Rey Coastal — Hiring Consultants | San Diego
San Diego Hiring Consultant

A bad hire costs $10,000+.
A smarter hiring process costs a fraction of that.

We help San Diego small businesses fix how they hire — so you stop losing time, money, and great candidates to a broken process.

Book your free 30-min audit callSee our services

No pitch. No pressure. Just a real conversation about your hiring.

$750 audit vs. $10k+ bad hire cost
$1,200 eval vs. $7,500+ recruiter fee
5–7 day turnaround
San Diego market expertise
The real cost of getting it wrong

What broken hiring actually costs you

Most owners focus on the salary. The hidden costs of a bad hire are what really hurt.

Cost of a bad hire
$10,000+
Lost productivity, re-recruiting, onboarding time, and manager hours before you even let someone go.
Rey Coastal hiring audit
$750
Identify every breakdown in your hiring process before the next costly mistake happens.
Traditional recruiter fee
$7,500–$12,500
15–25% of first-year salary on a $50k hire — with no guarantee your process improves for next time.
Rey Coastal candidate evaluation
$1,200
We screen, rank, and shortlist your applicants — plus a reusable scorecard for every future hire.
Does this sound familiar?

Your hiring process is costing you more than you think

Most small businesses don't have a people problem — they have a process problem.

"We get flooded with unqualified applicants"

Weak job descriptions attract the wrong candidates.

"We can't figure out why no one applies"

Compensation misalignment kills pipelines silently.

"Every manager interviews differently"

No scorecard means no repeatable good hires.

"They looked great on paper and didn't work out"

Screening without structure leads to expensive mistakes.
Services & pricing

Three ways to work with us

Start where your biggest pain point is. Most clients begin with an audit and move into ongoing support.

Tier 1 — entry

Hiring Audit

$750
one-time
vs. $10,000+ cost of a bad hire

A complete review of your job descriptions, compensation, and hiring workflow — with a written action plan you can implement immediately.

  • ✓Up to 3 job descriptions reviewed
  • ✓San Diego compensation benchmarking
  • ✓Written findings + priority action list
  • ✓60-min debrief call included
Tier 2 — most popular

Candidate Evaluation

$1,200
per open role
vs. $7,500–$12,500 recruiter fee

We screen and rank your applicants so you only interview the best — plus a reusable scorecard your team keeps forever.

  • ✓Custom screening criteria per role
  • ✓Top 3–5 candidate shortlist with notes
  • ✓Interview questions for each finalist
  • ✓Reusable scorecard template
Tier 3 — retainer

Monthly Advisory

$1,500
per month · 3-month minimum
vs. $2,500–$3,500/mo industry average

Ongoing hiring strategy for businesses actively building their team — priority access and bi-weekly check-ins.

  • ✓Up to 2 roles supported per month
  • ✓Bi-weekly strategy calls
  • ✓Email/Slack support (48-hr response)
  • ✓Priority access for urgent roles
How it works

From first call to first hire — in four steps

Most clients have a written deliverable within 5–7 business days of kickoff.

1

Free discovery call

30 minutes. We learn your situation and tell you exactly where to start.

2

Audit or evaluation

Written report or candidate shortlist delivered within 5–7 business days.

3

Debrief + action plan

We walk through findings together and agree on clear next steps.

4

Ongoing support

Continue role-by-role or move to monthly advisory as your team grows.

About us

This isn't theory.
We do this every day.

Rey Coastal was founded by a San Diego staffing and recruiting professional currently consulting for one of San Diego's top staffing agencies. Every recommendation we make comes from real, active experience building hiring systems and placing candidates across San Diego industries.

We're not a national firm with generic advice. We know this market, these salaries, and what it actually takes to find and keep good people here.

Active experience at a top San Diego staffing agency

Daily hands-on recruiting, screening, and placement work

Live San Diego compensation data — not national averages

Consulting that aligns hiring directly to your business outcomes

SDSan Diego focused
5–7Day turnaround
83%Less than a recruiter
$0Cost to start a call

The next bad hire will cost you more than this call.

Book a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll identify your biggest hiring bottleneck and tell you exactly what to fix — no obligation, no sales pressure.

Book your free audit call

Spots are limited. We work with a small number of clients at a time.