Fixed-fee recruitment for UK businesses. No commission.
We don't just recruit. We build.
We design the role first, then recruit someone who owns it and stays. One hire, paid for once, that adds to your profit instead of your costs.
£5,000 + VAT per role, or £7,500 for senior and director roles. No commission.
- No percentage of salary
- No commission
- Replacement guarantee on every role
- Fast, because the role is right before we advertise
Role first. Person second.
How we recruit: the Recruit to Grow™ method.
Four steps, every hire, every time. It starts with DASH™.
- Define the role.Should it exist? Designed with DASH™: what the person must own and decide, and a benchmarked salary.
- Attract the right people.Advertised under your brand, plus headhunting for senior roles.
- Create the shortlist.Only the best go forward, with our honest view on each candidate and the questions to ask.
- Appoint and onboard.Final interviews, offer, negotiation and onboarding support.
Recruitment fees
Fixed-fee recruitment. No percentage, no commission.
A recruiter on commission earns more when you pay more. We don't.
- A fixed recruitment fee per role, agreed in writing before we start.
- No percentage of salary and no commission. Agencies typically charge 15 to 30% of first-year salary.
- 30-day replacement guarantee on every role.
Fixed recruitment fee
Professional and management roles
£5,000
+ VAT per role. No commission.
- Role designed with DASH™
- Benchmarked salary
- Advertised under your brand
- Shortlist with our honest view
Fixed recruitment fee
Senior and director roles
£7,500
+ VAT per role. No commission.
- Everything in professional
- Targeted headhunting
- Behavioural profiling
- Nicola in the final interviews
- 90-day onboarding support
Monthly recruitment retainer
Recruitment partnership
Monthly fee
Priced to your hiring plan. No commission.
- Your recruitment function, run by us
- All your hires for the period
- Hiring planned around your strategy
- Structure reviewed as you grow
Hiring more than one role? Ask about multi-role pricing, or a recruitment partnership if you're hiring all year.
Hiring all year?
Recruitment partnership: a monthly recruitment retainer.
Your recruitment function, run by us, for one fixed monthly fee.
- One fixed monthly fee, priced to your hiring plan, instead of agency commission on every hire.
- No extra headcount, and no in-house recruiter to manage.
- Hires planned around your strategy, in the right order.
- Nicola at the table for senior roles and structure decisions.
Do the sum
Fixed fee vs recruitment agency commission.
On a £110,000 commercial director, a 25% agency commission is £27,500. Our fixed fee is £7,500. You save £20,000.
What good resourcing looks like.
Wow, Nicola, finally, this is what good resourcing looks like... Thank you.Julie HennikerHead of HR, Connect It Utility Services
A stalled senior hire, back on track.
We were recruiting for an important and senior position but our process had stalled. Nicola picked up the challenge, quickly identified what needed to be done and was instrumental in finding us the perfect candidate.Martha MondayDirector, Global Mediation Ltd
Questions
Fixed-fee recruitment: frequently asked questions.
Do you charge commission or a percentage of salary?
No. Our recruitment fee is fixed per role and agreed in writing before we start. It doesn't change with the salary.
What is fixed-fee recruitment?
Fixed-fee recruitment means you pay one agreed price per hire instead of a percentage of the new employee's salary. Recruitment agencies usually charge 15 to 30% of first-year salary. Ours is £5,000 or £7,500 + VAT per role.
What's included in the fixed fee?
- Role design with the DASH™ framework and a benchmarked salary.
- Advertising under your brand.
- Applications managed and the strongest candidates interviewed.
- A shortlist with our honest view on each candidate.
- Offer, negotiation and onboarding support.
- For director roles: headhunting, behavioural profiling, Nicola in the final interviews and 90-day onboarding support.
How much does recruitment cost?
- £5,000 + VAT for professional and management roles.
- £7,500 + VAT for senior and director roles.
- Partnerships are a fixed monthly fee for several hires.
Fixed and agreed upfront. We're not paid more for a higher salary.
Do you discount for multiple roles?
Yes. If you're hiring two or more roles at once, we'll agree a reduced fixed fee per role before we start. If you're hiring regularly, a recruitment partnership on a monthly retainer usually works out better.
Why a fixed fee instead of a percentage?
A percentage rewards the recruiter for pushing the salary up. A fixed fee means our only interest is the right person. On a £110,000 director, a 25% agency fee is £27,500. Ours is £7,500.
What if the hire doesn't work out?
We run the whole process again, free, within 30 days.
How long does it take to hire?
Typically 4 to 8 weeks from agreeing the role to an accepted offer. Senior roles with notice periods take longer to start.
Do you advertise under your name or ours?
Yours. Candidates apply to your business, so your employer brand gets stronger with every hire.
When is a partnership better than paying per role?
When you're hiring three or more roles in a year, or changing the structure as you grow. One monthly fee covers the hires, the planning and the role design.
What is the Recruit to Grow™ method?
Nicola Anderson's four-step recruitment process: design the role with the DASH™ framework, find the people, assess properly, then appoint and onboard. It was the process behind Recruit to Grow, now part of The Organisational Edge.
What is the DASH™ framework?
The DASH™ framework is The Organisational Edge's four-question test every role goes through before it goes live: Delegate, Automate, Stop, Hire. It often shows you need fewer people than you think.
Every month you wait costs money.
Let's fix it.
A free 30-minute call with Nicola. No pitch. You'll know whether you need to hire, and what it should cost.