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Automated resume and application processing (ARAP) savings calculator
   
                   
Recruiting data worksheet                
     
                   
Hiring practices                  
How many employees are in your organization?        
How many people did you hire during the last fiscal year? Exempt Nonexempt
How many people do you plan to hire during this fiscal year? Exempt Nonexempt
How many people do you plan to hire during the next fiscal year? Exempt Nonexempt
Is your organization's cost-per-hire information broken down by position, department, and region?        
What is your organization's hiring cycle time (in days)?        
What variables does your organization use to measure hiring cycle time?        
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How many resumes are processed annually?  
How many applications are processed annually?  
What is the approximate percentage of the total resumes that your organization received from each of the following sources?  
Unsolicited mail  
Recruitment advertising (in publications such as newspapers and magazines)  
Outside staffing firms  
Career fairs  
Campus recruitment  
Internet advertising/posting boards  
Employee referrals  
Of the resumes received by your organization, what percentage are received:  
In paper form (this includes fax)?  
Through an online application?  
Through e-mail as an attached file?  
What is the annual turnover rate for your organization?  
                   
Annual staffing expenses    
How many FTEs in your organization are allocated to the processing of resumes and applications?  
What is the average, fully burdened, hourly rate paid to your employees who process resumes and applications?  
How many documents (resumes and applications) can an employee
process per day?
 
How many hours per FTE are available annually to process documents?  
If applicable, what are your HR department’s annual chargebacks to other departments for your recruitment services?  
How much does your organization spend annually on outside staffing firms?  
Retained recruiting firms  
Contingent recruiting firms  
Temporary placement firms  
                   
Annual recruiting expenses—Advertising      
How much does your organization spend annually on recruitment advertising?    
Newspapers  
Advertising firms  
Internet advertising  
Magazines and periodicals  
How much does your organization spend annually on external job posting environments?  
Internet job boards  
Paper-based bulletin boards  
Kiosks  
                   
Annual recruiting expenses—Special programs and career fairs      
     
 
How many of these special programs does your organization commit to annually?  
How much does your organization spend annually on these special programs and events?  
If your organization recruits internationally, what are the annual costs associated with visa attainment, legal matters, expatriate-related matters, and other efforts?  
How many career fairs does your organization attend annually?  
   
                   
Annual recruiting expenses—Campus recruitment    
Is your organization actively involved in campus recruitment?  
On how many campuses is your organization involved in recruitment?  
What are the annual college recruitment costs?  
How many new hires result from these efforts?  
Does your organization have an active internship or co-op program on these campuses?  
How many interns and co-op students are hired annually?  
Do you plan to expand your organization's campus recruitment efforts to
additional campuses or strengthen relations with your current campuses?
 
                   
Annual recruiting expenses—Other    
How much does your organization spend annually on travel, lodging, meals, and so on, associated with your recruitment efforts? This should include on-campus recruitment events, interviews, bringing candidates on-site for interviews, and other efforts.  
How much does your organization spend annually on relocation?  
How much does your organization spend annually on signing bonuses and other material perquisites?  
What is your organization's annual expenditure for third-party vendor services such as background checks, credit checks, prescreening services, and surveys?  
If your organization uses an employee referral program (ERP), what is the average payment to employees for each hire?  
How many new hires result annually from your organization's employee referrals?  
If applicable, what are the annual IT chargebacks allocated to your
HR department?
 
Annual cost per hire        
                   
Potential savings calculations for ARAP              
In-house calculation      
Number of resumes and applications processed annually  
Current number of FTEs allocated to this process in your organization  
Fully burdened hourly rate of FTEs allocated to this process  
Annual cost to process these documents in-house  
Number of FTEs required to effectively meet your organization's annual document-processing needs  
Current cost per document processed  
                   
Outsourced calculation      
Cost per outsourced processing of each document  
Annual cost of outsourcing  
                   
Resume-to-application ratio:      
Current percent ratio of resumes to applications  
Current percent ratio of applications to resumes  
                   
Potential savings opportunities for ARAP      
Staffing expenses                  
Percentage of customers' internal processing costs typically reduced by using ARAP solutions  
Potential cost savings by applying customers' typical internal processing cost reduction to your organization's current document-processing costs   Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
Annual cost for outside staffing firms      
Potential percentage of costs reduced by incorporating outside staffing firms into ARAP    
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Advertising                  
Annual cost for recruitment advertising    
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using ARAP solutions  
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
Annual costs of external job postings        
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using ARAP solutions      
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Special programs and career fairs    
Number of special recruitment programs attended annually by your organization  
Average cost of special recruitment programs  
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using ARAP solutions  
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
Number of career fairs attended annually by your organization      
Average cost of career fairs    
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using ARAP solutions    
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Campus recruiting                  
Annual costs of college recruitment  
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using ARAP solutions  
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Travel, lodging, meals, and other miscellaneous items      
Annual costs for travel, lodging, meals, and other miscellaneous items    
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using certain ARAP solutions    
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Relocation                  
Annual relocation costs      
Potential probability percentage of filling an opening with local candidate increased by using ARAP solutions    
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Signing bonuses and perquisites      
Annual costs of signing bonuses and other perquisites      
Potential percentage of costs reduced by using ARAP solutions    
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Third-party vendor services      
Annual costs of third-party vendor services        
Potential percentage of costs reduced by integrating third-party vendors into ARAP    
                Reduced annual costs:
                Potential savings:
                   
Employee turnover                  
Rate of employee turnover          
Potential number of replacement hires reduced by using ARAP solutions    
Potential percentage of number of replacement hires reduced by using ARAP solutions    
                Potential savings:
                   
Opportunity costs of open positions      
Your organization's current open-position cycle time (in days)    
Average per-day opportunity costs    
Reducing the time to fill vacancies by:    
Potential savings in this fiscal year by reducing the time to fill vacancies    
Potential management time savings per hire by using ARAP solutions (in hours)      
Fully burdened hourly pay rate of managers during last fiscal year      
Potential savings (based on last fiscal year's total number of hires and last fiscal year's fully burdened hourly pay rate for managers) by reducing the time to fill vacancies    
    Potential savings:
                   
                   
Summary of potential savings opportunity              
During the first year of use of ARAP solutions, your organization could realize the following savings based on your cost survey results        
A breakdown of these cost savings is listed below:    
                   
Savings category     Potential savings            
Automated resume and application processing  
Outside staffing firms    
Recruitment advertising    
Special recruitment programs    
Career fairs                
External job postings    
College recruitment    
Travel, lodging, meals, and other items  
Relocation                
Signing bonuses and perquisites    
Third-party vendor services    
                   
Turnover                
                   
Subtotal                
                   
Add opportunity costs:      
Opportunity costs of open positions:  
                   
TOTAL OPPORTUNITY FOR SAVINGS  
   

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