How Much Are You Investing in Hiring? | BlueOptima

Today, technology is ingrained into most aspects of our lives. Everywhere you turn, someone is scrolling, clicking or tapping, taking advantage of the convenience offered by software. Because of this, the demand for software developers is soaring across the globe — and so are the costs of hiring them.

In the UK, tech and IT-related job vacancies make up 12% of all open UK job vacancies. In the US, we can see a similar trend, as there has been an average of 13,000 new IT jobs released each month so far in 2021. While it’s great to see the tech sector thriving across the globe after a difficult couple of years, the focus must now shift to filling these positions, which is proving challenging.

The Cost of Hiring a Software Developer

Finally, it’s not uncommon for companies to hire the wrong person, leading to even more expenses. Between talent poaching and the pressing need for tech specialists, hiring managers may be left feeling like they have no other option but to hire the first software developer who accepts the offer. But, this can have serious consequences on the company’s bottom line.

How to Avoid Expensive Mis-hires

A mis-hire can be described as someone who leaves the company (voluntarily or due to termination) within the first six months of their arrival, and it can happen for an array of reasons:

• Employers have a poor understanding of the new employee’s skill level from the hiring process so once the employee commences in the role, they are not the match that either the employee or the employer expected..
• Unconscious bias, where people behave according to subconscious attitudes they hold which generally have no relation to the situation at hand. These could be a result of past experiences, social circumstance, their socio-economic level, race or a variety of other factors. For example, someone within a workplace who has a university education may treat a colleague poorly because they have informal training rather than a university education, even though both individuals have positions at the same level and both hold equal knowledge.
• The employee may be a bad cultural fit for the company for example, there might be team clashes, personality mis-matches or even process misalignments.

Using Data to Ensure a Healthy ROI

Calculating the return on investment (ROI) of a new employee helps you weigh the costs of your new hire against the potential benefits. In other words, it lets you determine how much value they create for your business.

The simplest way to measure the ROI of employees is to divide the benefits of the investment (consider elements such as their productivity, skillset, and how these relate to the profits) by the cost of the investment (recruitment, training, resource cost).

Using AI-powered data analytics, you can accurately predict the expected ROI of an employee before taking the plunge and hiring someone.

How the Predictive Assessment Solution Works

Hiring managers and tech recruiters often use traditional programming tests to evaluate the technical skills of software developers. But they have their limitations. For instance, employers can only use the tests to verify whether the candidate reached the correct conclusion, failing to take into account the process and efficiency of the code.

Using these insights, you can find out whether they represent a good potential ROI, discover where their skills lie and how they might perform in the real world. With the Predictive Assessment solution, you can make data-driven business decisions while accelerating your time-to-hire, thanks to a consistent hiring process.

Control Your Hiring Spend with BlueOptima

Hiring talent is an investment — but ensuring that it’s a good investment is critical for your bottom line. Our Predictive Assessment can empower you to reduce the cost of hiring software developers by:

Ensuring top talent is hired. When you hire a software developer, you hire for the future. Backed by real-world data, the Predictive Assessment tool helps you source highly skilled, highly-productive candidates.

Speeding up the recruitment process. Reduce the time and resources required for the hiring process by automating the testing phase.

Predicting future performance. With insights into how employees may perform in the future, you can offer accurate remuneration packages aligned with their skills.
Start using the power of data to drive your hiring process, bolster your decision-making and cut your recruitment costs today. Start your free trial of our Predictive Assessment solution now.

Originally published at https://pa.blueoptima.com on December 21, 2021.