Direct hire is a recruiting arrangement where a staffing partner finds a candidate who joins the client as a permanent employee from day one. Often called permanent placement, it leaves the client as employer and payer, while the partner earns a one-off fee.
A replacement guarantee is a staffing promise to supply a substitute if a placed engineer leaves or proves a poor fit within an agreed window. The replacement normally carries no second placement fee, though conditions and exclusions apply.
In retained search a recruiter is paid partly up front for an exclusive, committed search. Contingency recruitment pays only when a candidate is hired, so retained suits senior or scarce roles and contingency suits volume and mid-level hiring.
Staff augmentation embeds contract engineers in your team for a period; permanent staffing finds people you hire as your own employees. What separates them is who employs the engineer and for how long.
Unlike direct hire, which employs a person from day one, contract-to-hire starts them on a temporary contract that can later become permanent. It trades early flexibility and a working trial against candidate appeal and commitment.
IT staffing is the practice of sourcing and placing technology professionals with a company on a contract, contract-to-hire or permanent basis. A staffing partner finds and screens candidates, and often employs contractors, while the client directs their work.
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