Hey there and greetings to Canada ππ¨π¦ thanks for your comment!
My 6β12 months estimate includes the recruiting process as well as the cancelation period of the candidate with their old employer. In Germany itβs pretty common to have notice periods of 3β6 months until end-of-quarter which prolongs the process quite a bit. Iβll clarify that in the article.
Generally I think there is no right or wrong here and it can be valuable to hire a recruiter if a company does not have the resources, hiring know-how or access to candidates (e.g. for very specialized roles). In our case we felt confident to manage the process ourselves which took up time but gave us full control and no dependence.
I would say the time spent on the process was around 6β8 weeks for our HR manager and their team (project management, sourcing, cold-contacting, phone interviews, in-person interviews), 2 weeks for me (contacting multipliers, phone interviews, in person interviews, workshops) and 6β8 hours for other executices (workshops only).
So yeah, it took significant time but not 4β10 months. For us the effort paid off.
Best, Feliks
