If this hire matters, the expensive part is usually not the recruitment fee. It is the delay, wrong interviews, weak shortlist, release pressure, and the hire that looked fine until the work started.
In 15 minutes, we can usually tell whether the real risk is in the brief, the process, the profile, the pay, the market, or the environment the person is walking into.
This call is for the moment before the mistake compounds
By the time most teams ask for help, they are not short on candidates. They are short on confidence.
Exactly what you get
You are not booking a vague consultation. You are booking a quick risk read on the role before the search burns more time.
We look for whether the issue is role shape, process drag, shortlist quality, contractor vs permanent fit, pay, market signal, or profile mismatch.
You leave with practical observations you can act on straight away, even if we never work together.
Because many hiring problems look like candidate problems when they are actually clarity problems.
Before you book
This is the thinking behind the 15-minute Hiring Risk Review. The goal is not to sell you recruitment. The goal is to help you see where the hiring risk is sitting before the search gets more expensive.
What this call is for
A short video explaining who this is for, what you get, and why it is worth checking the hiring risk before the search gets more expensive.
Proof this is not theory
Rare engineering hire in a tight NZ market. Contract integration role filled in 4 days. ERP BA hire who grew into AI Lead with $200k backing. The pattern is the same: the right hire was not obvious from the title alone.
Answer the booking questions honestly. We read them before the call and come prepared, so the 15 minutes starts with context instead of small talk.
Why this works
What will make this hire fail? What pressure is sitting around the role? What kind of person looks strong in interview but becomes expensive after day 30? What is the business actually trying to change with this hire?
Fit filter
The call is intentionally narrow. It is for commercial hiring problems, not general career advice or generic recruitment chat.
Questions before booking
No. The point of the 15 minutes is to give you a sharper read on the hire before the mistake gets more expensive. If there is a useful next step after that, I will explain it. If not, you still leave with something useful.
You leave with 2–3 practical next moves. If you want help beyond that, we can talk about the best path from there. If not, you still leave clearer than you came in.
Because generic advice wastes time. The more context we have upfront, the more likely we are to give you something useful in 15 minutes instead of repeating surface-level hiring tips you already know.
That is usually the best time to do this. A lot of money gets wasted when businesses start searching before they are clear on what the role actually needs to solve. That is exactly what this call helps uncover.
Yes. Contractor hiring can get expensive faster because the day rate starts before the setup is always ready. If scope, access, handover, or ownership is unclear, the contractor may become expensive before they get a fair chance to deliver.
Get a sharper read on the risk before you spend another month pushing the wrong search.