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Gross hiring requirement is net growth plus replacement of attrition, and attrition usually dominates in a mature organisation. Time to hire converts the annual number into the pipeline that must be live at any given moment to stay on plan.
Gross hires
Gross hires = (Target headcount - Current headcount) + Current headcount x Attrition %
Pipeline
Pipeline = Monthly hires x Time to hire in months
Because at 14% attrition a 240-person organisation loses 34 people a year, which often exceeds the net growth target entirely.
For more accuracy, yes — apply it to the average headcount over the year, which increases the requirement slightly.