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Free, no-signup calculators and checkers every hiring team should have on hand — cost, quality, fairness and process, all in your browser.
Cost & value
Cost-per-hire calculator
Add up what it costs to make one hire — internal and external — and divide by the hires you made.
Cost of a bad hire
A mis-hire costs far more than a salary once you count lost productivity, team disruption and re-hiring. Enter a salary to see the range.
Turnover & retention calculator
Enter how many people left and your average headcount to get your turnover and retention rates.
Hiring process
Fairness & compliance
Four-fifths rule checker
Enter the selection (or pass) rate for two groups. If the ratio between them falls below 0.8, the process may have adverse impact and warrants review.
Job description bias checker
Paste a job description to flag gender-coded and exclusionary language that can narrow your applicant pool.
Questions
How much does a bad hire cost?
There is no single figure. A bad hire can cost recruiting and training time, lost work and strain on the team. Then you pay to hire again. Published estimates vary a lot by role and source. Use the calculator above with your own salary and your own assumption.
What is the four-fifths rule?
A fairness check: if a group's selection rate is below 80% (four-fifths) of the highest group's rate, the process may have adverse impact and warrants review. It comes from the 1978 Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures.
How do you calculate cost per hire?
Add your external recruiting costs (agency fees, job-board spend, referral bonuses) to your internal costs (recruiter time, tooling) for a period, then divide by the number of hires made in that period. A widely cited benchmark is roughly $4,000–5,000, but it varies a lot by role and seniority.
What is a good employee turnover rate?
It depends heavily on industry, but many organisations aim to keep voluntary turnover below about 10% a year. High turnover is frequently a downstream symptom of poor selection — assessing the right skills up front is one of the most effective ways to improve retention.