Pay only when you hire

Your AI-powered Digital Recruiter, working over email. 10% of your hire’s first-year compensation. No retainer, no upfront fees.

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How pricing works

10% of your hire’s first-year compensation. That’s it.

Base salary plus on-target bonus or commission, whatever you agreed at offer. We get paid only when you do. No retainer, no upfront cost, no monthly subscription.

What every hire includes
✓A named Digital Recruiter, briefed and run over email
✓Every CV read in full and scored against your brief
✓Sourcing, screening and shortlisting, end-to-end
✓Every active candidate managed and followed up
✓Working 7 days a week, never blocked, never on leave
✓You and the candidate put in direct contact at interview
✓Job advertising, sourcing tools, all included. No extras
✓No software to install, no portal logins, no setup
Brief us on a role
No commitment. No card. Tell us the role and we’ll show you how it goes.
High volume? Talent team?

Hiring at volume? We can flex the model.

For teams hiring multiple roles in parallel, or running an embedded talent function, we’ll structure something that fits: volume-tiered contingent rates, blended retainer-plus-success, or dedicated capacity. Tell us what you’re trying to do.

How we compare

Other ways you might hire, and how Referment stacks up.

Most SMEs choose between four traditional approaches. Here is what each one costs, what it takes from you, and where a Digital Recruiter is different.

  DIY (job board) Recruiter Embedded RPO Internal talent team Referment
What you pay £100s in ad fees
+ your time		 £10–20k per hire
(15–25% of salary)		 £8–15k/mo per recruiter
+ desk & tooling		 £50–100k+ salary
+ NI, pension, benefits, desk & tooling		 10% of first-year comp
Only when you hire
Time to first shortlist 2–4 weeks 1–2 weeks 1 week 1 week Days
Working hours Spare time only Mon–Fri, office hours Mon–Fri, office hours Mon–Fri, office hours 7 days a week, around the clock
Onboarding Job board accounts Briefing call + contract Multi-week setup Hire & train them first Nothing, just email
Lock-in Per job Per-role contract 3–6 month minimum Permanent hire None. Pay only on hire
Indicative figures, based on UK SME hiring norms in 2026. Your mileage may vary.