Free Tool: Smart Hiring System™
Your hiring is broken.
We fix it before it costs you.
Agency fees on repeat. Bad hires. Roles that keep coming back. Managers who have never been taught to interview. The problem is not the talent market. It is the process: and the fact that no one has fixed it properly.
Before any role goes live, we score it. Friction Lens tells you exactly where it will struggle and what to fix. Then we deliver: embedded alongside your team, building capability that lasts beyond the engagement.
The 5 reasons
your hiring keeps failing
Every business we talk to has at least two of these. Most have four.
Roles defined wrong from the start
Most briefs describe the last person in the job, not what the business actually needs. You attract the wrong people and wonder why the shortlist is always weak.
Inconsistent hiring managers
No structure. No scorecard. Three interviewers with three different agendas. The strongest candidate loses out to whoever interviewed best on the day.
A process that moves too slowly
Strong candidates are gone within seven days. If your process takes six weeks, you are not competing for the same talent pool.
Permanent agency dependency
Every role above a certain level goes to an agency. No internal capability is built. The fee bill just keeps growing.
High friction roles go to market blind
A role with the wrong salary, wrong location requirement, or too many must-haves will fail: but only after weeks of wasted effort. Friction Lens catches this before you go live.
Know which ones apply to you?
Book a hiring audit. We will tell you exactly where the process is breaking down and what it is costing you.
How
HIRE works
Five stages. Better role definition. Faster process. Higher quality hires. And Friction Lens running before every role goes live.
Friction Lens scoring
Before any role goes live, we score it. Friction Lens assesses your role across five dimensions: Location, Salary, Skills, Working Model, and Process: against live market data. You see exactly where it will struggle and what to fix before you spend a day recruiting.
Role definition
Better role definition. We rebuild the brief around what the business actually needs: outcomes, not a wish list. Attracts the right people. Filters the wrong ones before interview stage.
Faster process
Faster process. We map your timeline against where candidates drop off and cut the steps that add delay without adding signal. Strong candidates will not wait six weeks.
Higher quality hires
Higher quality hires. Structured scorecards for every interview stage. Every hiring manager scoring the same criteria. Gut feel becomes a tiebreaker, not the deciding vote.
Embedded delivery
We recruit alongside you, not instead of you. Depending on the package, Tom embeds directly into your hiring process: sourcing, screening, advising: building internal capability as we go.
What changes
when HIRE is working
- Roles scored against live market data before they go live: no more blind launches
- Better role definitions that attract the right people from day one
- A faster process that keeps strong candidates engaged
- Hiring managers who interview with structure, not instinct
- Reduced agency dependency on repeatable roles
- Higher offer acceptance and better retention at 12 months
Next step
Start with a hiring audit. Find out exactly what is broken.
We will look at your current process, score a live or recent role through Friction Lens, and give you a clear picture of what needs fixing and in what order.
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your hiring needs fixing?
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