Hiring isn't free. The costs associated with things like advertising job openings, dealing with recruiters, and the time that employees spend reviewing and interviewing candidates can add up fast. Below, researchers and practitioners discuss the benefits of establishing a hiring budget. In 2017, Fayetteville, Ark.-based business consultancy Zweig Group conducted a hiring spending survey of architecture, engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firms and found that fewer than one-third have a budget for human resources (HR) and recruiting, even though the average cost of hiring a new employee for an architecture firm is $4,454, according to the survey. "A lot of firms don't know these numbers," says Randy Wilburn, Zweig's director of recruiting strategy.
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