Recruiting job advert budget allocation calculator

Calculate planned spend and scenario applicants with your own figures.

Your numbers

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Choose the currency for these amounts. Changing it keeps your numbers and does not convert exchange rates.

Use planned spend and scenario applicants to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

JSON Channels [ID,integer placements,currency per placement,assumed applicants per placement] (USD)
[["A",2,100,12],["B",1,200,30]]
Applicant target (count)
60
Planned spend (USD)
$400.00
Scenario applicants
54
Applicant target gap
6

Try another scenario

JSON Channels [ID,integer placements,currency per placement,assumed applicants per placement] (USD)
[["A",3,100,12],["B",1,200,30]]
Applicant target (count)
60
Planned spend (USD)
$500.00
Scenario applicants
66
Applicant target gap
0
Calculation method

Calculation method

Planned spend (USD)

sum(r[1]*r[2] for r in a)

Scenario applicants

sum(r[1]*r[3] for r in a)

Applicant target gap

max(0,b-sum(r[1]*r[3] for r in a))

Symbols and units
a
JSON Channels [ID,integer placements,currency per placement,assumed applicants per placement] (USD)
b
Applicant target (count)

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Calculation steps and notation

sum(list) adds all entries in the list.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Explicit channel purchase scenario, not automatic budget optimization. Applicant yields are user assumptions and may be fractional expected counts. Supported limits: All numeric inputs must be finite. Only the explicitly described mathematical scenario is supported.
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