Most recruiting firms make you get on a call just to learn a ballpark. We publish ours. Here is exactly how each BizFirst model is priced, what is included, and what moves the number.
The operating model, the pricing, and when each one is the right call.
A single contingent search. We run the full search from sourcing through offer, and you pay only if we place someone. There is no retainer and no upfront cost, and every placement carries a 90-day replacement guarantee.
You have an occasional, specialized, or hard-to-fill role, you want no cost if it does not work out, and you would rather pay once on success than carry a monthly retainer.
A recruiting team embeds in your hiring process as an extension of your company. This is our RPO model, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, also called embedded talent acquisition. Every engagement includes a shared Client Delivery Lead as your single point of contact plus experienced senior oversight. The team runs the full lifecycle, from intake and sourcing through outreach, screening, interview coordination, offers, and close, with every sourcing tool included. Pricing is simple: one flat rate per dedicated recruiter, so you add capacity when hiring heats up and scale back when it cools. It stays month-to-month; multi-recruiter teams start with a three-month initial term, then continue month-to-month.
You have steady, recurring hiring across several roles and want predictable monthly cost and a team that already knows your business, rather than a large fee on every hire.
Everything in PartnerHire Core, and then we run and design your entire talent function rather than only filling roles. An embedded team works your whole req load while a senior Client Delivery Lead coordinates the operation as your single point of contact, aligned to your priorities, alongside the strategic layer: hiring process design and documentation, offer strategy and negotiation, salary benchmarking, and employer value proposition (EVP) design. This is our deepest, most embedded RPO engagement, priced as a flat monthly with no percentage of salary on any hire.
You want a true talent partner to own hiring end to end, from strategy and systems through every search, not just extra recruiting capacity. Best for companies scaling headcount who would rather hand off the whole function than build and manage it in-house.
What can change the number: specialized, senior, executive, urgent, or security-cleared searches can run higher, and reduced pricing may be available for exclusive searches, repeat clients, or several similar openings. Anything non-standard, we quote up front, usually within 24 hours. Pricing is subject to change and may vary by scope and market conditions.
Same goal, filling your roles. A very different model, and a very different cost.
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DirectHire is 10–15% of the hire's first-year base salary and you pay nothing unless we place someone. 15% is the standard fee; 10% applies when the client gives BizFirst an exclusive search for the first 30 calendar days. A minimum placement fee may apply. Senior, executive, urgent, or security-cleared searches can run higher based on difficulty and scope.
PartnerHire Core is a flat monthly rate per dedicated recruiter, each with a shared Client Delivery Lead: $8,500/mo for one dedicated recruiter, plus $7,000/mo for each additional recruiter (so two recruiters are $15,500/mo and three are $22,500/mo; four or more get custom volume pricing). A part-time shared recruiter is available from $5,000/mo. Every engagement adds a $1,000 fee for each successful hire and includes senior oversight and all specified sourcing tools. Pricing is month-to-month; multi-recruiter teams start with a three-month initial term, then continue month-to-month. See the cost at your hiring volume →
PartnerHire Complete starts at $18,000/mo plus a flat $1,000 per placement, never a percentage of salary. It is our deepest RPO engagement: everything in PartnerHire Core, plus your whole talent function, with unlimited active roles, hiring process design and documentation, offer strategy and negotiation, salary benchmarking, and employer value proposition (EVP) design. Because it is a flat monthly engagement, your cost stays predictable no matter how much you hire.
Yes, on our retained models. PartnerHire Core and PartnerHire Complete charge a flat $1,000 per placement, never a percentage of salary, no matter what the hire is paid. That flat-fee-per-placement pricing is what separates the retained models from traditional agencies that bill 10 to 12% of first-year salary on top of a monthly fee. DirectHire, our contingent search, is different: it is priced as a percentage of first-year salary (10–15%), billed only when we place someone. So if you specifically want flat-fee-per-placement recruiting, PartnerHire Core and PartnerHire Complete are the flat-fee options.
No. The prices shown are what you pay. PartnerHire Core adds $1,000 per placement, and DirectHire may carry a minimum placement fee. Anything non-standard, such as a specialized or cleared search, we quote up front, usually within 24 hours.
DirectHire placements include a 90-day replacement guarantee: if a placed candidate leaves or doesn't work out within the first 90 days, we run a replacement search with no additional placement fee, subject to the terms in your agreement. The retained models, PartnerHire Core and PartnerHire Complete, work differently. You're not buying a single result, you're keeping an embedded team that stays accountable for your hiring, so if a hire doesn't work out the team simply keeps searching at no extra placement fee. It's part of why 94% of our placements are still in seat past 90 days.
Tell us your hiring volume and the roles you are filling, and we will recommend the right model and send a firm quote, usually within one business day.
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