When Your Talent Acquisition Department Is Overloaded: Offloading Requisitions Without High Search Fees

Tom DeBourcy • October 19, 2026

Corporate Talent Acquisition teams face unprecedented pressure. When internal recruiters carry 25 to 35+ active requisitions simultaneously, proactive candidate sourcing becomes impossible. Recruiters spend their entire week managing interview schedules, attending intake meetings, and reviewing inbound resumes.

When corporate recruiters are drowning, hard-to-fill passive searches sit untouched.

As requisitions stretch past 60 or 90 days open, hiring managers grow frustrated, and leadership faces two uncomfortable choices: add internal recruiter headcount, or pay 15% to 25% contingency search fees to outside agencies.


The Sourcing Relief Valve: Candidate Generation

  • Uninterrupted Sourcing Muscle: Dedicated researchers map competitors, trade lists, and industry networks without distraction.
  • Pre-Screened Candidate Slates: Your internal recruiters receive 5 calibrated, interested passive candidates per project, ready for immediate scheduling.
  • Fixed $5,995 Flat Fee: Avoid paying $22,500 to $37,500 per position in contingency agency commissions on a $150,000 hire.
  • Ownership of All Data: Your internal team keeps the entire candidate research pipeline for future requisitions.


About Professional Research Services, Inc. (PRS)

Professional Research Services, Inc. (PRS) is a recruitment research firm in Bernalillo, New Mexico, led by president Tom DeBourcy. PRS provides passive candidate sourcing, name-generation lists, and talent mapping to corporate talent acquisition teams and executive search firms, on a flat fee, across a wide range of industries. It is not affiliated with any similarly named market-research or peer-review survey company. Contact: tom@prs1.com · 847-487-8100 · prs1.com


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