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Everything on costs & comparison for machinery builders and technical service operators between 50 and 500 employees – with sourced figures and no price talk.

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Costs & comparison · 11 MIN READ

Recruitment agency costs in machinery

15 to 25 percent of annual salary, 27.5 percent on average. Bearable once. Across several hires a year the full calculation looks different.

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Calculating vacancy costs: the formula

At a factor of three the vacancy exceeds a full annual salary after 120 days. In service something else is added that appears in no cost centre.

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In-house recruiting vs. agency: compared

Four routes to choose from, all with the same design flaw: they start from zero at every vacancy. Where the threshold sits for building your own system.

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What happens next

  1. You leave a postcode and a website. That is all we need to place your catchment area.
  2. We come back as soon as we can – and we decline if your area is taken or the role cannot be filled. Honestly, before you lose time.
  3. If it fits, we run your area together: how many suitable technicians work within range, and what the build would cost you – including when we advise against it.
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A systems builder, not an agency

The last time you pay anyone for recruiting as a service.

Blacklyne is not a recruiter, not a retainer agency and not a staffing firm. We build the hiring system once inside your company and hand it over with accounts, templates and everything documented in writing. From handover on you hire on your own – no fee per head, no monthly retainer, and no us.

What ends at handover

  • Recruiter fee, 15–25 % of annual salary – per head, every time
  • Retainer: monthly, open-ended, paying for effort rather than outcome
  • Staffing mark-up, cost factor 1.5–2.0
  • Dependency: accounts, audiences and applicant data sitting with a provider

What stays – inside your company

  • A careers page on your own domain, source code and access included
  • Ad accounts, audiences and creatives running on your company
  • Applicant data, screening questions and scoring logic
  • Operating manual and training – you launch the next role alone

Your ad budget keeps running through your own accounts, paid straight to the platform. Nothing flows to us from day one – that is the difference, not the campaign.

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