TalentFinder vs Hiring People for posting a job across UK job boards

What this page is

You are choosing between two UK flat-fee providers. This page sets out our side of it in full, because that is the side we can evidence and stand behind — what we sell, what it costs, what happens when it does not work, and what our own filled roles actually did.

We are not going to summarise somebody else's package from the outside. Read their page for their offer, and hold both against the four questions at the bottom.

What we sell, and what it costs

No commission at any level. Credits for more than one advert bring the per-vacancy price down and do not expire. Prices are +VAT and we say so, so £399 is £478.80 delivered — worth checking on any figure you are comparing it with, because not every page states its VAT position.

Where we are not the right purchase

There are cheaper entry adverts in this market than our £399. If your role attracts plenty of active applicants and somebody in the business has the evenings to work them, the cheaper package does the job and you should take it. We would rather say that than construct a reason why £399 is really the same money.

And our advertising carries no promise of a hire. If you buy a £399 advert from us and nobody suitable applies, you have bought the advert. That is the same deal as almost every advertising product in this market, including the cheap ones, and it is worth stating plainly. If you want somebody to keep working the role, that is Premium Hire, the managed service — a different product at a different price, starting with a five-point review of the role. It carries no refund either.

Where the real difference is, and it is not price

Every flat-fee provider will get your vacancy onto the major boards. The board list is not what decides your hire. This is:

A median of 26 candidates worked per hire, and only about 15% good enough to present. Every advertising package, from anyone, hands that work to you.

So the question is not which advertising package is better value. It is whether an advert is the right product at all.

The four questions that make two quotes comparable

Ask these of anyone in this market, including us:

1. Does the fee cover the search, or only the advertising? The price usually answers it before the salesperson does.
2. What exactly comes back if the role is not filled? The whole fee, part of it, the work again, a support window, or nothing. They are all sold under similar words, so get it in writing.
3. What do I have to do to keep that protection? Some terms depend on your own interview turnaround or feedback speed.
4. How many roles like mine have you filled, and how long did they take? Ours are published in full with the funnel behind each one, and the median role took 42 days — a number almost nobody in this market publishes at all.

Who we would point where

• The role has plenty of active candidates and you have screening time. Buy the cheapest advert that reaches the boards you need — that may well not be us, and it is still the right answer.
• You want the advert written for you, a stated listing length and a clear VAT position. Our £399 +VAT package is that, and you can see the advert we have written before you pay anything.
• Nobody has evenings free, or the role is not one people apply for. No advertising package fixes that. Premium Hire at £1,500–£4,000 +VAT puts a dedicated recruiter on the search — that is the product we would actually argue for.
• You are comparing more widely. See which UK companies charge a fixed fee and what flat-fee recruitment actually costs.

Start with the advert. Our free job advert generator writes it from rough notes in about twenty seconds and shows the live local pay band for the job title — no account, no card, and the words are yours whoever you end up buying from.

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