For companies  ·  US & Canada

Stop sifting. Start deciding.

Send us one role. Inside 48 hours you get a shortlist where every candidate arrives with a recorded screening call, a technical scorecard and a background verification report — so your first conversation with them is a decision, not a filter.

48 hrs
To first shortlist
100%
Screening calls recorded
6
Verification checks
0
Contracts to sign first

Candidates as they reach you — screened, recorded, verified

02  ·  What you receive

Six things arrive with
every single candidate.

Not a resume and a phone number. Everything your hiring manager needs to decide whether this person is worth an hour of their time — assembled before you see them.

01

The screening call, recorded

A full conversation with one of our recruiters, not a summary of one. You hear how they explain their own work, in their own voice, before you commit a calendar slot.

02

A technical scorecard

Where we've run a technical round: scores against the skills you listed, plus a written note from the engineer who ran it — strengths, the gap they'd probe next, and whether we'd put this person in front of a client again.

03

Background verification

Identity, right to work, education, employment history, references and criminal record — run with the candidate's written authorisation, reported to you before onboarding.

04

A resume you can actually read

Reformatted to one consistent layout so your team compares like with like, with the candidate's contact details removed until you request an interview.

05

Availability and authorisation, confirmed

Notice period, earliest start date, and work authorisation status — asked directly and confirmed, not inferred from a resume.

06

Compensation already agreed

We've had the money conversation before you do. If their expectation doesn't fit your band, you never see them — and you never lose a week finding out at offer stage.

03  ·  How it works

One role in.
A decidable shortlist out.

Four steps, and only two of them need anything from you.

01

You post the requirement

Role, location, budget, must-have skills, and which of our checks you want run. The 48-hour clock starts when you submit, and you watch it in your portal.

02

We source and screen

Our recruiters take every candidate through a full screening call against your criteria. Anyone who doesn't clear it never reaches you.

03

We can run your first technical round

Optional. An engineer in the candidate's own discipline runs it, scores it against your named skills, writes it up and shares the recording.

04

You interview, decide, and we verify

You run the rounds that matter to you. Once you're choosing someone, verification completes and the report reaches you before their first day.

48 hours

From a requirement going live to your first screened candidates — with the screening call attached, not promised.

No contract to sign to receive a first shortlist
One recruiter who owns your account end to end
Tell us why a candidate is wrong and we recalibrate
United States and Canada, run separately

04  ·  Ways to work with us

Four engagements.
Same screening behind all of them.

Pick the one that matches how you're hiring. The work we do before a candidate reaches you doesn't change.

01

Contract staffing

We employ  ·  you direct

The consultant is on our payroll. We handle the contract, timesheets, statutory deductions, insurance and monthly invoicing — you get the work and one invoice. Standard for project-length needs where you want capacity without adding headcount.

Best whenYou need someone for a defined project, or you want to add capacity without opening a permanent role.
02

Full-time placement

Direct hire  ·  onto your payroll

We source, screen, technically assess and verify; the candidate joins you directly as your employee. You run your own interview rounds on top of ours, and we stay in the loop through offer, paperwork and the first weeks.

Best whenThe role is permanent and you want the person on your team, not a vendor's.
03

Contract to hire

Try first  ·  convert later

Starts as a contract with us, converts to your payroll once both sides are sure. The conversion terms are agreed up front so nobody renegotiates under pressure at the end.

Best whenThe role is new, or you want to see someone in your codebase before making it permanent.
04

Screening and first-round interviewing

Your pipeline  ·  our interviewers

You already have applicants — you don't have the hours. We run the screening calls and the first technical round against your criteria, record everything, score it, and hand back a ranked shortlist. Nobody is placed; we're doing the filtering.

Best whenVolume is the problem, not sourcing — an open role with 200 applicants and no one free to call them.

05  ·  What screening actually means

"Screened" is a word
every agency uses.

So here is exactly what ours covers, and what you get out of each one. Compare it against whoever you're using now.

