Entry-level & graduate hiring · Liverpool · Manchester · Leeds · Sheffield

You don't have a shortage of applicants.
You have a shortage of time to read them.

We score every applicant against what your role actually needs, rank them, and show the reasoning. Fixed fee. No commission.

280
applications per role on average — more than double 2022

2.5
unemployed people per vacancy, up from 1.9 in 2024
1 in 3
employers still can't fill a vacancy
ONS, July 2026 · CIPD Labour Market Outlook, 2026
The problem

Record applications. Roles still unfilled.

Vacancies are at their lowest since 2021, with 2.5 unemployed people chasing each one. Applications per role have more than doubled since 2022 — and yet a third of employers still can't fill a vacancy. That isn't a shortage of candidates. It's a failure to find the right one in the pile.

The pile grew. The hours didn't.

Application volume rose 93% in a year while the teams reading them shrank by around 14%. Something has to give, and what gives is the reading.

The wrong ones don't stay

More than 40% of employers see a new recruit resign within twelve weeks. Rushed screening doesn't save time — it just moves the cost to three months later.

Agencies priced for senior roles

A 15–20% commission makes sense on a £60k hire. On a £25k junior role it doesn't — so the roles that most need help get the least.

Shortlists you can't question

"Trust us, she's great" isn't a reason. When you can't see why a candidate was chosen, you can't challenge it, defend it, or explain it to the person you turned down.

Why we're different

A model that reshapes itself around every role

Most screening applies the same fixed filter to every job. Ours doesn't — because no two roles value the same things.

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Calibrated to each role

The demands of the role adjust the model

A skill that's critical for one job counts double what it does for another. Each vacancy sets its own levers — the balance of attitude versus experience, and how much every individual skill matters — so the shortlist fits the role, not a one-size-fits-all screen.

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Built & priced for volume

Rigour where the pain is worst

A scientific, data-driven method aimed squarely at the roles that draw hundreds of applications — the ones commission-based agencies underserve because the fee is too small. We charge a fixed fee whatever the volume, so the roles that most need rigour finally get it.

Scientific, not gut-feel
A documented, repeatable scoring method — the same rigour applied to every applicant, every time.
Explainable by design
Every score breaks down into its evidence. You can defend a decision; a candidate can be told why.
Human judgement on top
The method ranks; a person decides. You get the rigour of a model and the sense-check of a recruiter.
How it works

Four steps, one clear shortlist

You stay in control the whole way. We do the reading.

Share the brief

Fifteen minutes to agree the role, the salary and what a strong candidate looks like.

We advertise & source

Your role goes out under your branding. Applications come to us, not to your inbox.

We score & review

Every applicant is scored on fourteen weighted factors, then a person checks each recommendation.

You get the shortlist

Ranked, explained, and yours to keep — with the reasoning behind every score.

What you receive

A shortlist you can actually interrogate

Not a list of names. A ranked assessment where every number traces back to its evidence.

A ranked shortlist

Every applicant scored 0–100 across two dimensions — experience and aptitude on one side, attitude and work-readiness on the other — weighted to the role.

The reasoning, not just the number

Each score breaks down into its components. You see exactly why the top candidate ranked where they did, and why others didn't.

A human check on every call

No candidate is shortlisted or rejected by the score alone. A person reviews every recommendation before it reaches you.

Answers for the people you don't hire

Any candidate can be told why. Most agencies can't offer that — and regulation is moving in that direction.

Fees

Fixed by salary band. Known before we start.

No percentage. No commission. No surprise invoice at the end.

Vacancy base salaryOur fee
Under £23,000£2,495
£23,000 – £25,999£2,895
£26,000 – £29,999£3,295
£30,000 – £35,000£3,695

Higher salaries by arrangement. We are not VAT registered, so no VAT is charged.

How payment works

  • Half on agreement of the role
  • Half 28 days after your new hire starts — so you see them settle before the balance falls due
  • Standard advertising included in the fee
On a £28,000 hire, a 20% agency fee is £5,600. Ours is £3,295.
Built to be defensible

Scored hiring only works if you can explain it

Human oversight

A person reviews every recommendation. The score informs the decision; it never makes it.

A full audit trail

We keep component-level scores, not just a final number, so any decision can be reconstructed.

A right to explanation

Candidates can be told why they scored as they did — on request, in plain terms.

Data handled properly

Defined retention and deletion, and a plain-English privacy notice covering how scoring works.

Try it on one role

Send us your next entry-level vacancy and we'll run it through the whole process. You'll see exactly what you'd be buying, on a role that matters to you.

For employers

Tell us about the role you're hiring for. We'll come back within a day to arrange a fifteen-minute brief.

Email us about a role

For candidates

Looking for an entry-level or graduate role in Yorkshire or Greater Manchester? Send your CV to go into our pool.

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