Four strategic hires. More than 50% lower recruitment cost.

When our client needed to grow its team, they weren’t looking for another recruitment supplier.

They wanted a recruitment partner that could become an extension of their business, move quickly, and give them predictable hiring costs as they scaled.
Since beginning our partnership in April, we’ve delivered four successful hires across multiple business functions through our Embedded Recruitment model.

The challenge

Like many growing businesses, the client needed to recruit across different disciplines, including:

• Compliance
• Commercial
• Marketing

Traditional recruitment would typically mean paying a placement fee every time a role was filled, with costs increasing as hiring demand grows.

Instead, the client chose a model built around continuous, ‘always on’ hiring support across their open ~10 roles.

The commercial impact

Had these four hires been completed through a traditional contingency agency fee, the expected recruitment cost would have been approximately £28,500.

Through Bullfinch’s Embedded Recruitment model, the fee, split out as monthly costs, came to a total of: £12,425.

Estimated saving: over £16,000.

That’s around 56% lower recruitment cost, while gaining a dedicated recruitment partner throughout the hiring process, not just sourcing and filtering.

Why Embedded Recruitment?

Our Embedded model gives businesses the flexibility of an internal recruitment function without the overhead of building one themselves.

Clients benefit from:

• Predictable monthly recruitment costs
• Dedicated recruiters who understand the business
• Faster delivery across multiple vacancies
• Better candidate experience
• A scalable hiring function that grows alongside the busines

Rather than paying for individual placements, clients invest in building long-term hiring capability.

Looking ahead

The first four hires are only the beginning.

As our client continues to grow, our recruitment team remains embedded within their hiring process, helping them attract exceptional talent while keeping recruitment costs predictable and scalable.

If your business is hiring across multiple roles, Bullfinch Recruitment may be a more effective alternative to traditional agency fees.