Cohort is the flexible in-house talent function for lean, fast-moving companies.
We help teams hire well - with no agency fees, no overwhelm, and no full-time overhead. You get great hiring outcomes, and build long-term capability.
Costs ~60% less than traditional agencies.
Removes ~90% of your hiring workload.
You own 100% of the process, knowledge, and pipeline we build together.
Fast-moving companies face an impossible choice when hiring.
Do it yourself - and sacrifice time and focus? Or rely on agencies that charge heavily, own your pipeline, and leave you back at square one?
Something always gives: your time, process quality, or the candidate experience that secures the perfect hire.
There's a better way.
Even for a single vacancy - we work as your in-house talent function, building and running a hiring engine that’s affordable, flexible, and gets stronger with every hire.
We fill your roles, run the end-to-end process, and support your team to make confident hiring decisions.
Everything we build is yours to keep. That means all the playbooks, systems, and the full candidate pipeline stay in your business, even when you no longer need us.
Scale support up when you’re growing.
Scale it down when you’re not.
No tie-ins. No runway-burning fixed overheads.
Fees are agreed upfront — and if we don’t deliver, you don’t pay.
How do we work?
You have a playbook for winning customers. You need one for winning talent.
We build a repeatable engine - predictable timelines, quality candidates, processes that work. Choose end-to-end or targeted support. We do the work, and your team learns proven hiring practices as we go.
Everything is yours to keep - run it yourself in the future, or call us back.
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Attract
Employer brand and job messaging that cuts through and reaches the right people.
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Engage
Proactive sourcing and outreach – finding the best people, even in competitive markets.
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Deliver
Everything from application to offer, managed. You step in for the decisions that matter.
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Select
Interview best-practice, alongside your managers – giving you confidence in every hire.
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Optimise
Systems and processes optimised. Your hiring playbook gets stronger with every hire.
But don’t just take our word for it…..
Bruce Mitchell - Managing Director, ITDev Ltd
“Before working with Cohort, the hiring process was led by our management team - taking them away from their main tasks. The managers didn’t enjoy doing it, and this meant the process was inefficient and time-consuming.
“Cohort have taken management of the hiring process off our hands so our senior team can now just focus on the final interviews, making sure the shortlisted candidates have the right technical skills and personality to fit into our team.
“As well as hiring process improvement, Cohort have helped refine our employee value proposition so we are attracting the right people, and they are a valuable source of market information so we have confidence that we can adapt to whatever hiring needs we have in the future.”
Stephanie Saunier - Managing Director, Carbon Limits AS
“In a small and growing company, hiring is both central and a headache! The work with Cohort has allowed us to improve our efforts on many fronts: from the process to how we describe our offer.
“The Cohort team manages the perfect balance between sharing their expertise while adapting to our constraints and our ways of working. We are grateful for a great collaboration!”
Barrie Jarman, Founder, Red Volcano
“We started working with Cohort for recruiting and have been blown away. They take a completely different approach to both candidate searching, communication with us, and even their pricing. It works out better in every department and I really can't speak highly enough of them.
If you are recruiting at the moment you really need to give this way of working a shot. “
Candidate Feedback
Never underestimate the importance of human interaction. In a world dominated by AI we believe that the personal touch is essential for building confidence in your brand.
Feedback from one of the candidates we've been dealing with on behalf of a customer. And this is after they received a rejection email!
