "highly specialized" services be?

Think creatively and be creative. We are only limited by what we fail to imagine.

Data you might find interesting

The following information is a recreation from the June 2008 American Staffing Association magazine.

The U. S. staffing industry will grow faster and add more new jobs over the next decade than just about any other industry, according to BLS (Bureau of Labor and Statistics), estimates. In its most recent projections, BLS says that the employment services industry--which is primarily staffing--is expected to add 692,000 jobs between 2006 and 2016, making it the second largest job-growth industry in the U. S.

While total employment will increase by 10% in that period, BLS projects nearly twice that rate of job growth--almost 19%--in the employment services industry. "The demand for temporary help services is expected to generate much of the growth," BLS reported. "These services include the placement of temporary workers and those with specialized skills, such as health care staff needed to meet the needs of aging baby boomers."

Listed below is survey information by the BLS.

Reasons why companies use temporary staffing:
Fill in for absent employees or temporary vacancies 80%
Provide extra support during busy times or seasons 72%
Staff special short-term projects 68%
Help find good permanent employees 59%

Use of temporary staffing by size of companies:
0 to 25 employees 15%
25 to 99 employees 12%
100+ employees 24%

Percentage of clients that commonly engage staffing or contract employees:
Legal 4%
Sales and marketing 5%
Executive and management 7%
Health care 15%
IT/technical 17%
Accounting and finance 28%
Industrial 58%
Office-clerical 62%

The American staffing industry may continue to be relatively flat in 2008. It may continue to wander in uncharted territory for a while. But eventually it will bounce back. It's a nimble industry. It has become an integral part of the macro-economy. As businesses compete in an ever more globalized economy, they have no choice but to make the best and highest use of the world's scarcest resource: human talent. They will increasingly turn to staffing firms to find and employ that talent. And as people seek the best and highest use of their skills and ingenuity, they will increasingly turn to staffing firms to help them match their talent to work that needs to be done.

X IS COMING!

We're down to the final 60 days before X becomes an integral part of your DSS life! As the impending date gets closer you will learn more about this exciting, time-saving, money-saving, highly advanced, revolutionary, evolutionary change.

Stay tuned!

Dixie Staffing Acquires Online Assets

To protect our online identity, Dixie Staffing has acquired the the following domain names:

DIVERSIFIEDSOURCINGSOLUTIONS.COM

DIVERSIFIEDSOURCINGSOLUTIONS.INFO

DIVERSIFIEDSOURCINGSOLUTIONS.NET

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EMPLOYTHEEXPERIENCE.COM

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WHAT-WILL-AARON-DO.COM

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YOURPARTNERINHUMANRESOURCES.COM

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The "what-will" domains will be used in upcoming direct mail and email campaigns in Dallas and Atlanta while the "diversified" domains protect our future identity. The "yourpartner" and "employtheexperience" domains can be used in future campaigns.