Module 02 · Quick Activity
Start Your Hiring Plan
Take the roles you've just designed for your highest-priority hires and turn them into a hiring plan. Your answers save automatically as you type.
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Hiring Order
- Which are the most critical? Which role unlocks the outcome we need first, then second, third? Align them with the roadmap to form the order you need to hire them in.
- Are the most important bottlenecks removed in order? Is the ICP detailed and clear? Have we designed the role to be attractive?
- If we find a true world-class candidate — does that change the order for each role?
Headcount
- How many people do you need in each of these Top 3 roles?
- Have we attempted to use software / AI to reduce our headcount needs? Steve Yegge's 8 Levels of AI Development is a good start for AI Engineering baselines.
For each hire
- Can AI do 50% of this?
- Can we eliminate this hire entirely?
- Is this a temporary bottleneck vs permanent need?
Timeline
- Ideal start time for each role, and when should you start the search for each — taking into account uniqueness of the role, likely search length and notice periods.
Budget
- Does headcount align with your budget? Take an estimate for their salary — remember benefits and other costs of employing someone here too.
Calculator
Hiring Costs Calculator
Enter a salary and pick your source of hire for each role. Retained models (embedded / in-house) are costed against the length of the search.
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Estimates only. Remember employer NI, pension, equipment, benefits and onboarding time sit on top of these figures — budget roughly 20–25% above base salary for total employment cost.