Your next important hire
Clarify the role, the outcomes it must deliver and the evidence you need to choose well.
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Build your team. Get HR in place.
Get recruitment and HR support for your startup. Choose a project, fractional expertise or a specialist working within your team.
What clients say
We worked together on two key hires for the business, and both have turned out to be excellent additions to the team. … The candidates he introduced were high quality, well matched and, importantly, have proven themselves after joining.
You do not need a finished brief
Describe the roles you need to fill or the HR work you need done. We help distinguish a short project from ongoing fractional or embedded work, so you can compare appropriate options.
Choose how you work with us
Fractional: an agreed share of specialist expertise and capacity, with responsibility for defined work. Project: a defined piece of work. Embedded: a specialist working within your team.
Recruitment can also use an agreed success fee. We help you choose, then confirm the work and fees.
What you need help with
A busy hiring period
Add recruiting capacity for a funding round, new market or customer contract.
Your first people processes
Build practical onboarding, role expectations and manager support.
Senior HR guidance
Bring experienced judgement to a people decision without immediately creating a full-time leadership role.
Choose the working arrangement
A single search suits one defined role. Embedded support brings a recruiter into your team for an agreed period. Fractional support provides agreed expertise and capacity, with responsibility for defined outcomes. A project suits a defined deliverable.
Compare the scope and total cost of each option. The number of hires, difficulty, available days and your team’s response time all affect what is realistic.
What to include in your enquiry
- What the business needs to achieve in the next few months.
- The roles or people problems taking time away from your priorities.
- Your budget, preferred timing and who can approve decisions.
- What is still uncertain. A finished job description is not required.
Keep your team involved
Your team approves the requirements, meets the specialist and makes hiring decisions. Agree who gives feedback and by when so a promising candidate does not wait without an answer.
Common questions
We do not have an HR team. Can we still start?
Yes. Describe the problem. The first conversation helps establish whether you need recruiting capacity, HR support or a different kind of specialist.
Is a permanent hire a better option?
It may be if the work is continuous and needs a full-time owner. Compare ongoing workload and accountability with the cost and scope of temporary support.
What does your startup need next?
Tell us about the roles, people project or HR decision.
Discuss your hiring and HR needs