A hiring surge is a sudden, significant increase in the demand for personnel during an otherwise stable hiring period.

Hiring surges can be expensive and unable to deliver within the allotted time frame. In fact, a 2016 report by the SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) revealed that it takes $4,129 and 42 days for the average company to fill a vacancy. If you extrapolate those values under surge hiring conditions without scaling the organization, all costs can grow significantly.

Often when a surge in hiring is required, the HR department works within its capabilities and capacity. Surges usually exceed these internal boundaries resulting in organizations engaging talent platforms as a viable alternative for the organization.

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