Done For You Candidate Generation

When to use the program

Most clients bring us a position they have already posted, and sometimes already given to an agency or a retained search firm, that still isn't filled. We work on these positions in every industry, and they usually come down to one of four problems:

• The job description doesn't exist in the market.

• The location is hard to recruit for.

• The compensation doesn't match what qualified people earn today.

• There are so few candidates that they will almost never see your posting.

None of these is solved by posting again. The major part of our work is research: finding where the candidates are, identifying them, and contacting them directly.

What makes this different

Candidates, not a list of names. Talent maps and sourcing lists can cost $6,000 to $15,000 and still leave your team to make every call. We make the calls. Each candidate on your slate has been reached directly and discreetly, and has told us they want to talk.

Hire more than one, no extra fee. If two or three people on your slate are right for you, hire them all. The fee stays the same.

People doing the research. We use AI, but only to find names. A person still qualifies every candidate. The best candidates are usually found through research the tools miss: trade show presenters, association rosters, published research and patents, industry articles, and competitor organizations mapped team by team.

One fixed price, agreed up front. No percentage of salary and no hourly meter. You know the full cost before we start.

You keep the research. At the end you receive every name we identified, with our contact notes, whether or not you hire.

How the program works

1. Defining the position. We work with you to set the job requirements and understand your company's culture. Tell us which companies you'd like us to research. We send you a job profile to approve before we begin.

2. Research and contact. This is most of the work. We research where the people who can do this job are working, including related industries, titles and locations when an exact match doesn't exist. Then we identify them by name, contact them directly, and confirm their backgrounds against your requirements. Each candidate learns about your company, the role, the reporting relationship and the location before you call.

3. Your slate. We send you interested candidates as we find them. Please phone-screen each one and give us feedback, ideally within 48 hours. If someone isn't qualified, we replace them.

4. Final report. You receive profiles of the interested candidates, every name identified during sourcing, and our contact notes.

Most projects run 3 to 5 weeks.

Working with passive candidates

The people we deliver are employed and were not looking for a new job. Their interest is real but new, so please contact them within a few days of receiving their names. They know about your company and the opportunity and are expecting your call, but you will need to sell them on it.

Their résumés were not written for your position, so a short phone screen tells you far more than the paperwork. We recommend screening every candidate by phone before deciding.

Fee

The Candidate Generation Program is a fixed project fee: $5,995 for 5 candidates, or $9,995 for 10 candidates. It is billed at the start of the assignment. Our invoice terms for this program are Upon Receipt.

You can hire any number of candidates from your slate at no additional fee.

Project Limits

If you hire an individual from our efforts, the program is complete at that point, regardless of the number of candidates presented or timing. You can still hire anyone else already on your slate at no additional fee. Should a project not be complete at the point where we have made 40 contacts on your behalf, we will discuss our findings with you and request alternate recruiting strategies. We will call up to an additional 40 contacts. If we are unable to provide 5 candidates, your assignment is complete at 80 contacts.  The contact limit for the 10 candidate program is 150 contacts. We will provide you a final report spreadsheet and the project is finished.

Canceling

If you cancel during a project, a fee of $125/hour will be invoiced for work performed, up to the full project fee. Projects canceled after 7 business days will be billed the full project fee.

For executive search firms

Your network is deep in the sectors you know. When a client asks you to take a search outside them, we become your research team for that market.

We map the competitors in the new sector, identify the people already doing the work, contact them, and confirm their background and interest. You present the slate and keep the client relationship. You also keep the full list of names and notes, so the new sector stays in your database for the next search. We can also help when a search in your own sector has stalled because the candidate pool is very small or the location is hard to recruit for.