Understand the environment
We interrogate the business, leader, team, programme, pressures and evidence of success — not only the job description.
For hiring managers
More suppliers do not mean more market coverage.
In a specialist market with more vacancies than proven candidates, being sent the same active CV by several consultants is not choice. It is duplication dressed as coverage.
Why there is no jobs board
The candidates you want to meet are almost never looking for you.
Excellent active candidates exist, but the active market is only a fraction of the available talent. The strongest people are usually busy delivering, trusted by their employer and not spending evenings scrolling vacancy lists. SiteAppoint is designed to find and engage them.
That is why our service starts with your business, leadership, team and opportunity — not a vacancy upload. We define the reason a credible person should listen, identify the people with the evidence to succeed and approach them directly.
The multi-agency coverage myth
Ten agencies can produce ten versions of the same ten-minute search.
A vacancy released to ten recruiters appears to create competition. Commercially, it often creates the opposite of commitment. Each consultant knows nine others are racing for ownership, so the rational response is to submit whoever is immediately visible before someone else does.
The result is familiar: duplicated CVs, ownership disputes, inconsistent messages in the market and a stack of profiles selected for availability rather than fit. Even if all ten consultants spend ten minutes, you have bought 100 minutes of overlapping surface work — plus a paperwork argument nobody wanted.
Exclusive by design
Commitment creates the conditions for a better hire.
SiteAppoint rarely accepts indiscriminately shared vacancies. When a client commits the requirement to us, we can commit the research time, senior attention and market credibility it deserves. There is no need to send the “kind of relevant” candidate within ten minutes. We can understand the opportunity, build the target list and cover the addressable market properly. A database is useful; it is not a crystal ball.
Exclusivity is not a request for less accountability. It creates one accountable search partner, one accurate message and one clear delivery plan.
The SiteAppoint search
A search built to conclude the hire.
We are happy to spend far longer than 100 minutes on a requirement we fully understand and have the mandate to work properly.
Build the opportunity proposition
We identify what is genuinely compelling, where the move improves a candidate's position and how the opportunity should be represented.
Map the market
We form a target universe around sector, project evidence, level, geography and known performance rather than a database availability filter.
Approach directly
A tailored, discreet approach reaches the people who are busy performing and were not waiting for a vacancy advert.
Qualify properly
Capability, career evidence, package, location, travel, notice and motivation are tested before an introduction is considered.
Present a focused shortlist
Normally four well-matched profiles, each explained against the brief. We never dilute quality merely to hit a number.
Commitment for commitment
Your recruitment arm, not another CV sender.
Working closer lets us understand you as a leader, communicate the opportunity truthfully and protect the candidate experience. We become a practical extension of your team and brand: properly informed, commercially invested and accountable until the appointment is made.
- A consistent, credible message to market
- Senior ownership from briefing to acceptance
- A shortlist tested for evidence and genuine motivation
- Active search until the agreed market is covered
“Give us the mandate. We'll give you the coverage.”
SiteAppoint permanent searchRetained senior search
For the appointment that changes the trajectory.
Board, director, regional leadership and confidential succession assignments need a more structured mandate. We agree the success scorecard, map the full relevant market, calibrate findings with you and run a discreet partner-led process through to accepted offer.
Exclusive contingent20%
of first-year gross remuneration, payable on a successful appointment.
Retained search25%
total fee, with 10% upfront and credited against the total.
Full definitions, payment terms and conditions are set out in the client terms.
Need someone yesterday?
Protect delivery while the right permanent person is found.
A thorough permanent search and a candidate's notice period take time. If the operational need cannot wait, we can provide a highly experienced contract or freelance professional in a much shorter timeframe — ready to stabilise delivery, cover the gap and hand over when the permanent appointment starts.