A recruiting partner for employers
Somebody should own the search. Right now nobody does.
RecruitLocalPros runs the full search on your behalf, nationwide. You hand over the requisition. One owner takes it from market map to signed offer and reports to you the whole way. The fee is set by the seniority of the role, not by a percentage of what the person ends up earning, and the published range across all six tiers is $6,240 to $54,340.
Eight questions. Your tier range on screen before you talk to anyone.
Why does a percentage fee keep producing the same result?
Because it pays for a hire, not for a search. A contingency firm bills 20 to 30% of the salary when someone signs, and earns nothing until then. So the incentive is volume. Send resumes to as many employers as possible, hope one sticks, move on. Nobody is paid to map the market, nobody is paid to keep a candidate warm through a slow interview loop, and nobody is accountable when the role is still open ninety days later.
The arithmetic is the part most people have not sat down with. A $120,000 hire through a contingency firm costs $24,000 to $36,000. The same search here is Tier III, manager and specialist level, at $13,589 to $23,393. The fee stops moving when the salary does, which also means nobody has a reason to talk your offer up.
What happens after you hand over a requisition?
Four stages, with one person accountable for all of them. You get the market map before anyone is contacted, so you can tell us the search is pointed the wrong way while it is still cheap to change.
01
Market map
Who is actually out there, what they are paid now, and how many of them exist inside commuting distance of the role. Delivered to you before outreach starts.
02
Sourcing and screening
Direct approach to people who are not applying to anything, because the strongest candidates for most roles are not on the market. Every one is screened against your requirements before you see them.
03
Your interview loop
Scheduling, prep and follow-up are handled, and candidates are kept engaged between your stages. This is where most searches lose people.
04
Offer and close
Offer guidance, negotiation support, and a start date. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, and that is a typical window rather than a promise.
What does it cost?
Six tiers, assigned by the seniority of the role. Salary is collected separately and used only to show you what the same hire would have cost on contingency. It never sets your tier, so a strong candidate at the top of your band does not raise your invoice.
| Tier | Role level | Fee range |
|---|---|---|
| I | Individual contributor, support | $6,240 to $10,920 |
| II | Individual contributor, professional | $9,386 to $13,247 |
| III | Manager or specialist | $13,589 to $23,393 |
| IV | Director or principal | $20,593 to $27,599 |
| V | Executive | $22,616 to $36,751 |
| VI | Senior executive | $33,440 to $54,340 |
Every figure on this site traces to a published source. Fees are RecruitLocalPros rates, current as of November 2026.
Why work with us instead of the firm you already called?
Four things, and the last one is the one that matters most.
- The fee is knowable before you start. You see your tier range on screen, not after a discovery call.
- One owner, start to finish. Not a coordinator who hands you to a sourcer who hands you to nobody.
- A 45-day replacement guarantee at 50% off if the person does not work out in the first 45 days.
- You can see the search before it runs. The market map arrives before outreach, so a search pointed at the wrong talent pool gets corrected in week one instead of month three.
What we are not: this is not a staffing agency and not a job board. There is no temp desk here and no software for you to log into. It is one search, run properly, for a fee you agreed to in advance.
Find out what your search costs
Eight questions about the role you are filling. You get your tier range on screen, and if you are currently paying a contingency firm, what the same hire would have cost there.