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What Is a Costly Hiring Mistake Really Costing You?

Discover the True Financial Impact of Delayed or Misaligned Sales Hires

At ProActivate, we believe smart hiring decisions start with clarity. That’s why we’ve built two powerful calculators to help business leaders like you measure the hidden costs of open roles and bad hires—before they impact your bottom line.

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💡 Cost of an Open Sales Role

Every day a sales role remains unfilled, your organization is missing revenue opportunities. This calculator reveals:

Lost sales revenue due to territory gaps

Delays in pipeline development 

Productivity drag on your existing team

The real cost of inaction

🚫 Cost of a Bad Hire

Making the wrong hire is more than a setback—it’s expensive. Use this tool to understand the true impact, including:

Onboarding and training costs

Lost productivity and missed targets

Time spent managing underperformance

Rehiring and ramp-up costs

Bad Hire Cost Calculator

Sales Position Cost Calculator

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Cost if Hiring the Wrong Salesperson

The Costs associated with just one bad hire can be quite significant. Use the Spreadsheet below to calculate your costs associated with turnover and/ or poor hiring decisions. If a question does not apply, enter zero

Actual Costs

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Why It Matters

We built these tools to do what traditional recruiters don’t—help you make strategic hiring decisions rooted in real business outcomes.

At ProActivate, our recruiting model is built around performance, precision, and long-term success. That’s why:

  • We deliver currently employed, top-performing candidates—not active job seekers.

     

  • Each candidate goes through an in-depth qualification process, including mindset, skill set, and simulation-based assessments.

  • We provide guaranteed hires with a 90-day replacement policy for added

 

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  • Access both calculators immediately

  • Receive a custom breakdown of your estimated cost exposure

  • Learn how ProActivate helps organizations hire right the first time

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We’ve Simplified the Hiring Process For You Since 2005

1. Connect

We get to know you, your role and your company culture so we can build out an ideal candidate profile.

2. Customize Recruitment Strategies

We define the right recruitment strategies for your needs and build out a pipeline of working and winning candidates.

3. Dedicate Resources

Your talent manager will source, attract, qualify and introduce top performers who share your vision and will provide weekly updates on activity and market feedback.

4. Guarantee to Hire

While most hires are achieved in 5 or less candidates, we are your dedicated partner to continue to introduce candidates until you achieve the hire.

1. Connect

Connect

We get to know you, your role and your company culture so we can build out an ideal candidate profile.

2. Customize Recruitment Strategies

Customize Recruitment Strategies

We define the right recruitment strategies for your needs and build out a pipeline of working and winning candidates.

We’ve Simplified the Hiring Process For You Since 2005

3. Dedicate Resources

Dedicate Resources

Your talent manager will source, attract, qualify and introduce top performers who share your vision and will provide weekly updates on activity and market feedback.

4. Guarantee to Hire

Guarantee to Hire

While most hires are achieved in 5 or less candidates, we are your dedicated partner to continue to introduce candidates until you achieve the hire.  

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Make Informed Decisions. Maximize Every Hire.

These aren’t just calculators—they’re clarity tools for companies ready to elevate their talent strategy.

If you’d like to discuss how your results translate into a smarter recruiting approach, we’re here to help.

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