Why recruiting
Getting hiring wrong is the expensive option.
Hiring yourself feels like the cheaper route — until you count the hours, the risk and the cost of the wrong person. Here's what recruiting really costs, and how the right partner turns it into your advantage.
The cost of hiring yourself
The bill you don't see on the invoice.
Doing it alone rarely shows its true price up front. It's spread across wasted hours, open roles and hires that don't stick.
£XX,XXX
The average cost of a single bad hire once you count lost time, retraining and rehiring.
XX hrs
Spent writing adverts, sifting CVs and interviewing for just one vacancy.
XX days
The average time a role sits unfilled — and unproductive — when you hire alone.
XX%
Of direct hires leave within their first X months without proper screening.
Figures shown as “X” to be confirmed
Do it yourself vs. do it with Red
The same hire, two very different jobs.
Flexibility on tap
Match your workforce to your workload.
Demand rarely stays still — especially across industrial, FMCG and agricultural work. An agency lets you scale the right way for the moment you're in, not the one you were in last quarter.
Temporary
Cover seasonal peaks, projects and sudden gaps without adding permanent headcount.
Temp to Perm
Trial someone in the role before you commit — see the fit before the offer.
Permanent
Thoroughly screened candidates placed for the long term, first time.
Managed On-Site
A recruitment service run from your premises when volumes are high.
Risk removed
The downside is ours to carry, not yours.
The biggest fear in hiring is backing the wrong person. We take that risk off your desk — with vetting, full compliance, and a guarantee that stands behind every placement.
X-week replacement guarantee
If a placement doesn't work out within the guarantee period, we replace them.
No placement, no fee
You only pay when we find you the right person.
Fully compliant
Right-to-work and GLAA / Fair Work Agency standards handled as standard.
24/7 support line
Cover and answers when you need them — day or night.
Since 2006
Nearly two decades placing people across Lincolnshire.
196,000
Local people placed into work.
8 sectors
Industrial, Commercial, Onsite, Technical, Driving, Agriculture, FMCG & Bespoke.
Convinced recruiting is worth it?
See exactly why employers across Lincolnshire choose Red Recruitment to do it.