Truebia gives lean talent acquisition teams fully managed recruiting capacity inside their own LinkedIn and ATS. Compare that approach with paying a contingency agency for each successful placement.
What changes when you work with Truebia?
Your budget supports the whole recruiting effort
Contingency recruiting ties the agency fee to a successful placement under your agreement. Truebia provides an agreed scope of managed recruiting work: research, sourcing, outreach, candidate engagement and pipeline development. For multiple hires, that can make your budget go further. The right comparison depends on your hiring volume, scope and contract terms.
You gain capacity without permanent headcount
We drop in, get to work and manage delivery. Increase or reduce support as your hiring needs change, subject to the scope and notice terms of your engagement. Your TA team gains hands-on help without taking on another permanent employee.
The work stays useful after the engagement
Because we work within your systems, your team retains the research, candidate records, outreach history and pipeline created there, subject to your policies and platform terms. Hiring managers can see the work moving forward. You gain an asset for future hiring as well as support for today’s roles.
Compare the full cost, not just the invoice
Contingency cost: number of placements × the agreed placement fee. Where the contract uses a salary percentage, the fee is the relevant salary × that percentage.
Truebia cost: the full engagement fee, plus any separately agreed tools, advertising or other expenses.
Compare the same roles, period and outcomes. Include the internal time needed to brief suppliers, coordinate candidates and manage the process. Ask what work and candidate history you will retain under each agreement.
A simple illustration
Hypothetical assumptions only—not a Truebia quote, client result or hiring guarantee: a $120,000 salary, a 20% contingency fee and a $30,000 total managed recruiting engagement. These figures illustrate the calculation; they are not industry benchmarks.
One hire: $24,000 contingency fees versus $30,000 for the assumed engagement. The engagement costs $6,000 more.
Two hires: $48,000 versus $30,000. The assumed engagement costs $18,000 less.
Four hires: $96,000 versus $30,000. The assumed engagement costs $66,000 less.
This compares fees assuming the same number of hires. Actual results, timing, salaries, expenses and terms vary. More hires are not guaranteed.
Which approach fits your hiring needs?
Consider Truebia when: your small TA team needs sustained execution, several roles need attention, you want pipelines built within your systems, or demand fluctuates and permanent headcount is difficult to justify.
Contingency may fit when: you have an isolated specialist requirement and prefer a fee contingent on placement. Agency services, guarantees, candidate ownership and research access vary by agreement.
Embedded recruiting in practice
How Truebia supports a major autonomous vehicle technology company, working inside the team’s systems and building a pipeline the client retains.
Common questions
Is Truebia always cheaper?
No. Savings depend on scope, duration, fees and actual hires. We can compare an engagement against your real agency terms before you decide.
Do we have to manage another recruiting team?
Truebia manages day-to-day execution. Your team provides hiring priorities, access and feedback; we handle the agreed recruiting work and keep progress visible.
Can we scale support up and down?
Yes. We agree the capacity, scope and notice terms with you so support can match changing hiring demand.
Can recruitment marketing be included?
Yes. Recruitment marketing can strengthen the employer story and candidate outreach alongside recruiting execution. The specific work is defined in your engagement.
See what your hiring budget could do.
Bring your roles, hiring targets and current agency terms. We will help you compare the options using your numbers.