Late to the party. $4800.00 is about right if your paying between $32,000 and 48,000, depending on a percentage between 10% and 20%.
The standard industry rate is usually 20% of their first years salary for the good agencies, 15% for the cut rates.
Its zero likelyhood that you'll find a $1500.00 flat rate, and I don't know if I would trust someone with that kind of rate.
Benefits - They probably already have vetted candidates in their system
- You usually get a 90 day guarantee on the Canadidate which in itself is a good thing to have as long as you read the find print on the agreement in terms of reasons for termination
- you will only see the top 3 to 5 candidates, which will save a lot of time
- A staffing agency is going to be a lot more complete in terms of testing skills knowledge and behavior, combined with reference and back grounding.
- If you deal with a good agency you will more then likely get a really good to star candidate.
Draw backs
- They will try to cram someone in as quickly as possible and pray that they stay past 90 days
- If your a pain in the butt to deal with they'll rotate their rejected candidates to you for interviews
- If the first one doesn't work out, there can be a fight over the guarantee.
My suggestion might be to try a temp to perm solution, use one of their temps which you will pay a premium on the hourly rate, but you will have a better chance to evaluate skill sets and fit without the sloppiness of dealing with a perm. If the person works out you can probably negotiate a lower perm rate if you want to transition that person into a permanent employee role.
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