Employers

Agencies charge about 20% of salary on every hire. Here’s where the money goes and when it’s worth paying.

Would you ask your HR person to handle sales? Recruiting is sales. Here’s why the two jobs compete, and how they work side by side.

One real year of hiring, invoiced four ways. The headhunter version costs $312K. The flat fee version cost $39,600.

Seven ways to stop paying per hire, ranked honestly, including when Edisto isn’t the right one.

What AI résumé screening misses in the trades, shown through one résumé it rejected.

The hiring lessons Lori learned in her dad’s carpentry shop, and why effort beats perfect resumes.

A headhunter costs 20-25% of the new hire’s first-year salary, once per hire. Here’s what contractors actually pay, what the guarantee really covers, and the flat monthly alternative.