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ROI: Reducing administrative time and effort

By implementing recruitment technology, the amount of time spent on each activity can be reduced to:

Report generation: 5%

Screening: 15%

Document creation: 10%

Manager and stakeholder interactions: 5%


Total cost saving


As a general rule, it is estimated that the portion of a recruiter’s time spent on recruitment is approximately:

  • 30% screening candidates
  • 25% report generation
  • 20% document creation
  • 10% interactions with managers
  • 15% other activities

Add together the salaries of your recruiting team, and you’ll see how much this can cost an organisation. By implementing recruitment technology, organisations can dramatically reduce the time spent on each activity by automating administrative tasks. From our experience, technology can reduce the time spent on each activity to:

  • 5% Report generation
  • 15% Screening
  • 10% Document creation
  • 5% Manager interactions

You’ll be saving money and hours on administration that can be directed to strategic tasks and high-value activities.

ROI: Agency spend

Talent pooling forms part of a proactive sourcing model that allows for an increase in hires from talent pipelines rather than agencies.

We assume a conservative 20% of new starters can be hired from talent pools rather than agencies (if an organisation hires more than 10 people through agencies each year). This represents significant savings in agency spend.

Reduction in agency spend
Number of roles filled by recruitment agencies annually
% of yearly salary agency takes as fees
Average manager salary ($)
Amount paid per recruit

Number of hires sourced from talent pools instead of agencies

Total recruitment agency cost savings


The amount organisations spend on recruitment agencies is skyrocketing. Reducing agency spend by sourcing candidates through talent pools can save organisations hundreds of thousands each year. Using the robust functionality within PageUp Recruitment, organisations can build a database of talent that can easily be identified (by skills, employment history, or mobility), communicated with and attached to roles as required.

To determine the ROI of reducing agency spend through talent pooling, we calculate:

  • The number of positions filled by recruiting agencies each year
  • The % commission agencies claim upon filling a role, represented as a percentage of the new starter’s salary
  • The average salary of a manager

to determine:

  • The amount paid per recruit
  • The number of new hires that can be sourced from talent pools rather than agencies
  • The total recruitment agency cost savings.

One PageUp customer with 7,400 employees reduced their agency spend by $5,000,000 using our Talent Pooling functionality.