Submitted on Tue 15 Jul 2025
Hiring someone should be simple right? Pop up a job ad, wait for the CVs to roll in, pick your favourite, and voilà! But for most businesses (especially SMBs trying to scale), DIY hiring often ends up like assembling IKEA furniture without the instructions: confusing, time-consuming, and somehow missing three screws by the end.
And while it might feel cheaper to do it all in-house, the hidden costs of DIY hiring can quietly stack up until your “budget hire” starts looking very expensive indeed.
Here’s a peek under the hood at what DIY hiring really costs…and why Agile RPO is the budget-friendly, stress-saving recruitment solution you didn’t know you needed.
Time is Money (and You're Spending Both)
Let’s start with the obvious: hiring takes time. Lots of it. Writing job ads, sifting through CVs, scheduling interviews, chasing feedback, more interviews, more chasing...
And who’s doing all that? Your HR manager who already has a full plate? Your team lead who’d rather be, you know, leading their team? Or you…googling “what questions to ask in an interview” at 11pm after a long day?
With Agile RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), we take all of that off your hands. We plug directly into your team and manage the end-to-end process so your people can focus on their actual jobs—not becoming part-time recruiters.
Bad Hires Are Really Expensive
It’s not just the cost of hiring the wrong person. It’s the onboarding. The training. The 6 months of underperformance. The internal frustration. The client deliverables missed. The morale dip. The eventual exit. And the fact you now have to start all over again.
Studies show a bad hire can cost a business up to 30% of that person’s annual salary. Ouch.
Agile RPO reduces that risk. How? We don’t just match CVs to job descriptions…we deep dive into your culture, team dynamics, and future goals to find the right person, not just any person.
Ad Spend and Agency Fees That Add Up
DIY hiring often means throwing money at job boards or falling back on recruitment agencies for help when it all gets too hard. Neither is cheap.
With Agile RPO, you get consistent, ongoing hiring support without the big, scary commission percentages. We’re not charging you 20% of someone’s salary every time you make a hire. We work on a scalable monthly model that’s far more cost-effective over time.
Start-Stop Hiring Hurts Growth
The stop-start nature of DIY recruitment makes it hard to scale. One minute you're all systems go, the next you’re scrambling because your best candidate ghosted or your internal team ran out of time.
Agile RPO brings predictability to your talent pipeline. We help you forecast hiring needs, build strategic roadmaps, and keep your growth plans on track…even when the market’s throwing curveballs.
The ROI of Going Agile
Still unsure? Here’s what you get with Agile RPO that saves you money (and sanity) in the long run:
- A dedicated recruitment partner who knows your business inside out
- Better quality candidates, faster
- Reduced time-to-hire (and all the costs that come with dragging it out)
- No more ad hoc recruiter fees
- Higher candidate engagement and retention
- Less admin. Fewer bottlenecks. More focus on your actual business.
Moral of this story…
DIY Hiring is Like Building IKEA Furniture Without the Instructions
Sure, you can do it yourself… but there’s a high chance something ends up backwards, missing, or held together with wishful thinking.
Agile RPO gives you recruitment support that’s actually built for scale, without the bloated price tag, the locked-in contracts, or the one-size-fits-all agency model.
It’s flexible, efficient, and designed to plug straight into your team with zero fuss and maximum impact.
Ready to stop bleeding time, money, and sanity on recruitment?
Let’s TORC. Reach us at [email protected] or give us a buzz on 02 8346 6720.
The Outsourced Recruitment Company (TORC) – RPO, MSP and Account Managed Recruitment Specialists in Sydney.
At TORC, we specialise in Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) , Managed Services (MSP) and Account Managed Recruitment, tailored for the unique needs of small to mid-sized businesses in Sydney. With a focus on cost-efficient and scalable recruitment solutions, we're dedicated to enhancing your hiring quality and streamlining your talent acquisition process. Our approach integrates advanced recruitment technology, market intelligence, and strict compliance to transform your recruitment strategy while ensuring a superior candidate experience.
