For people and talent teams at technology companies

External recruitment support that fits how your team already hires.

Startup Staffing brings Humand's recruitment team to the specialist technical and engineering roles you need help with — at international technology startups and scaleups — and replaces the one-off placement fee with an agreed monthly percentage of the hire's gross monthly salary while they stay with you.

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Where SUS helps a people team

You are usually balancing hiring quality, internal capacity and a budget conversation you did not choose.

External technical expertise when you need reach

Humand's consultants run the search, assessment and introduction. That is useful for hard-to-find skill sets, technical leadership and interdisciplinary roles — when a role sits outside your network, the market is tight, or your team is already at capacity.

Alongside your internal function, not instead of it

Most of the teams we work with hire directly wherever they can. SUS is for the roles where outside help earns its place. You keep ownership of the process, the candidate experience and the decision.

A lighter immediate commercial impact

Bringing in an external recruiter usually means defending a large one-off fee. A monthly percentage of gross monthly salary is a smaller number to take into a conversation about budget, and it is spread over the time the hire is with you.

Incentives that stay pointed at the hire working out

Because billing continues only while the employee remains employed, our commercial interest does not end on their start date. That is an alignment of incentives, not a promise about retention — no outcome or hiring guarantee is offered or implied.

Plan several permanent hires properly

The team hiring planner models up to ten role lines with their own salaries and headcounts, so a hiring roadmap can be costed as one plan rather than a series of surprises.

The employment relationship is unchanged

Every candidate is employed directly by your business on your own contract. SUS applies to permanent placements; other engagement types are handled as an agreed one-off fee instead.

Costing a roadmap of permanent hires? Open the team hiring planner and share the scenario with your finance lead.

The short version

SUS in 60 seconds

Everything that matters about the Startup Staffing model, in six answers.

What is it?: Permanent recruitment for international technology startups and scaleups, delivered by Humand Talent Solutions Limited under the Startup Staffing (SUS) model.
How do I pay?: An agreed monthly percentage of the employee's gross monthly salary, invoiced monthly in arrears from their start date, instead of one large fee at the point of hire.
Who employs the person?: You do, directly, on your own employment contract. We are not the employer and this is not a contract or umbrella arrangement.
What if they leave?: Billing stops from their final date of employment. Payments already made are not refunded.
Can I buy out?: Yes. Pay the pre-agreed buy-out value and future monthly billing for that placement ends. Previous payments are not deducted from it.
What do I do next?: Model your hiring in the calculator and send it to us, or just tell us what you are planning. Your percentage and buy-out value are agreed in writing before any work begins.

Percentages and buy-out values are agreed with each business individually in writing. Any figures shown elsewhere on this site are illustrative examples, not standard pricing.

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Which roles could use outside help?

Tell us where your hiring is stuck or where capacity has run out. A rough outline of the roles is enough to start.

A specific live vacancy you are trying to fill
Hiring you are planning over the next few months
Several future hires and how they would work together
Whether SUS is the right fit for your business at all

Prefer to talk? 01865 657 000

Prefer email? joseph@humand.co.uk