Field guides for the decision, not just the search.
Everything here serves one doctrine: hiring quality is decision quality. Read the essays, run your own numbers, and take what is useful - no gate, no gimmicks.
Everything here comes from searches we've run since 1999 - take what makes your next decision better.
New guides and case studies are added as they clear our own evidence bar - nothing is published here that we cannot stand behind.
Calculate what your last mis-hire cost.
Not our estimate - yours. Enter your own numbers and see what one broken hiring decision actually invoiced you.
This calculator uses only the numbers you enter - no industry multipliers, no invented benchmarks. The result is your own math, laid out honestly.
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Enter a salary and the months in seat, and your numbers appear here. Nothing is stored - this runs entirely in your browser.
Everything in this library was learned on a live search first.
Frequently asked questions.
What does Qualigence actually do?
We install selection discipline. That means executive search, recruitment process outsourcing and staffing delivered through one mechanism - the 6-Step Performance Engine™ - so hiring decisions run on written definitions and evidence instead of impressions.
How is that different from a typical search firm?
A typical firm sells candidates and closes the file at placement. We fix the decision that makes the hire - defining winning at intake, screening against evidence, disciplining the debrief - and step 6 of our engine is Performance, meaning the hire is judged by what happens after the start date.
What is the Drift Check™?
A self-scoring assessment - 23 questions, about ten minutes - that measures your hiring system across six weighted dimensions and returns a 0-100 score with a banded diagnosis. It is the fastest way to find where your decision chain breaks.
Do you work outside Michigan?
Yes. Qualigence is headquartered in Livonia, Michigan and serves clients nationwide.
What does a first conversation cost?
Nothing. The strategy call is a working diagnosis, not a pitch - thirty minutes with a Practice Leader, and you leave with a candid read on what to fix first whether or not you engage us.
Read enough. Test your own system.
23 questions. About ten minutes. A scored read of where your hiring breaks.
