Talent acquisition consultancy for teams that need hiring to work.

We build the internal hiring function behind your growth: recruitment process design, ATS implementation, hiring manager training and the reporting that proves it's working — so you stop paying agency percentages on every hire.

What's included

Six areas we fix — in whatever combination you need.

Engagements are modular. Some clients need one workstream (usually an ATS or interview process), others need the full function built from zero.

Recruitment process design

We map your current hiring journey end to end, cut the stages that add cost but no signal, and rebuild it into a structured, repeatable process with clear owners, SLAs and decision points.

  • Hiring stage and interview loop redesign
  • Structured scorecards and competency frameworks
  • Offer, approval and headcount workflows
  • Candidate experience and communication standards

ATS implementation

We select and configure the applicant tracking system that fits your size and budget, migrate your data, and build the pipelines, templates and automations your team will actually use.

  • Vendor selection and commercial review
  • Pipeline, stage and scorecard configuration
  • Data migration and integrations (HRIS, calendars, job boards)
  • Team onboarding and documentation

Hiring manager training

Most hiring problems are manager problems. We train your leaders to write sharp briefs, run structured interviews, assess fairly and close candidates with confidence.

  • Intake and role-brief workshops
  • Structured and behavioural interview training
  • Bias awareness and fair assessment practice
  • Closing, negotiation and offer coaching

Recruitment analytics

You cannot fix what you cannot see. We instrument your funnel so you know time-to-hire, source quality, drop-off points and cost per hire — and what to do about each.

  • Funnel, source and conversion dashboards
  • Time-to-hire and cost-per-hire baselines
  • Quality-of-hire and 6-month retention tracking
  • Board-ready hiring reporting

TA function build-out

From your first in-house recruiter to a full team: org design, role scoping, comp benchmarking, interview loops for recruiters and a handover that leaves you self-sufficient.

  • TA org design and hiring roadmap
  • Recruiter role scoping and assessment
  • Playbooks, templates and internal documentation
  • Structured handover and post-launch support

Employer brand and attraction

We sharpen how your company shows up to candidates — messaging, careers page, job adverts and outbound narrative — so the right people apply and the wrong ones self-select out.

  • EVP definition and messaging
  • Careers page and job advert rewrites
  • Outbound sequences and talent pooling
  • Referral programme design
How an engagement runs

Diagnose, blueprint, build, hand over.

01

Diagnostic

Two weeks of interviews, funnel data review and tooling audit. You get a written picture of where hiring leaks time, money and candidates.

02

Blueprint

A prioritised plan: the process, tooling, roles and training to put in place, sequenced by impact and effort, with costs and owners attached.

03

Build

We implement it with you — ATS configured, workflows live, scorecards written, managers trained, dashboards reporting.

04

Handover

Documentation, playbooks and enablement so your team runs it without us. We stay available for review checkpoints.

Who it's for

Built for Seed to Series C teams in tech, data, AI and iGaming.

We work with founders, COOs and People leads who are scaling faster than their hiring process can handle — and who'd rather own the capability than rent it from an agency.

  • You're hiring 5+ people in the next 6–12 months and agency fees no longer make sense.
  • You're about to hire your first in-house recruiter and want the function set up properly first.
  • Your interview process is inconsistent and hiring managers assess candidates differently.
  • You have an ATS nobody uses, or spreadsheets doing an ATS's job.
  • You can't answer how long a hire takes or where candidates drop out.

Talent acquisition consultancy FAQs

What does a talent acquisition consultancy actually do?

We design and build the hiring engine behind your recruitment: the process, the tooling, the interview scorecards, the employer brand and the data that tells you whether it is working. Unlike an agency, we are not paid per placement — we are paid to make your internal hiring work without us.

How is this different from using a recruitment agency?

An agency sends you CVs for one role at a time on a percentage-of-salary fee. A consultancy fixes the system: process design, ATS implementation, hiring manager training and reporting, so every future role is faster and cheaper to fill.

How long does a talent acquisition consultancy engagement take?

A focused diagnostic and process redesign typically runs four to six weeks. A full TA function build-out — ATS, workflows, scorecards, employer brand, training and handover — usually takes three to six months depending on hiring volume.

Do you work with early-stage startups?

Yes. Most of our clients are Seed to Series C companies in tech, data, AI and iGaming who are hiring their first in-house recruiter or trying to move away from expensive agency spend.

Which ATS platforms do you implement?

We are platform-agnostic and implement the system that fits your size and budget — including Greenhouse, Ashby, Teamtailor, Workable and Recruitee — then configure pipelines, scorecards, templates and reporting around it.

Start with a hiring diagnostic.

Tell us where hiring hurts. We'll come back within one business day with an honest view of what to fix first — whether or not you work with us.

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