Performance-Based Recruitment
A recruitment partnership where our success is directly linked to yours. We earn your trust by delivering successful hiring outcomes.
Better Hiring. Stronger Results.
Delve HR
Better Hiring. Stronger Results.
Overview
Why Performance-Based Recruitment works the way it does
Most recruitment is paid on activity, and incentives shape behaviour: when a firm is paid to submit, the rational move is to submit more. That is where the fifty-CV shortlist comes from, and why so much hiring manager time goes on filtering rather than deciding.
A performance-based model inverts it. Our commercial outcome follows the placement, so sending you a weak profile costs us. It also buys you a conversation most agencies avoid — when a role is priced below the market, or the specification rules out everyone who could actually do it, we say so, because we do not get paid for the submission either way.
Scope
What this engagement covers
- Success measured by the placement, not the profile count
- Commercial terms aligned to your hiring outcome
- Quality-first candidate evaluation
- Straight answers when a brief is not winnable as written
Why Delve HR
How we run this engagement
Every mandate — whichever model you pick — is delivered against the same standards.
- Boutique Search with Personalized Engagement
- Performance-Based Recruitment
- Research-Driven Talent Mapping
- Access to Passive & Scarce Talent
- Industry-Specific Hiring Expertise
- Confidential Search Assignments
- Quality-First Candidate Evaluation
- Long-Term Talent Partnerships
Not sure this is the right model?
Our six engagement models overlap by design — a confidential leadership search and a scaled RPO programme can run side by side. Tell us the hiring problem and we'll recommend the shape that fits, or walk you through the full range of HR services.