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This area deals with assessing the need for and the supply of professional and other personnel. Functions include recruitment, selection, training, compensation, and evaluation of such personnel and examining ways to evaluate productivity and monitor accountability for results.

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Recruitment questions (2)

Posted by: Michael McAvoy on April 29, 2009 at 10:37PM EST

1. What are some general "Time to Fill" metrics , in number of days it takes to fill a vacancy? Say for RNs, pharmacists etc. Are there some national benchmarks or averages that are job specific?

2. What is the common commission paid to an executive search firm for a successful recruitment of an upper level leader? Is it a fixed fee? If yes, what is that range these days? A percent of one's salary?

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Posted by: Juan Aragon on May 2, 2009 11:07AM EST

#2 It depends in what type of contract you have. You can retain a recruitment agency, you can commission or you can put it up for grabs, like say in the ladders.com. On a commision basis it is a % of salary and then usually a bonus if the selected candidate stays longer than X amount of months or years..

If you as a professional are looking for, a recruiter I do not know how that market works.

Posted by: Michael McAvoy on May 3, 2009 2:08PM EST

i understand your concepts, I was actually asking for specific numbers and detals - i.e if a recruitment firm finds a successful candidate, do they genrally get 25% , 30% or what?

Posted by: Bryan Wood on May 3, 2009 4:51PM EST

I have seen ranges of percentages from 20-35% of their first year annual salary. Generally, half is paid at time the offer is accepted and half is paid when they start.