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Nearly seven in ten businesses were affected by a “bad hire” of a worker in the past year and nearly one in four employers reported a bad hire cost them more than $50,000, according to a CareerBuilder survey of nearly 2,500 hiring managers and human resource professionals that shows the cost of incorrectly choosing a new employee can be high. More information about the survey can be found at: http://www.careerbuilder.com/share/aboutus/pressreleasesdetail.aspx?sd=12/13/2012&sc_cmp1=cb_pr730_&siteid=cbpr&id=pr730&ed=12/31/2012.
The CareerBuilder study revealed that 69 percent of employers reported that their companies had been adversely affected by a bad hire in 2012, with 24 percent of those businesses saying a bad hire cost them more than $50,000 and 41 percent estimating the cost to be over $25,000.
“Whether it’s a negative attitude, lack of follow through or other concern, the impact of a bad hire is significant,” Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human Resources at CareerBuilder, stated in a press release. “Not only can it create productivity and morale issues, it can also affect the bottom line.”
As for the reasons why companies make bad hires of employees who are too unfit, unqualified, dishonest, or dangerous for their jobs, the survey found the most common reason associated with a bad hire was rushing the decision process with two in five hiring managers attributing a bad hire to pressure to fill the job opening. The top reasons for a bad hire were:
- Needed to fill the job quickly – 43 percent
- Insufficient talent intelligence – 22 percent
- Sourcing techniques need to be adjusted per open position – 13 percent
- Fewer recruiters due to the recession has made it difficult to go through applications – 10 percent
- Didn’t check references – 9 percent
- Lack of strong employment brand – 8 percent
In addition, one in four employers – 26 percent – stated they weren’t sure why they made a bad hire and said sometimes you just make a mistake. The survey also found the effects of a bad hire added up in a variety ways including:
- Less productivity – 39 percent
- Lost time to recruit and train another worker – 39 percent
- Cost to recruit and train another worker – 35 percent
- Employee morale negatively affected – 33 percent
- Negative impact on clients – 19 percent
- Fewer sales – 11 percent
- Legal issues – 9 percent
The survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive© on behalf of CareerBuilder among 2,494 hiring managers and human resource professionals that were employed full-time between August 13 and September 6, 2012.
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