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The £9,000 Hiring Fee You Don't Have to Pay: Fixed-Fee Recruitment With a 100% Refund if We Don't Fill Your Role
A free 20-minute on-demand training for owners and hiring managers. Real placements, real timelines, and the exact maths of a £45,000 hire: £9,000 at a typical 20% agency fee versus £3,000 flat — with a 100% refund if we don't fill your role.
“I have been dealing with Louise. She was so helpful and kept in contact, until we filled the position. She always listened to what we wanted and helped us through the process.”
What you'll learn
Inside the 20 minutes
- The fee maths on one slide — where a £9,000 agency fee actually goes, and why the percentage model is structurally rigged against smaller employers.
- How a 14-day fill happens — the exact process behind a business-critical finance hire: 25 candidates sourced, 10 interviewed, offer signed in a fortnight.
- What it takes to fill a "nobody can fill it" role — 45 interviews and six client-ready candidates for one niche construction position, on a flat £3,000 fee.
- The guarantee, precisely — how a 100% refund (not a rebate ladder) works, what the agreed timeframe means, and the only three ways an instruction can end.
Your presenter
James Davies — TalentFinder
Presented for TalentFinder: ten years in business, 23,000+ UK employers served across Engineering, Finance, Legal and Construction, and a DWP Kickstart Gateway that placed 100 young people into work. Every case study in the training is a real placement from our own system, anonymised for client confidentiality.
What employers say
Trusted by UK employers
“I have been dealing with Louise. She was so helpful and kept in contact, until we filled the position. She always listened to what we wanted and helped us through the process.”
“We have used Talent Finder twice, in the last 12mths and had much greater success than relying on Indeed. I have found them to be friendly, responsive and professional.”
“We used Talent finder for the first time for a fixed fee to find a Warehouse Specialist. From start to finish the experience was both professional & efficient. … Excellent value for money.”
Is this for you?
Who it's for — and who it isn't
Watch it if you…
- Hire 1–10 skilled roles a year in the UK or Ireland
- Have been quoted 15–25% of salary by an agency
- Have a hard-to-fill or niche role open right now
- Want a shortlist of interviewed candidates, not a CV flood
Skip it if you…
- Run high-volume/RPO recruitment (different model)
- Only ever hire minimum-wage volume roles — our £399 advertising product fits better
Quick answers
- Is it really free? Yes — it's a training, and at the end we show what working with us costs. You'll know the offer is coming; there's no ambush.
- Do I have to attend at a set time? No. It's recorded — it starts the moment you register, and we email you the link so you can finish later.
- How long is it? 20 minutes, and the fee maths lands in the first five.