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For owner-led recruiting & search firms

Outsourced business development for recruitment and search firms.

We find the employers hiring in your market and hand you the ones who want outside help, in writing. Half the fee is due only when the 10th is handed over. Everything built is yours.

The delivery–BD bottleneck

A full desk can hide an empty pipeline.

Shortlists, interviews and candidates need your attention. The conversations that create your next engagement slip.

When BD waits for spare time

Win work. Get busy. Start again.

  1. A mandate landsDelivery fills the diary.
  2. BD gets pushed backResearch and follow-up wait.
  3. Fewer new conversationsThe next search has no head start.
  4. Prospecting restartsAfter the pipeline has gone quiet.
BD activity
Delivery
New business depends on spare time.
With a dedicated outbound process

Keep BD moving alongside delivery.

  1. Research + outreachRelevant employers hear your specialism.
  2. Replies + qualificationConfirm hiring need, interest and fit.
  3. A conversation on your calendarWith context and sales support.
  4. You close, place and billYour team turns the opportunity into fees.
BD activity
Delivery
You stay in charge of sales and recruitment.
Illustrative workflows, not client results. Billing follows your sales and recruitment delivery.
Proof

Client-reported outcomes. In their context.

See what recruitment and search firm owners report from their engagements.

In their own words

Four owner recordings. Results are reported by each owner.
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The Hiring Need Flywheel

From hiring need to sales conversation.

Find hiring employers. Qualify interest. Book the conversation.

Your outbound process

Your outbound BD, connected.

Research → Outreach → Qualify → Book + support.

01

Research

Your specialism
Hiring need
Hiring decision-maker
Need: Live hiring
Fit: Your roles and fees
Access: Decision-maker
Relevant employers
02

Outreach

Approved messaging
Cold email Dedicated inboxes
Relevant copy

Your expertise. Their hiring need.

LinkedIn Your desk identity
Your specialism

One conversation across channels.

Phone Outreach + qualification
Confirm interest

Confirm interest and fit.

03

Qualify

Your criteria
Before booking
Live requirement: Confirm hiring need.
Recruiter openness: Confirm recruiter openness.
Commercial fit: Check authority and fees.
✓Brief prepared
04

Book + support

Context before the call
Meeting brief
Agreed time
Hiring owner × Your firm
Need · Fit · Next step
Your role: Close engagements
Our support: Sales support
Feedback improves outreach
Example journey
Illustrative process
Step 1 Research

Research current hiring.

Step 2 Outreach

Send approved outreach.

Step 3 Follow-up

Handle replies and follow-ups.

Step 4 Qualify

Confirm need, interest and fit.

Step 5 Book + support

Book, brief and support.

01 Research
02 Outreach
03 Qualify
04 Book + support
What counts

A qualified conversation, in writing

A decision maker at an employer who, in their own words in the thread:

  1. owns the hiring decision or the choice of recruitment partner,
  2. has the role approved or funded,
  3. is looking for outside recruitment help and is open to speaking with you.

Counted when we hand it over in writing: the thread, the three criteria, the employer, the role, the person, the date. One employer need counts once. You have 48 hours to dispute a handover, naming the criterion it fails. The thread is the evidence.

Not counted

A reply missing a criterion. CVs-or-terms-only requests. Candidates, agencies, suppliers. Your existing clients. Auto-replies. A role filled before handover. A repeat of the same need.

Your part

Name a reply owner. Pick up each handover within one working hour. Book and take the call. Close it and deliver the recruitment.

Delays

Inputs and your suppression list by day 3, approvals within two working days. A missed term pauses the clock and the Friday report shows it.

How clients describe it: Dan, George, Kevin, Charles. Comparing suppliers: the BD scope checklist.

Pricing

Three products.

Built in your name. No setup fee, no commission, no revenue share.

Done for you

Managed Desk

20 employer conversations in 90 days

We run the whole desk. You take the calls.

