Measure the financial exposure created by an open role from vacancy through recruiting, start date, and ramp to full productivity.
About this analysis
The model separates pre-start capacity loss, temporary coverage, recruiting and onboarding cost, and post-start ramp loss. Role value and operating assumptions remain organization supplied.
Enter the economic value at risk while the role is open and the extent to which temporary coverage recovers that capacity.
Carry the exposure beyond the start date so the vacancy does not appear resolved before productive capacity is restored.
Pre-start capacity loss
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After entered temporary recovery
Ramp-period loss
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Capacity not yet restored after start
Direct coverage + hiring cost
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Temporary coverage plus recruiting/onboarding
Total vacancy exposure
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The timeline keeps the vacancy open economically after the employee starts. Full capacity is treated as restored only after the entered ramp period.
Open role
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Ramp after start
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Full capacity restored
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Elapsed time from vacancy start under entered assumptions.
ILLUSTRATIVE CALCULATION RECORD — COST OF VACANCY Vacancy period before start: 8.0 weeks Ramp period after start: 8.0 weeks Annual role value / productive contribution: $150,000 Coverage recovered during vacancy: 40.0% Temporary coverage cost per week: $1,000 Recruiting + onboarding cost: $7,500 Average ramp productivity: 60.0% ILLUSTRATIVE RESULTS Pre-start capacity loss: $13,846 Ramp-period capacity loss: $9,231 Temporary coverage cost: $8,000 Recruiting + onboarding cost: $7,500 Total vacancy exposure: $38,577 Exposure per pre-start vacancy week: $4,822 Capacity recovered by temporary coverage: $9,231 The role-value input is user supplied and should reflect the organization's own defensible estimate of productive contribution or economic value at risk. BLS JOLTS is cited only as labor-market context; it does not provide a universal time-to-fill benchmark. JavaScript replaces this illustrative record with the visitor's current assumptions.
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