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.
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.
Talent acquisition is the ongoing work of finding, attracting, assessing and hiring people to meet an organisation's long-term skill needs. Unlike reactive recruiting, it plans pipelines, employer brand and hiring process ahead of individual vacancies.
Time to hire is the number of days between a candidate entering the hiring process and accepting an offer. It shows how quickly a company moves once it has found the person it eventually hires, separate from how long the role was open.
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.
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