USD 5,000one time

2,500at signature2,500at the 10th handover
  • Research, infrastructure, lists, sequences, replies, qualification
  • Under 20 by day 90: we keep going, up to 30 more days, no charge
  • Under 10 by day 120 and you did your part, the 2,500 comes back
  • Everything built is yours to keep

Installed Desk

Your desk, built and handed over

Built in 14 days, run with you for 30, yours from day 45.

USD 2,500one time

At signaturedelivered to the written specNot invoicedif it is not
  • Infrastructure, lists, sequences, playbook, runbook
  • Recorded walkthrough at handover
  • Under 20 in six months on our playbook, the 2,500 comes back

Employer Radar

Every new role, with the decision maker

Real time. Posted at 07:08, on your desk before 08:00.

USD 500a month, cancel any time

Hourly watchemployers' own career sitesInside the houremployer, role, decision maker
  • Your niche and geography, daily digest plus live feed
  • Decision maker and an opening line where we have one
  • Free month for a referral or a reported placement

We do not book your calls, promise placements or revenue, send anything we cannot show you, or use a claim your own clients have not made. Markets we watch: publicly advertised roles in software and data, engineering, finance and accounting, and executive search, UK and US.

Employer Radar · live sample · software roles, UK

Real time. A role goes live, the decision maker is on your desk inside the hour.

Our watch reads the employers' own career sites every hour: Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, iCIMS, Ashby, Greenhouse and the rest. Not a job board. Each new role comes with the person who owns the hire and an opening line. On a Managed Desk the first message is out in the same hour.

< 1 h< 24 h< 48 holder
8new roles, last 72 h
3seen inside the hour
8decision makers named
  • Stratasysinside the hour
    Software Engineer · Cambridge · seen 07:08
    Alex MorganEngineering Manageropening line ready
  • IGinside the hour
    Senior Software Engineer, Java / AI · City of London · seen 04:08
    Priya NairHead of Engineeringopening line ready
  • SASinside the hour
    Cloud Platform & DevOps Engineer · London · seen 02:09
    Sam OkaforDirector of Platformopening line ready
  • Baseten2 h after posting
    Engineering Manager, SRE · London · seen 02:16
    Jordan LeeVP Engineeringopening line ready
  • Modular26 h after posting
    Staff AI Inference Tools Engineer · United Kingdom, remote · seen 02:17
    Casey WrightHead of Talentopening line ready
  • AJ Bell26 h after posting
    Software Engineer, GenAI · Manchester · seen 02:32
    Robin PatelCTOopening line ready
  • Whitespace Software28 h after posting
    Senior DevOps Engineer · Norwich · seen 04:08
    Dana HughesHead of Engineeringopening line ready
  • Whitespace Software52 h after posting
    Senior Data Scientist · Newcastle upon Tyne · seen 04:08
    Morgan ReidHead of Dataopening line ready

Names are shown in the client version. Rebuilt daily from the same watch that runs every client desk. Your own market comes with Employer Radar, or with any desk.

Engineered for Search Firms

Your name. Your standards.

Your expertise leads the message. You decide which employers fit, what we can truthfully say and when a conversation comes back to you.

Dedicated infrastructure

  • Dedicated secondary sending domains and mailboxes.
  • Sending health and infrastructure reviewed for your scope.
  • Deliverability and account safety cannot be guaranteed.

Relevant hiring research

  • Research employers with current hiring needs in your specialism.
  • A job advert or funding announcement is a research signal, not confirmed buying intent.
  • Confirm decision-making access and interest in external recruitment help.

Reply handling and review

  • Handle responses, questions, objections and meeting coordination.
  • You approve initial messages and material changes.
  • Agree client exclusions, contact limits and handoff points before launch.
✓

A meeting worth your time

  • Agree a live requirement, decision-making access, willingness to use a recruiter and commercial fit.
  • Receive context before the call; review held and accepted meetings separately.
  • Track engagements, placements and paid recruitment fees as distinct outcomes.
Working together

Your first 90 days

A warm-up, a launch, the conversations, and a handover you keep.

