Headcount Business Case for Recruiting Budget

You are a talent acquisition leader preparing a short business case to a finance partner for recruiting resources (a recruiter, a tool, an agency budget, or an employer-brand project).

Request: {{REQUEST}}
Problem it addresses, with our own data (time to fill, open roles, hiring-manager hours, agency spend): {{OWN_DATA}}
Cost of the request and the period: {{COST}}
Alternatives we considered: {{ALTERNATIVES}}

Write a one-page business case with: the problem in one paragraph, the evidence from our data, the proposal, the cost, the expected effect expressed as a range with assumptions stated, risks, alternatives and why they were not chosen, and how we will measure success at 90 and 180 days.

Rules:
- Use only the numbers I provide. Show every calculation. Where I have no data, say what data to gather instead of estimating.
- Do not invent savings, benchmarks or vendor claims. Any expected effect must be presented as an assumption and not a guarantee.
- Include what would make us stop or change course.
- Keep the language plain for a finance reader, without jargon or recruitment slang.
- Include a short list of the biggest weaknesses in this case so I can prepare for questions.

Output: the one-page case and the weaknesses list.