
The Real Cost of a Bad Hire, and How to Avoid It
The true cost hides across recruitment, turnover and poor performance. What the benchmarks say, why it grows, and how to get the decision right.
HR Insights
Practical articles for business owners and leaders, drawn from more than thirty years of hiring. Written by Benjamin Basker, Managing Director at Eshcol Global.

The true cost hides across recruitment, turnover and poor performance. What the benchmarks say, why it grows, and how to get the decision right.
The reasons good people walk are rarely the ones on the exit form. What the evidence says actually keeps them.
When a founder-led business outgrows ad hoc HR, and how to choose between a full-time hire and fractional senior support.
Skills are the easiest thing to test and one of the least common reasons a hire fails. What to look at instead.
We work with depth over volume, and we would rather put forward one person we can stand behind than a stack of maybes.
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