Service
Permanent Placements
Direct hires you carry on your own payroll. Sourced, screened and closed to signature with our documented process and a written 90-day replacement guarantee — for every role we run, not just the ones we like.
What's included
What you actually get
End-to-end permanent search
One brief, one search, one shortlist, one placement — from kickoff to signed offer, with the same team throughout.
Discovery and role calibration
Kickoff session to codify the requirements, the compensation band and the profile shape — plus a market reality check on all three.
Structured screen and interview
Every candidate assessed against the rubric agreed at kickoff. Screening artefacts (scoring, transcripts, references) delivered with the shortlist.
Offer and onboarding support
We manage the negotiation, references, counter-offer risk and candidate communication to signature — plus 30-60-90 day check-ins with both sides.
90-day replacement guarantee
If a placement leaves inside the first ninety days, we rerun the search at no additional fee. Written into the engagement letter, not the small print.
Who it's for
You will recognise yourself in one of these
If none of them describe you, this probably is not the service you need — and we would rather say so on the first call.
Companies building permanent capability
You are hiring for the long term — a role you expect to be filled by the same person in three years — and want the search run with that horizon in mind.
Teams that have already run a bad search
You have been through one or two agency shortlists that were long, plausible and wrong for the role. You want a structured process with evidence attached.
HR teams with too much on
Your talent team is stretched across too many roles at once. A partner takes one requisition off the queue and runs it properly.
Our process
How we deliver permanent placements
- 01
Kickoff and brief
60-minute session with the hiring manager and any second decision-maker to pull the role, the team and the offer band apart. Rubric agreed in writing before sourcing starts.
- 02
Sourcing and screening
Proactive outbound to the pools where the profile lives, plus a walk of our own network and the current applicant flow if any. Every profile is scored against the rubric.
- 03
Assessment and shortlist
Three to five profiles with assessment evidence, compensation expectations and notice period. Delivered as one document per candidate.
- 04
Offer, close and post-placement
Managed negotiation, references and counter-offer risk to signature, then 30-60-90 day check-ins. Replacement inside the guarantee window at no charge.
Why us
What makes this different
Specific to this service, not the usual agency boilerplate.
Same team, brief to signature
The consultant who takes the brief runs the search to signature. No handoff between a business-development lead and a delivery pool.
Evidence with every profile
Assessment output, rubric score and reservations attached to every shortlist entry so you can evaluate our reasoning, not just our verdict.
Written guarantee
90-day replacement guarantee sits in the engagement letter — not in a marketing footer.
One transparent fee
Percentage of accepted base, agreed in writing, invoiced on offer signature. No shortlist fees, no retainer creep, no re-billing on the replacement.
Next step
Ready to get started with Permanent Placements?
A 30-minute call, no pitch deck. We will tell you what this would cost, how long it would take, and whether it is the right service for the problem you described.