Job Board Recruiters™ is a real contingency search service. In other words, we offer the exact same process, level of service and reward-for-success payment terms that you get from any contingency recruiter.

There are only two major differences between us and any other contingency recruiter. Our candidate source is transparent. And at 9.5% our fee makes sense.

What is contingency search?

These days, contingency search mostly involves performing job board research to find you candidates. Then contacting candidates those candidates about your opportunity to determine if they are a fit for the position and to find out if they are interested in it.

Because you don't pay a contingency recruiter anything until you've hired a candidate from them, they take a considerable risk by working on your search. That's why contingency recruiters rarely reach beyond their own database and public job boards to find you candidates.

The typical process goes accordingly;

• We search our existing database
• We search the job boards
• We evaluate resumes
• We phone screen candidates
• We sell your opportunity to candidates
• We send you resumes for consideration
• We send you candidates to interview
• We help you negotiate compensation
• We check references
• We present your offer to the candidate
• We coordinate a start date
• We provide you with a 30 day guarantee

If the fee is reasonable (e.g. less than 10%), contingency search is a good option for positions that require a commoditized skills set that is widely available in the talent market and easy to replace. In other words, there are many qualified candidates on the market and the position is not of strategic importance to your organization.

Is contingency recruiting right for you?

Contingency recruiting, at the right price (9.5%), is a great option for filling positions that require skills which are widely available on the candidate market and easy to replace.

However, contingency recruiting has a number of disadvantages which make it highly unsuitable for highly strategic and executive level positions.