What companies say about their cost per hire on cord

Hiring direct takes the agency fee out of the equation. Here is what 25 companies said about what that did to their cost per hire.

“Typical agency costs for us run from £8,000 to £10,000 per hire for engineering. cord's subscription model makes all the difference.”

Douglas Lindsay, Director of Engineering, Two · Read the story

“It's cost me about a fifteenth of what it would have cost to hire them through a traditional agency model with a 25 to 30% fee structure.”

James Bellamy, Head of Web Engineering, Spitfire Audio · Read the story

“We've made 16 hires in six months, saving us between $150,000 and $200,000.”

Niall Caton, Talent Acquisition Partner, Regulatory Genome Development · Read the story

“We've saved about $100,000 in recruiting fees using cord.”

Josh Groseclose, Senior Tech Recruiter, Aspiration · Read the story

“From a monetary point of view, it's saved me about £100,000.”

Mark Ufland, CTO, YouLend · Read the story

“Compared to a typical agency fee, we've made 16 hires over the last 14 months for what would be the cost of one or two agency fees.”

Jack Lanham, Talent Acquisition Manager, Kingfisher · Read the story

“We're saving around 70 to 75% of the money by going direct instead of using recruiters.”

Raghavender Reddy Billapati, Team Lead, Mobkoi · Read the story

“With five hires, we've saved approximately £55,000.”

Alexander Purdue, Development Manager, MWI Practice Technology · Read the story

“If we had used an agency, it would have been about £15,000 to hire this person.”

Becca Stevens, Talent, Hook · Read the story

“An agency fee can be anywhere around £15,000 in some instances.”

Jake Pedlingham, Tech & Product Talent Acquisition Partner, Currencycloud · Read the story

“Overall we've saved about £50,000 so far.”

Kyla Edwards, Internal Talent Acquisition Partner, Bloom Procurement Services · Read the story

“The cost per hire is something like £1,200.”

Steph Wingrove, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, Dexory · Read the story

“These companies are looking for £6,000 to £12,000 just to get that person in.”

Lloyd Major, Founder & CEO, Halo Solutions Ltd · Read the story

“We're now up to around 75% direct, which is a massive turnaround and has obvious benefits around cost.”

Jack Adkins, Talent Acquisition Manager, 10x Banking · Read the story

“The cost of that is comparable to one or two agency hires, and we've hired nine new members of the team using cord.”

Luke Stepney, Head of Talent, Octopus Money · Read the story

“Fees for seven candidates through an agency would have been far more than the cost of cord.”

Kate Edery, HR Director, OpenAsset · Read the story

“With cord, if you hire the same amount, you're saving £100,000 or more.”

Nermin Kadiric, Senior Tech Talent Partner, Healios · Read the story

“If I made one hire a year on cord's fee it would save me money. I'm making four a month.”

Tim Chattaway, Talent Acquisiton Manager, Holland & Barrett · Read the story

“When you hire through cord, there's no massive $30,000 or $40,000 sink to it, so you can make the right decisions for your business and for that employee.”

Todd Galloway, Head of Product & Digital Production, B Live · Read the story

“If you compare the cost of cord to the cost of an agency, we've certainly made our money back.”

George Morgan, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Airwalk Reply · Read the story

“Six hires over a six month period, all through cord, has hugely decreased our average cost per hire within tech.”

Tim Wilson, Head of Talent Acquisition, PetLab · Read the story

“Last year we made eight hires in total. cord has helped us radically decrease our cost per hire, and provides the best return on investment.”

Oscar Machado, Head of Talent Acquisition, loveholidays · Read the story

“If we recruit multiple people throughout the year on cord, we're saving money on recruitment.”

Jimmy Rushworth, Head of Digital Transformation, Thrive Tribe · Read the story

“The cost to us is about £5,600 so far.”

Chloe Hawker, Recruitment Partner - Technology, Allica Bank · Read the story

“Using cord, it's a flat monthly fee rather than a fee per hire, so if we hire one person or five people, the cost is the same.”

Noam Cohen-Brener, CTO, Tendable · Read the story