Solutions Built Around How You Hire Every hiring challenge is different. Whether you’re making a key strategic hire or scaling an entire function, our approach adapts to your urgency, internal capacity, and growth plans, delivering talent with precision, speed, and impact
Flexibility without compromise.
Operating on a success-based model, we proactively headhunt and engage high-impact talent beyond the active market, not relying on inbound applications.
While many organisations run job ads, we complement this by securing the professionals those channels don’t reach.
You only invest when we deliver, without compromising on quality.
What Is Contingency Search?
Contingency search is a flexible, success-based hiring approach. You only invest when the right hire is made.
At Exelvia Group, we don’t rely on job ads or inbound applications. We take a headhunting-led approach, proactively identifying and engaging high-impact professionals beyond the active market.
While many organisations run job ads, we support internal teams with market insights and positioning to improve performance, at no additional cost.
The result: access to stronger talent, delivered without upfront commitment.
Why Use Exelvia for Contingency Search?
Headhunting-Led Approach
We don’t rely on job ads. Every search is driven by proactively identifying and engaging high-impact talent beyond the active market.
Access to the 97% Not Actively Applying
The strongest professionals aren’t on job boards. We go directly to them.
Speed with Precision
Fast delivery, focused on relevant, high-quality candidates aligned to your requirements.
Flexible, Success-Based Model
You only invest when we deliver, without compromising on quality or focus.
Transparent Fee Structure
Our contingency fees typically range between 20–25% of first-year salary, depending on role complexity.
As a success-based model, you only invest once the right hire is secured, aligning our success with yours.
Retained Search
A dedicated, partnership-led approach for business-critical hires.
Retained search is designed for roles where precision, confidentiality, and long-term impact matter. We work closely with your team on an exclusive basis, committing the time and resources required to deliver the right outcome.
Every search is driven by a headhunting-led approach, giving you direct access to high-impact talent beyond the active market.
What Is Retained Search?
Retained search is an exclusive, partnership-led approach where we operate as an extension of your internal team.
It is designed for organisations seeking a more dedicated and structured approach, aligning on the role, market, and hiring strategy from day one.
By engaging on a retained basis, you secure priority, full resource allocation, and a focused headhunting-led process to deliver the right outcome.
Why Choose Exelvia for Retained Search?
Extension of Your Internal Team
We operate as a true partner, aligning on the role, market, and hiring strategy from day one.
Full Priority and Focus
Retained search allows us to fully dedicate our time and resources, ensuring your search is prioritised from start to finish.
Headhunting-Led Approach
We proactively identify and engage high-impact talent beyond the active market, not relying on applications.
Structured, High-Precision Delivery
Every search is executed through a clear, focused process, ensuring alignment and the right outcome.
Transparent Fee Structure
Our retained search fees are defined based on the scope of your hiring requirements, including role complexity and number of hires.
Fees are determined following a clear understanding of your requirements, challenges, and hiring objectives, ensuring the structure reflects the work involved.
They are typically delivered in phases, aligned to key milestones throughout the search. For multi-hire mandates, this structure often provides a more efficient and cost-effective alternative to contingency.
Dedicated Talent Acquisition with a Personal Touch
with a Personal Touch
The best hiring outcomes stem from genuine partnerships. Our exclusive recruitment service offers a collaborative approach, ensuring that your hiring needs are met with precision and dedication
What Is Team Build?
Team Build is a project-based approach designed to scale teams quickly and effectively.
We define the full scope upfront, including number of hires, timelines, and delivery expectations, structuring the engagement as a single, aligned project rather than a series of individual hires.
By taking ownership of the entire recruitment process, we ensure faster delivery, consistent quality, and a more efficient outcome across the build.
Typically used by high-growth companies expanding into new locations or building teams following investment.
Why Choose Exelvia for Team Build?
We Own the Entire Build
From scoping to delivery, we take full responsibility for the recruitment process across every hire.
Built for Speed at Scale
Designed for multi-hire environments, enabling faster delivery without sacrificing quality.
One Aligned Project, Not Individual Hires
Scope, timelines, and expectations are defined upfront, ensuring structured and coordinated execution.
Embedded, Partnership-Led Delivery
We operate as an extension of your internal team, with regular check-ins and direct alignment with hiring managers throughout the process.
Full Transparency and Visibility
Real-time access to pipeline and progress through our CRM system.
Measured and Accountable
KPIs and hiring goals are defined upfront, ensuring progress is tracked and aligned with your objectives.
Consistency Across the Team
A single, focused process ensures alignment in quality, technical fit, and hiring standards.
More Efficient Than Hiring Role by Role
A structured approach delivers greater speed, consistency, and cost efficiency across the entire build.
Transparent Fee Structure
Team Build engagements are structured around the scope of the project, including team size, timelines, and level of support required, such as on-site or embedded delivery.
Fees are defined following a clear understanding of your requirements, ensuring the structure reflects the full scope of the build.
We align upfront and provide a tailored proposal for the entire engagement.
