Most recruiters who approach you cover a range of industries. The one we would introduce you to works yours. That is the distinction, and it is the whole of what we do.
You have likely seen the pattern. A recruiter takes the brief, runs a search outside their usual territory, and returns volume rather than judgment. The screening then falls back to you, which is the work you were trying to delegate.
Someone who works your field daily already knows who is strong, who is open to a move, and what the role pays in practice. That is a materially different conversation.
Nothing is signed, nothing is owed, and nothing proceeds without your agreement.
Not a generalist taking your brief for the first time. Someone whose practice is your field, with the network that comes from staying in it.
No fee to be introduced and nothing owed to us at any stage. If you go on to hire through them, you agree terms with them directly.
You speak with them directly and decide whether it is a fit. We are not on the call and we do not manage the search.
Your details reach the recruiter only after you have agreed to the introduction. Until then you are not identified.
Declining is most of this work. An introduction that costs you an hour and goes nowhere does us more damage than making none at all.
If the hire is provisional, there is nothing to discuss yet. We would rather return when there is.
Many teams hire well without help. If an outside recruiter is not under consideration, that is a complete answer and we leave it there.
If no one we work with genuinely covers your field, we will say so rather than offer the nearest approximation.
What you are hiring for, the approximate compensation, and whether you are the person running the hire. A few lines is enough.
If we do, we tell you who they are and why. If we do not, we say so, and you have spent a minute on it.
You speak with the recruiter directly, at a time you choose. What follows is between the two of you.
Tell us what you are hiring for, or what you place. If we are not the right people for it, we will say so.
