Over the last five years, I’ve had the honor of leading Winning the War for Talent training workshops for organizations across the country — from small family-run companies to large, complex organizations with multiple locations. When companies reach out, they usually ask two questions: What does it cost? And what’s the return?
Today, we are going to evaluate the training option for the All-Inclusive Customized Workshop for Process Implementation. (We do offer a variety of training to fit your needs. If you are interested in other options, contact us.)
What’s the cost of doing nothing?
Let’s look at the real impact of open positions, poor retention, and relying on recruiters to do what your team could be doing effectively — if they had the right processes.
Understanding the Cost of your Open Positions
Imagine you have a skilled machine operator earning $25/hour. That machine generates $190/hour in product value. Take out labor costs, and you’re netting $165/hour. Over a year (2,000 hours of that machine running), that’s $330,000 in revenue — from one filled position.
Leave it unfilled? You’re losing $330,000. That is the true cost of an open position. Multiply that by a few open roles… now we’re talking millions lost.
Retention
According to SHRM, it costs roughly 38% of an employee’s salary to replace them — from recruiting to retraining. That’s $19,000 to replace one $50,000 employee.
Lose 10 employees a year at that level?
That’s $190,000 right off your bottom line.
Recruiters
Sure, they’ll fill the positions — but at a high cost and without understanding your company intimately. Flat fees or percentages are just the start. More importantly, they won’t teach you how to stop needing them…. and why would they? Their livelihood depends on your hiring issues.
Train Your Team to Solve the Problem — For Good.
That’s where I come in. My Winning the War for Talent training workshop gives your leadership team, HR professionals, and hiring managers my proven innovative processes to attract, hire, and retain top talent. These are not theoretical ideas — they’re field-tested strategies that have dramatically changed hiring outcomes for companies nationwide.
In one impactful 7-hour onsite training workshop, followed by 3 months of personalized coaching, your team will walk away with a step-by-step plan to:
- Learn a process to change the way you hire. Find the right people.
- Understand why people stay and innovative ways to increase retention
- Create scalable solutions unique to your market
Full Package: All-Inclusive Customized Workshop for Process Implementation. This on-site training engages and works with your team, which is why we consider it a workshop.
Includes: Discovery Session to learn about you, Pre-training Prep Work (we use your positions as an example for the training), Full-day Onsite Workshop, 3 Months of Post- Workshop Coaching Sessions
Investment: $9,500 + travel
Typical ROI: Less than 6 months. Track the number of qualified applicants, career advancement, and retention.
The Results: They speak louder than we ever could.
Bottom Line: Training your team processes that are unique and proven will cost less than a single lost employee. And a lot less than continuing to leave money on the table due to unfilled jobs.
The time to act is now.
Reach out at contact@chrisczarnik.com and ask the real question:
What would your business look like if every position was filled with the right person?
Read the results below and find more recommendations here.
“When we heard Chris Czarnik speak during a Vistage meeting, we had an average of 20 open positions per week which was costing us $800,000.00. We immediately made this visible on our weekly scorecard and hired Chris. He speaks passionately and had our entire team engaged right away.
We had 4 follow up coaching calls with Chris after the workshop and by the third workshop, we had no open positions. We were able to collect great data that we would have never recognized, we have new processes in place, and we are no longer staring at millions of dollars lost.
During a time when we all thought finding employees was impossible, we were wrong and we are grateful for Chris to give us a different perspective. Chris is energetic and passionate about what he does, and our team is grateful to continue on with his tools for retaining the great employees that we have recruited.”
— Alex Finken, CEO, Visionary Accurate Clean
