Three ways to engage. One standard: excellence you can afford.
We publish our pricing — almost no one in this market does. Pick the model that fits how you hire; as the retainer rises, the success fee falls. We map it to your roadmap.
AI does the grind. Humans do the judgment.
Every model runs on the same machine: proprietary AI surfaces the cleared candidates other firms never see, and a 30-year operator owns the engagement that closes them. That is why the cost goes down without the bar moving.
AI maps the full market in hours
Custom agents reach well beyond LinkedIn to surface niche, hard-to-find cleared candidates. Deeper pools, faster.
Screened to your exact requirement
Clearance level included, prioritized before a recruiter makes contact. Only publicly available job info goes into our AI — your confidential data stays yours.
Recruiters freed to win them
Personalized video briefs and cleared referral networks — the human work where the hardest hires actually close. We extend your team, not replace it.
See how it works in 10 minutes.
Pick the fit. We handle the rest.
Pick the one that fits how you hire. All retainer models are month-to-month — no lock-in.
Contingent
Pay only when we deliver. Best for single or occasional hires with zero upfront cost — protected by a prorated refund guarantee.
Hybrid Retainer
Shared commitment, lower per-hire fee. Best for steady, ongoing hiring where a modest monthly retainer keeps us actively engaged on your roles.
Includes Best Athlete & RFP key personnel. Fee only on hire.Month-to-month with 30 days’ notice, or upgrade to annual.
If a hire doesn’t make it 30 days, your next billed Success Fee is on us.
Embedded Partner
Lowest cost per hire, built for volume. Best for active, high-volume hiring — we operate as an extension of your team with the lowest per-placement fee.
Includes Best Athlete & RFP key personnel. Fee only on hire.Month-to-month with 30 days’ notice, or upgrade to annual.
If a hire doesn’t make it 30 days, your next billed Success Fee is on us.
Annual Upgrade
Models 02 & 03 · 12 months, billed monthly- Unused free placements roll over
- 50% off the retainer in any month we don’t submit a candidate*
*Terms per engagement agreement.
What a year of hiring costs
Find your hiring volume. The right model finds itself.
| Hires per year | 01 Contingent | 02 Hybrid Retainer | 03 Embedded Partner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 hires | $20,000$10,000 per hire | $36,000$18,000 per hire | $60,000$30,000 per hire |
| 4 hires | $40,000$10,000 per hire | $36,000$9,000 per hire | $60,000$15,000 per hire |
| 12 hires | $120,000$10,000 per hire | $76,000$6,333 per hire | $60,000$5,000 per hire |
| 24 hires | $240,000$10,000 per hire | $136,000$5,667 per hire | $72,000$3,000 per hire |
Hires spread evenly through the year. Model 02 includes the free placement each quarter; Model 03 includes the free placement each month.
As the monthly retainer rises, your success fee falls — so the right model comes down to how many people you plan to hire. Not sure? We’ll map it to your roadmap together.
Download pricing & engagement models (PDF) →The three questions every CEO asks.
“An outside team feels risky.”
AI handles first-pass sourcing; a 30-year talent operator and former SIGINT Marine owns the judgment, backed by a dedicated recruiting team; all candidate-facing outreach runs through our methodology under US oversight; and the first face anyone sees is Gerry’s video brief. Only publicly available job information ever goes into our AI — confidential data stays yours. You’re not buying anonymous labor; you’re buying a vetted process with a named operator on point.
“We’d rather not commit until we’ve seen it work.”
Start Contingent. Zero upfront, prorated refund guarantee. Prove it on your hardest role, then step up to a retainer model when you decide — and even those are month-to-month with a stick guarantee. We earn the next tier; you never get locked in.
“Is an agency worth the spend?”
We publish our pricing — compare it to a full-fee firm, or to the loaded cost of an under-supported internal seat. As you hire more, your per-hire cost drops. Excellence you can afford is the whole point.
We don’t take every client — and that’s deliberate.
The model only works as a partnership. Naming who we turn away is how we protect the clients we take.
We partner with you if…
- You treat hiring as a partnership, not a transaction
- You’re building a real cleared pipeline, not filling one seat and vanishing
- The CEO or a senior exec sponsors the work
- We get direct access to the hiring manager
We turn it down if…
- It runs through a vendor-managed-service (VMS) layer
- There’s no direct hiring-manager contact
- You’re price-shopping with no intent to build a pipeline
- “Partnership” isn’t on the table
Talent Solutions
For clients who want more than search. As your managed service provider, we take over vendor management, so your hiring managers aren’t fielding calls from every agency, and the process stays compliant and efficient. We also offer leadership and talent branding work and coaching, built on the Destination Employer methodology from Gerry’s #1 bestselling book on attracting, recruiting, and retaining top talent.
See it run on your hardest roles.
Book a 30-minute call. We’ll show you the engine live and map the engagement model to your hiring roadmap — no lock-in, no pressure.