Compare the cost of
BizFirst's recruiting models.

Methodology: This calculator compares three ways to cover the same hiring at an apples-to-apples capacity. It first estimates the recruiters needed to deliver your monthly hires, using your "hires per recruiter per month" assumption (default 3; industry benchmarks run roughly 2 for hard or cleared roles and 4 for standard roles). That recruiter count scales both the in-house and PartnerHire totals the same way, so you are never comparing one internal recruiter against a full BizFirst team. In-house is the fully loaded annual cost per internal recruiter (salary, benefits, payroll overhead, and tools) times the recruiters needed. PartnerHire Core is a monthly retainer of $8,500 for the first recruiter plus $7,000 for each additional recruiter, plus a $1,000 fee per placement. DirectHire is contingent placement priced at 10–15% of each hire's first-year salary (this calculator uses the 15% standard fee; 10% applies when you give BizFirst an exclusive search for the first 30 calendar days); you pay only on a hire, so it is not scaled by recruiter count. All figures are illustrative, based on the inputs you enter, and do not constitute a binding quote. The in-house figure excludes manager oversight, onboarding, time-to-productivity ramp, and hiring risk — real costs this comparison does not capture.