Raw cost per hire hides the real story — adjust for how many of those hires actually stick around.
How many hires came through this specific sourcing channel in the period you’re measuring.
See how Itelgie tracks candidates by source →Everything spent to source and win those hires through this one channel.
See how Itelgie tracks recruiting spend →A hire who leaves within a year effectively cost you more — this weights cost per hire by how many actually stayed.
See how Itelgie HR tracks retention →Raw cost per hire = channel cost ÷ hires from that channel. Retention-adjusted cost per hire = raw cost per hire ÷ 1-year retention rate — the lower the retention, the more each retained hire really costs.
Itelgie Recruiting gives you stage-by-stage visibility into every channel’s pipeline and AI-assisted match scoring, so you can double down on what actually works.