The screening call

30 – 45 minutes  ·  recorded  ·  every candidate
  • 01Their actual role on each project on the resume — what they built, what they owned, what the team around them did.
  • 02Depth check on the two or three skills your requirement names, asked conversationally rather than as a quiz.
  • 03Work authorisation and whether sponsorship is needed — asked directly, in plain terms.
  • 04Notice period and genuine earliest start date.
  • 05Compensation expectation, and whether it moves for the right role.
  • 06Where else they're interviewing, and how far along — so you know what clock you're on.
  • 07How clearly they explain technical work to someone who wasn't there.

You receive the recording, plus a short written summary. If a candidate fails this stage you never see them.

The technical first round

45 – 60 minutes  ·  recorded  ·  optional add-on
  • 01Run by an engineer or senior analyst in the candidate's own discipline — not by a recruiter with a question sheet.
  • 02Built from the must-have skills on your requirement, so it tests your role rather than a generic one.
  • 03Practical work — walk through a real problem, read code or a query, explain a decision and defend it.
  • 04Scored on three to five named competencies, each out of five, with the same scale across every candidate.
  • 05A written interviewer's note: strengths, the one gap worth probing next, and a clear recommend or don't.
  • 06Your team can send questions to include, and can watch the recording before deciding on round two.

You receive the recording, the scorecard and the note — and you start your process at round two instead of round one.

06  ·  Background verification

Verified before they
walk through your door.

Run through an accredited screening provider with the candidate's signed authorisation, and reported to you before onboarding. You get a clear result per check — never the underlying documents, which stay with us.

Identity

Government photo identification checked against the name used on every application and document in the file.

Right to work

Status confirmed for the country the role sits in, including whether sponsorship would be required and by when.

Education

Qualifications confirmed with the awarding institution — degree, field and year, not a copy of a certificate.

Employment history

Each employer on the resume contacted to confirm dates, job title and reason for leaving. Gaps and overlaps are reported rather than smoothed over.

Professional references

Two references who actually managed the candidate, spoken to directly. You get the substance, not a line saying references were satisfactory.

Criminal record

Checked at the level the role and jurisdiction allow. Where a result needs context, the candidate is given the chance to give it before anything reaches you.

Verification runs only after a candidate has signed an authorisation for that specific role  ·  Results are shared with one client, for one hiring decision  ·  Reports are retained under our data policy and deleted on schedule

07  ·  How we're paid

Nothing until you hire.

No retainer, no subscription, no fee to see candidates. The screening calls, the recordings, the technical rounds and the background checks cost you nothing — they're how we earn the placement, not a line on your invoice.

While you're deciding
$0

Posting a requirement, browsing profiles, requesting a candidate, the screening call and its recording, the first technical round, and background verification. Every one of those happens before you've committed to anything, and none of them is charged.

If you hire nobody, you owe nothing.
Contract
We run the payroll

The consultant is employed by us. You're invoiced one all-in hourly rate for hours worked, and our margin sits inside that rate — there's no separate fee. Timesheets, statutory deductions, insurance and remittances are ours to handle.

One invoice a month. No headcount added on your side.
Full-time
A percentage of
first-year salary

Invoiced once, after the person starts. Nothing is due at offer, at acceptance, or if they don't turn up on day one — the fee follows a start, not a signature.

Rate agreed in writing before we begin work.

08  ·  Request candidates

Tell us who you need.

One form. It creates your Client Portal account and tells us who you need, so there is nothing to fill in twice. We review every company before opening access — usually within one working day — and there is nothing to pay to find out what we can do.

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✓ Screening call, recorded First technical round, recorded Background verification
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What happens next

  1. Your account is created the moment you submit — dormant, until we've reviewed it.
  2. We read it and come back within one working day — a person, not an autoresponder.
  3. A 20-minute call to pin down the role, the budget and what "good" looks like to you.
  4. We open your access, your requirement goes live, and the 48-hour clock starts.

Why access isn't instant

Creating the account takes a second; opening it takes a conversation. Access to candidate profiles is granted by a person here, which keeps competitors and data-scrapers out of the pool and protects the people whose details sit behind that login.

Recordings and checks are shared only with the candidate's written consent  ·  Verification is run by an accredited screening provider
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