For employers
Specialists who do not read job adverts
When you hire into a narrow field, most of the relevant people already have a job and are not looking. We approach them, assess them against your role, and give you a shortlist with the reasoning attached to every name.
The starting point
An advert gets you the people who apply, not the people who fit
That works well when the role is broad and many people are qualified. In a narrow technical field they are rarely the same people you would most want to talk to.
So we start with the role rather than with a candidate database. What does the work actually require, how many people in the Nordics can do it, and where are they. If the answer is that an advert would do, we say so, and then you do not need us.
How we work
Four steps from the role to the shortlist
The same assessment work that sits behind our engagements for AI labs.
- 01
Going through the role
We work out what the job requires, what the team looks like, and what separates a strong candidate from one who is merely adequate. The requirements get written down.
- 02
Search
We look through professional networks and public profiles, including people who are not looking for a job and would never have applied.
- 03
Assessment
Every relevant candidate is assessed against the same requirements, and the reasoning is written down. Weaknesses go in the note, not outside it.
- 04
Shortlist
You get one assessment note per name, read by a person first. You decide who you want to speak to.
What you get
Something you can disagree with
- Reasoning for every name
- Each name arrives with what is met, what is partly met, and what we are unsure about. You can overrule the assessment because you can read it.
- Candidates who did not apply
- People we approached because they fit, rather than people who happened to see an advert.
- The same bar for everyone
- Every candidate is assessed against the same set. That makes the comparison real and any bias visible.
- Requirements you can change
- If you read the shortlist and realise a requirement was set wrong, tell us. We reassess the same candidates against the updated set and tell you what changed.
- An honest no
- If we think the role needs to change, or that you do not need us, we say so instead of continuing the search.
Fields
Roles we take
Technical and professional roles where the number of relevant people is small. We do not do volume recruiting.
- Backend and infrastructureDistributed systems, data, operations
- Data and machine learningModel work, evaluation, data platform
- SecurityApplication security, cryptography, operations
- Embedded systemsHardware-adjacent and real-time work
- Technical leadershipArchitecture, technical ownership and direction
- Domain expertsMedicine, law, finance, industry
Questions
What we get asked most
- How long does it take?
- It depends on the role and how many people exist in the field. We give an estimate once we have gone through the requirements, not before, and we do not quote an average we have not measured.
- How many candidates do I get?
- As many as are genuinely relevant. We do not pad a list to reach a number.
- What does it cost?
- We agree a price per engagement based on the role and how narrow the field is. Get in touch and we will go through it properly.
- Does the AI make the decision?
- No. Software searches and sorts. The assessment is written down and read by a person before the shortlist is sent, and you decide who goes forward.
- What data do you process about candidates?
- Information from professional networks and public profiles, limited to what is professionally relevant to the role. The privacy policy sets it out in detail.
We will say so if we are not the right choice.
Contact
Tell us what you need
We answer every enquiry. If we are not the right choice for you, we will say so.