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HireSelect vs. traditional recruiters.

Same outcome, a vetted shortlist you can hire from. Radically different cost, speed, and transparency.

Traditional recruiter

15 to 25% of first-year salary
60 to 90 day exclusive contract
Black-box process, you wait and hope
Paid to fill, not to fit
$11,000–$18,000

HireSelect

Flat $3,500, any salary
No exclusivity, no lock-in
Full transparency: fit analyses on every candidate
Recruiter-vetted from 1.2B+ profiles
$3,500 total

Where the difference comes from

Same experienced recruiters, a leaner model

Cost: we charge a flat fee instead of a percentage, so a $130,000 hire costs the same $3,500 as a $60,000 hire.

Speed: AI does the heavy sourcing across 1.2 billion profiles in seconds, so a experienced recruiter spends their time vetting instead of digging. You see a shortlist in 5 to 7 business days.

Transparency: every candidate arrives with a fit analysis, confirmed salary, and pre-screen results, so you see exactly who we found and why.

Control: no exclusivity. You keep interviewing your own candidates alongside the shortlist we deliver.

When a traditional recruiter still makes sense

If you have ongoing hiring, need embedded recruiting capacity, or are filling executive or security-cleared roles, a relationship-based firm is the better fit. BizFirst, which owns HireSelect, does exactly that. HireSelect is built for a single role you want filled well, fast, and for a flat fee.

Stop searching. Start interviewing.

One call. $500 to start. A vetted shortlist of 3 to 5 candidates in 5 to 7 business days.

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$500 to start · $3,000 on delivery

The company behind HireSelect

BizFirst

BizFirst is a boutique recruiting firm with 60+ years of combined recruiting experience placing talent across technology, AI, government contracting, and cleared roles. Need ongoing or embedded recruiting rather than a one-role shortlist? BizFirst offers contingent DirectHire and monthly PartnerHire (RPO) engagements.

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