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How many months is an unfilled vacancy considered "normal" in your company?
For most teams I work with, the benchmark is 2–3 months. Sometimes, it’s half a year. But during this time, the company loses significantly more money than external help would actually cost.
Let me share a real case study from our practice at IT Camp.
👉🏻 The Client: A FinTech company with 3 unfilled positions and 5 months of continuous losses:
The company had tried everything: job boards, LinkedIn, internal referrals, and even another recruitment agency.
What did we do differently?
The Result:
The Cost of Delay
The company estimated their total losses from having these roles vacant for 5 months at around €55,000. The cost of our services was quite a bit less than that :)
If you have positions that have been sitting open for longer than 6–8 weeks — send us a direct message. We will run a free express audit of your hiring process to see what's holding you back.
Let me share a real case study from our practice at IT Camp.
👉🏻 The Client: A FinTech company with 3 unfilled positions and 5 months of continuous losses:
- Backend Engineer (Senior) -> open for 5 months
- DevOps Engineer -> open for 3 months
- QA Lead -> open for 4 months
The company had tried everything: job boards, LinkedIn, internal referrals, and even another recruitment agency.
What did we do differently?
- Step 1: Auditing the root causes, not just the symptoms. The job descriptions were written for a mythical "unicorn" candidate who simply doesn't exist. Over those 5 months, these unrealistic requirements had scared off 90% of perfectly capable professionals.
- Step 2: Rebuilding the candidate profile alongside the CTO. We eliminated 4 "mandatory" requirements that weren’t actually critical in day-to-day operations. Instead, we highlighted the company's genuine strengths as an employer.
- Step 3: Direct sourcing, bypassing job boards. All three positions were filled through direct headhunting — targeting candidates who weren't actively looking for a job but were open to the right conversation.
The Result:
- Backend Engineer -> filled in 4 weeks
- DevOps Engineer -> filled in 3 weeks
- QA Lead -> filled in 5 weeks
The Cost of Delay
The company estimated their total losses from having these roles vacant for 5 months at around €55,000. The cost of our services was quite a bit less than that :)
If you have positions that have been sitting open for longer than 6–8 weeks — send us a direct message. We will run a free express audit of your hiring process to see what's holding you back.