Workforce Planner by My Ideal Candidate and stop guessing your next 12 months of hiring
Hey Product Hunt 👋
A new addition to my website - https://myidealcandidate.com/
Every founder, ops lead, and people partner I know has the same problem: "How many people do we actually need to hire, when, where, and what will it cost?
The usual answer? A messy spreadsheet, a gut feel, and a finance call that goes sideways.
So we built Workforce Planner — a free tool that turns a few inputs (company, industry, region, horizon) into a defensible, math-backed hiring plan in under a minute.
What makes it different 👇
🧮 Real math, not vibes — deterministic forecasts + Monte Carlo simulations give you P10 / P50 / P90 bands, not a single hopeful number.
💸 Fully-loaded costs — salary + employer taxes + benefits + recruiting, by role, level, and location. No more "wait, did we include NI?"
🗓️ Quarter-by-quarter plan — who to hire, where, at what level, and why — with scenarios you can compare side-by-side.
📊 Sources you can show your board — every assumption is cited (BLS, Eurostat, Levels.fyi, etc.), so finance stops side-eyeing you.
📤 One-click export to PDF, Excel, or Google Sheets. Share a link with your CFO and look like a wizard.
🆓 Free to try — no signup wall, no credit card. Built by a recruiter who got tired of bad planning tools.
Who it's for: founders raising a round, COOs building next year's plan, talent leaders defending headcount, and finance teams who want the numbers to actually tie out.
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