Process walkthrough

Launch within 14 days · Warm up and go live

  1. Our job
    Launch outreach within 14 days of inputs and approvals, once your sending domains have warmed up.
    Your job
    Provide inputs and approve targeting, messages and exclusions.
  2. Our job
    Aim for qualified conversations from around day 24 through targeted outreach and reply handling.
    Your job
    Confirm fit and attend the conversations we agree.
  3. Our job
    Hand over each qualified conversation in writing with the thread and a brief; review the count, the market and the next 30 days with you.
    Your job
    Take over each conversation within a working hour, book and take the calls, close the engagements.
  4. Our job
    Hand over admin access, the lists, every sequence with its results, the playbook, the runbook and a recorded walkthrough. Keep the Radar running if you want it.
    Your job
    Run it yourself, keep the Radar, or continue with us. Nothing renews on its own.
More choice over your clients.
More control over next quarter.

You own sales, engagements and candidate delivery. We keep the outbound work moving and review what comes next with you.

Markets we watch: Software and data · Engineering · Accounting and finance · Executive search · United Kingdom and United States. Publicly advertised roles only, because that is what the watch can verify.

Outcome economics

What would 20 qualified conversations mean for your firm?

Use your own conversion rate and fees to explore the economics.

Use your own conversion rate and fees. Enter the investment discussed on your call.

Your scenario

Recruitment fees collected:

90-day investment:

Fees less service investment:

Illustrative only, before delivery costs, salaries and taxes. We guarantee the 20 qualified conversations, not clients or fees: you run the calls and close.

Need to plan the employer conversations before estimating fees? Use the free BD funnel planner, cost comparison and weekly tracker with your own assumptions. No email required.

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How do we measure progress?+

We count qualified conversations: a decision maker who owns the hire or the choice of agency, has the budget (the role is approved or funded) and wants outside help, in their own words. Each one is handed to you in writing with the thread and a short brief, and you have 48 hours to dispute it. You get a written report every Friday.

What do you handle, and what do I handle?+

We research your market and employer profile, refine your offer and messaging, set up the sending infrastructure in your name, build the lists, write and run the sequences, handle follow-ups and replies, keep your pipeline up to date and qualify every interested employer. You approve targeting and messaging, take over each qualified conversation, book and lead the calls, close the business and place candidates.

Which recruitment markets do you serve?+

Owner-led recruitment and search firms, 1 to 15 staff, in the UK and US, placing roles that are advertised publicly: software and data, engineering, accounting and finance, and executive search. If your desk is outside that, we will tell you before you pay rather than promise a market we cannot watch.

What protects my reputation and time?+

Agree existing-client exclusions, contact limits and messaging before launch. Important commercial messages require owner approval. A live advert alone does not qualify a conversation: we confirm decision-making authority, budget and openness to outside help. Outreach still carries deliverability and account risks.

How many conversations will I get, and when?+

20 qualified conversations within 90 days. The first 14 days go to setup and mailbox warm-up, the first campaign launches on day 15 and conversations usually start from around day 24. If fewer than 20 have been handed over by day 90, we keep running it for up to 30 more days at no extra charge until you have 20. Under 10 by day 120 and you did your part, you get a full refund.

What does it cost, and what is the commitment?+

Three products, all published. Managed Desk: USD 5,000 one time, 2,500 at signature and 2,500 only when the 10th qualified conversation is handed over; if we are under 20 by day 90 we keep going up to 30 more days at no extra charge, and under 10 by day 120 with your part done, you get a full refund. Installed Desk: USD 2,500 at signature, refunded if it gives you fewer than 20 qualified conversations in six months on our playbook. Employer Radar: USD 500 a month, cancel any time. No setup fee, no monthly fee on the desks, no commission, never revenue share, and the prices are not negotiated. You keep everything we build.

Is there a refund?+

Yes. Managed Desk: fewer than 10 qualified conversations by day 120 and you did your part, you get a full refund. Installed Desk: fewer than 20 in six months run on our playbook, you get the 2,500 back. The conditions are written in your agreement.

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If your firm can deliver the work but employer acquisition keeps slipping, talk through your target clients, the BD work you need covered and the sales responsibilities that stay with you.

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