What a retainer costs

Recruiting is usually priced after a sales call. We would rather you see the number first. Set your expected hires below and you will know roughly what this looks like before we ever speak.

How we price it

A monthly retainer covering the recruiting function, plus a one-time onboarding fee for the first month of building your process.

$7,500

per hire, first 8 of the year

$6,500

per hire, after the first 8

$6,000

per hire beyond your agreement

The rate drops after the first 8 hires because we learn your business once and carry it into every search after that. Onboarding starts at $2,500 and rises with the number of hiring managers and processes we build with you.

Work out your number

Example engagements

Hires	Monthly, full package	Onboarding	Per hire
4	$2,000	$2,500	$7,375
6	$3,750	$2,500	$8,417
10	$6,083	$3,000	$8,000
16	$9,333	$3,500	$7,469

Hires you expect this year6

Include backfills for the turnover you expect.

How much do you want us to run?

Full packageWe run the whole process. Sourcing, screening, assessment, evaluation, scheduling, interview kits, your ATS, and the administrative push to a signed offer.Through evaluationWe hand you an assessed and evaluated shortlist. Your coordinator or office manager runs scheduling and the offer logistics from there.

Include ClariFyt assessments · $2,999 a yearWe target up to 5 assessed finalists per hire, and the annual subscription covers your assessments for the year. Up to 8 hires is $2,999, above that $3,999. Untick this if you already have a subscription of your own.

Typical first-year salary$65,000

Used only for the contingency comparison below.

Your retainer

$3,750 a month

Onboarding, one time: $2,500
ClariFyt, annual: $2,999
Year one, all in: $50,499
Works out per hire: $8,417

The same 6 hires through contingency agencies, at 20 to 25 percent of first-year salary, would run $78,000 to $97,500.

What the number does not include

Outside costs are passed through at what they cost, with no markup, and we get your approval before spending anything. That means background checks, and any specialty job board or hiring site subscription set up in your name. If you already run an applicant tracking system, it usually covers the tracking and the job post syndication.

Hires beyond the number in your agreement are $6,000 each, invoiced when the person starts. If someone we place leaves within six months, we replace them at no fee, for as long as we are working together.

Want it scoped properly?

Bring the roles you expect to fill and we will put real numbers against them.