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Partnering With a Recruitment Agency to Hire: What to Expect

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It’s not easy to find the right candidates when you’re searching through folders full of resumes. Even with help from AI, you may not uncover candidates who meet your needs. Here’s how our recruiters find qualified professionals and what you can expect from the process.

We start with a consultation call to get to know your business and what you're looking for in an ideal candidate.

This pressure-free initial call allows you to ask us any questions you need to decide whether we are the right talent acquisition partner for you. Our team also gathers a high-level overview of your needs and breaks down how we would tailor our recruiting approach to your specific company.


Next, we jump on an intake call with your hiring team and any other members of your team you would like to be present.

Your dedicated point of contact at our firm will be on this call, as well as any recruiters on our team who will support the search for your candidates. We will get to know you and your team better, so we understand what it’s like to work at your company and the kind of people who thrive there.

If you have already started searching for candidates without finding the right ones, we will also get to the root cause of why. From there, we chart a path to overcome any challenges you have been facing.

We send you candidates with a full write-up and pivot our search based on your feedback.

With each candidate, we will share an overview of our conversation with them, their career so far, and how they align with your needs. Your feedback on the candidates we send is essential to a successful search.

When you choose candidates you’d like to move forward with, our team helps coordinate interviews.

Setting up interviews with your team is the most crucial part of the process. Our search isn't complete until you decide our candidates fit your culture and align with what you’re looking for.

After you make someone an offer, we help ensure negotiations go smoothly.

Offer negotiation between hiring teams and candidates can be difficult and uncomfortable. As your partner in hiring, we bridge that gap. We have those tough conversations with candidates and ensure their expectations are aligned with what you’re looking to offer.

Above all else, our goal is to send you candidates you’re excited about.

We are here to simplify your hiring process by ensuring that the resumes that land on your desk come from qualified candidates. We would love to connect on a no-pressure consultation call so you can decide if we’re the right fit for your business.

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