You're hiring software, data or AI talent without the recruiter capacity to search properly. I map your market, read and research every candidate myself, and hand you a fresh shortlist every week. You keep interviews, decisions and offers in-house.
AI screening tools and automated interviews filter people out on keywords, and good candidates ignore them. I do the opposite: I read the work behind the CV, check what people have actually built, and speak to the strongest myself before you see them.
The people you meet have been judged by someone who understands the role, and they've heard about it from a person they trust enough to reply to.
Friday's feedback sharpens Monday's search, so every shortlist is sharper than the last.
Illustrative. I'll give you the real numbers for your market before you commit to anything.
An agency recruiter is juggling dozens of roles and starts from zero every time you open one. With me you get one person on your role who learns how your team builds and who succeeds there. Hiring often? Keep a desk running and your market stays mapped between hires, so the next role starts warm. Hiring once? You get the same research on a single search, for about half an agency's fee.
Same person, same research. Hiring often, keep a desk running. Hiring once, run a single search.
30 researched profiles a week, with evidence and fit notes. You run the screening.
15 validated profiles a week, with the strongest 6 spoken to by me first.
Plus a flat £2,000 when someone I found starts, whatever their salary. Cancel any month, no lock-in.
Paid at kickoff, when the shortlist lands, and when they start. Priority in my week, a fresh shortlist every week, and a free re-search if they leave within 6 months.
Shortlists sent as strong candidates surface, and a free re-search if they leave within 3 months.
About half what most agencies charge (20–25%).
Keeps your market mapped (who's hiring, who's losing people, what your salary band attracts), so the first hire doesn't start cold.
| Typical agency | 20% of base salary | £16,000 |
| Contingent search | 12%, nothing until they start | £9,600 |
| Retained search | 10%, paid in thirds | £8,000 |
| Qualified desk + a hire | if the hire takes three months: £1,900 × 3 + £2,000 | £7,700 |
On the desk you never pay a percentage: a £150k hire has the same £2,000 start fee as an £80k one.
Desk prices are starting points: AI and senior data roles cost more. Each extra live role is 10% off. I'll confirm your exact price on our first call.
Due when they start, for anyone I introduced in writing in the previous six months on Pipeline, Qualified or Radar, unless you were already in touch with them. Not charged on a search.
A one-page scope with the price and what's included, invoices monthly in advance on the desk or in stages on a retained search, and a candidate privacy notice.
Every shortlisted profile is read and checked by me, not software. References available on request.
Send me a role and I'll tell you what it really attracts at that salary.
Give me three must-haves and I'll build a five-person sample shortlist at no cost.