Driver recruiter capacity calculator

    Most carriers set a hiring target without checking whether their recruiting team can realistically carry the lead volume needed to hit it. This calculator works backward from your hires-needed goal and lead-to-hire conversion rate to the number of leads required, then divides by how many leads one recruiter can work per day to tell you how many recruiters that takes.

    Enter your numbers

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    21 approximates a 5-day work week across a month.

    Leads needed

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    Recruiters needed

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    How it's calculated

    Leads needed = hires needed per month ÷ lead-to-hire rate
Recruiter capacity per month = leads a recruiter can work per day × working days per month
Recruiters needed = round up (leads needed ÷ recruiter capacity per month)

    Frequently asked questions

    It varies a lot by lead source, CDL class and market, so use your own historical conversion rate rather than a generic benchmark for an accurate result.

    21 approximates a 5-day work week across a month, after weekends. Change it to match your recruiting team's actual schedule.

    That depends on how much of the follow-up is manual versus automated. Fleegital's lead rotation caps each recruiter at 50 new leads a day so leads don't pile up faster than they can be worked.

    Yes — it rounds up, since a fraction of a recruiter still needs a full person to cover it.

    That usually means your lead-to-hire rate needs to improve (faster speed-to-lead, better qualification) or your hiring target needs to shift — it isn't always a headcount problem.

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