Embedded & Contract Recruiting · RPO · NoVA & DC

Embedded and contract recruiters for Northern Virginia and DC.

When one hire at a time is not enough, BizFirst embeds a recruiting team inside your hiring. Also known as RPO, managed recruiting, or Talent Acquisition as a Service, PartnerHire Core runs sourcing through offer as an extension of your team, with first candidates in about 3 business days. Month-to-month, and it scales with you.

Embedded recruiting, done right

A recruiting team that plugs into how you hire.

An embedded engagement gives you dedicated recruiters who work your roles the way an internal team would, using your process, your tools, and your voice with candidates. It is the model to reach for when you are hiring across several roles at once, ramping after an award, or scaling a function faster than one contingency hire at a time can support.

Dedicated team

Recruiters who work only your roles

You get named recruiters focused on your reqs, not a queue shared across twenty accounts. They learn your product, your bar, and your hiring managers, and they represent you to candidates.

Senior lead

A Client Delivery Lead who owns the work

A senior lead sets strategy, manages the recruiters, and reviews every submission before it reaches you. Each lead carries only three to four clients, so your account gets real attention.

Full lifecycle

Sourcing through offer, as an extension of you

Sourcing, outreach, screening, scheduling, and offer support, run inside your process. You keep control of the bar and the decisions; the team carries the load.

Scales with you

Month-to-month, up or down

Add a recruiter for a surge or a post-award ramp, then scale back when the need passes. Engagements are month-to-month, so capacity follows your hiring, not a long contract.

PartnerHire pricing
Flat monthly, per dedicated recruiter.
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What the first month looks like

From kickoff to a steady pipeline.

An embedded engagement moves fast because the team starts sourcing on day one and a senior lead is engaged from the first call. Here is the shape of a typical first month.

Days 1 to 2

Kickoff and intake

We meet your hiring managers, learn the roles and the bar, and align on process, tools, and priorities.

By day 3

First candidates

Sourcing is already running. First qualified candidates typically reach you within about three business days.

Weeks 1 to 2

Pipeline builds

The team scales outreach across your open roles, screens on every submission, and manages scheduling.

Ongoing

Weekly rhythm

Weekly pipeline reporting, offer support, and steady adjustments as your priorities shift, up or down.

Who it fits

Built for recurring, multi-role, and ramp hiring.

Embedded recruiting suits Northern Virginia and DC teams that are hiring across several roles at once: a GovCon prime or subcontractor ramping after an award, an AI or data team scaling headcount, or a growing company that needs a recruiting function without building one internally yet. If you use terms like RPO, managed recruiting services, or embedded talent acquisition, this is the BizFirst model that maps to them.

Case study

40+ placements for a $1B security systems integrator

A PartnerHire engagement filled 40+ roles across six job functions, with a top-two vendor ranking in the first year. Read the case study →

Case study

A defense product team ramped in 10 weeks

Six engineers onboarded in ten weeks, including two with TS clearances, and 100% retention at six months. Read the case study →

Common questions

Embedded and RPO recruiting, answered.

What is embedded recruiting, and how is it different from a contingency agency?

Embedded recruiting, which BizFirst calls PartnerHire Core, places a dedicated recruiting team inside your hiring process on a monthly basis. The team sources, screens, and manages the full lifecycle through offer as an extension of yours. A contingency agency works role by role and is paid only on a placement. Embedded fits recurring or high-volume hiring, where a steady team and pipeline matter more than one-off hires.

Is embedded recruiting the same as RPO?

Yes. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), embedded talent acquisition, managed recruiting, and Talent Acquisition as a Service all describe the same model: an outside recruiting team running part or all of your hiring. BizFirst delivers it as PartnerHire Core, priced as a flat monthly rate per dedicated recruiter.

How fast do first candidates arrive?

First qualified candidates typically arrive within about three business days of kickoff, because the team starts sourcing immediately and a senior Client Delivery Lead is engaged from day one.

Can BizFirst provide contract recruiters for a short surge?

Yes. Engagements are month-to-month and scale up or down. You can add a contract recruiter for a hiring surge, a post-award ramp, or a defined project, then scale back when the need passes.

Who runs the engagement?

A senior Client Delivery Lead owns the engagement and carries only three to four clients, so your account gets hands-on attention. The lead sets strategy, manages the recruiters, and reviews submissions before they reach you.

Ready to embed a recruiting team?

Tell us the roles you are hiring and your timeline, and we will recommend the right team size and send a firm monthly quote, usually within one business day.

Let's talk hiring

Book a time, email us, or just call. Whatever's easiest.

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