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Upfront pricing with no complex contracts or surprises

Hiring is taking longer than ever. On average, filling a position takes 36 to 44 days—and that’s if your process doesn’t stall out. Yet for many small and mid-sized businesses, hiring drags on for 3–6 months, buried under resumes, interviews, and false starts.

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  • Job boards drain your time. You post a role, then spend hours sorting through hundreds of unqualified resumes and chasing no-shows—hoping the right candidate shows up.

  • Staffing agencies drain your budget. You might get help, but it comes with sky-high finder’s fees and long-term contracts—costing 50–60% more than you should be paying.

The result? Wasted time. Wasted money. No guarantee of the right hire.

Your Job Posting Prayers Have Been Answered

Meet The Recruiting Squad. We’re reinventing recruiting for SMBs and startups with a simple promise: An in-house recruiting team—when you need one.

The average hire takes 36–44 days when done through job boards - According to SHRM and LinkedIn research

We plug in seamlessly to handle recruiting start to finish: posting roles, sourcing candidates, screening, scheduling, reference checks, and offer negotiations. You get all the horsepower of an in-house recruiting department, without the overhead when you don’t need it.

Upfront Pricing—No Surprises

Our AI-powered pricing tool gives you an instant estimate of what it will cost to fill your role. You’ll see the number upfront, and we guarantee we won’t exceed it.

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  • No contracts
  • No hidden fees
  • No guesswork

Pay-as-you-go recruiting means you can finally budget for recruiting with confidence.

With staffing agencies, every hire comes with another expensive finder’s fee.

Pay-As-You-Go Recruiting

Whether you need to fill one role or one hundred, The Recruiting Squad gives you pay-as-you-go access to expert recruiters.

  • No minimums – Hire 1 or 100
  • No more posting & praying for good candidates
  • 50-60% less than staffing agencies charge
  • Track candidates, interviews, and recruiter activity in one simple dashboard
  • Only pay for the hours you need

Think of us as the “TurboTax of recruiting”—a smarter, simpler way to get the job done.

Why It Works

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  • Seasoned recruiters. Our U.S.-based team knows how to find the right people across industries and functions.
  • Tech-enabled tools and techniques. We bring the tech, so you don’t have to.
  • Flexible support. Plug us in as your recruiting department or add horsepower to your existing team.

Stop Posting. Stop Praying. Stop Overpaying.

Hiring shouldn’t take months—or thousands more than it should. With The Recruiting Squad, you skip job boards and staffing agency fees and finally get a recruiting model built for today’s SMBs: affordable, flexible, and transparent.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor and SHRM, a bad hire can cost a business anywhere from 30% to 150% of that employee’s annual salary.

Ready to see how much it costs to fill your open role? Request a Demo Today.

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Services

Pay-as-you-go access to expert recruiters - flexible, scalable, and ready in 24 hours.

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Hourly support, capped-cost hiring with no 20-30% finder's fees.

Short-term talent, project specialists, and trial-to-perm recruiting.

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We spin up recruiting pods for repeat, high-volume roles.

We flex your recruiting capacity for busy seasons.

Background checks, documents, payroll setup, and compliance all done for you.

Platform

Get a clear, upfront cost for each role in seconds.

Book your kickoff session with your recruiter in a few clicks.

See all roles, candidates, and activity in one simple view.

Open, pause, or update roles and requirements as your needs change.

Get curated shortlists of interview-ready candidates for each job.

Host and track candidate video interviews right from the platform.

Monitor sourcing, outreach, and progress so you know what's happening.

Track time-to-fill, pipeline health, and recruiting spend in real time.

View invoices, track hours, and manage payment methods in one place.

By Business Size

Pre- or post-seed companies that need to hire critical roles but can't afford a full in-house recruiting team or big- agency retainers.

Owner-led or lean HR teams who need reliable, repeatable hiring support without long-term contracts.

Growing companies with ongoing hiring needs that want a flexible recruiting "engine" to supplement or extend their internal team.

By Team / Persona

Need key hires made quickly so they can stay focused on product, revenue, and investors.

Need extra recruiting capacity, sourcing, and screening support without adding permanent headcount.

Need dependable frontline staff and supervisors to keep locations running smoothly.

Need curated, interview-ready candidates instead of spending nights in their ATS or on job boards.

By Practice Area

We place bookkeepers, accountants, and core finance talent.

We place practical IT, support, and systems/infra pros.

We place legal support, paralegals, and firm operations staff.

We place hands-on marketers, content, and creative talent.

We place HR generalists, recruiters, and people operations leaders.

We place SDRs, AES, and frontline sales leaders.

We place clinical, front office, and care support staff.

We place store managers, supervisors, and frontline retail staff.

We place managers, service staff, and kitchen/back-of-house teams.

We place drivers, warehouse staff, and logistics coordinators.

We place tradespeople, foreman, and construction project staff.

We place instructors, classroom support, and education ops staff.

We place operators, maintenance techs, and production supervisors.

We place maintenance, leasing, and property support staff.

We place admins, office managers, and customer support reps.

Compare Plans

Find the right fit for how you hire.

Both plans include full recruiter support – you just choose how you want to use it.

Pay-As-You-Go

Occasional or one-off hires

Membership

Standard hourly
rate

Commitment

None - start/stop anytime

Support

On-deming sourcing + pipeline planning

Typical Savings vs Agencies

~50%

Typical Savings vs Agencies

Up to 60%

Which plan should I choose?

Pay-As-You-Go

Perfect for hiring as a few times a year testing our model. No commitments.

Membership

Ideal for growing teams that want proactive sourcing & lower hourly rates.