Stop Paying Inflated Fees to Contingency Firms for Each Hire
Grow your talent network in 2-3 weeks without hiring an expensive contingency firm or a full-time recruiter.
Say Goodbye To
- Inflated placement fees
- Filler candidates
- Being chased for fees when you hire candidates in the future
- Being pushed to hire the most expensive candidate
With Opt-In, You Receive
- Guaranteed network of quality candidates you can hire anytime.
- Candidate sourcing when you need it, and not when you don’t.
- Full ownership over your network of candidates.
- Ability to hire as many candidates as you want without additional fees.
- Expertise sourcing for tech companies covering product, engineering, marketing, sales engineering/solutions consulting, data & analytics, customer success.
With Opt-In, You Receive
- Guaranteed network of quality candidates you can hire anytime.
- Candidate sourcing when you need it, and not when you don’t.
- Full ownership over your network of candidates.
- Ability to hire as many candidates as you want without additional fees.
- Expertise sourcing for tech companies covering product, engineering, marketing, sales engineering/solutions consulting, data & analytics, customer success.
What People Say About Opt-In
We had some roles that were becoming hard to fill. Our requirements were almost literally seeking a unicorn. However, once we engaged Matt, he really went out of his way to understand what we were looking for and he was able to find candidates who were great fits. Thanks to Matt and his team's work, we were able to fill multiple roles from the pipeline he built for us.
“Matt Needleman and Opt-In Talent will be the breath of fresh air you’re looking for in the recruiting industry. Matt delivers candidates with the right skills, aspirations, and career goals, ensuring a perfect match with your company's needs. As an extension of your team, Opt-In gives you the reliability you need as a growing company, combined with the flexibility you want to build a custom hiring solution for any business area. Working with Matt will be the most attentive and personable talent acquisition experience you’ve had by far.”
Matt brings a refreshing creativity and thoughtfulness when finding candidates for challenging roles. His commitment for unearthing candidates with unique skill sets is unmatched. Thanks to his dedication, I’ve built multiple stellar teams that were core to building out our platform.
Speaking from personal experience, Matt and his team are highly effective talent sourcers. They were able to cut through the LinkedIn noise and pique my interest with a heart-felt, honest, yet tactical invitation, and they followed through with the same unique approach the entire process. Matt in particular is like a talent-finding wizard, and I've watched him bring key hire after key hire with a particular focus on making a lasting culture fit. Highly recommended for any type of key hire you're looking to expand your team, but I think they work best with long term engagements, where they can deeply integrate and provide a consistent feed of high quality candidates.
Current recruiting solutions aren’t meeting the needs of today’s growing tech companies.
- Contingency firms are expensive and can often have incentives that are misaligned with your company’s goals.
- In-house recruiters are great (or can be) but hiring a capable full-time recruiter is an expensive commitment that many startups are hesitant to make.
Opt-in Talent challenges the status quo of recruiting partners, providing more value to growing companies while lowering cost-per-hire.
For a flat fee, you’ll have access to recruiting assistance when you need it and turn it off when you don’t.
When you partner with Opt-In Talent, you get something most recruiting firms won’t give you…
A network of quality candidates that YOU own (meaning you don’t pay for each hire).
No-Brainer Pricing
Our flat fee structure provides you with transparency and predictability. Pay one flat fee, regardless of the candidate's salary, and NO placement fees.
Don’t Just Make a Hire. Grow Your Talent Network.
Hire any candidate for future roles without additional fees. Build a pool of trusted talent over time without incurring extra costs.
High-Touch Recruiting
We treat each search like it’s retained because we deliver a minimum number of high-quality candidates, not just one hire.
Flexible to Your Needs
Scale up and scale down the sourcing as needed. Avoid hiring a full-time internal recruiter when the demand isn’t quite there yet.
For half the cost of a contingency firm (and sometimes less)
You’ll receive a pipeline of qualified, vetted candidates who have 'opted-in' to be a part of your talent network and interview for your open position.
You only pay the full fee upon fulfillment of the minimum number of candidates that you agree to interview.
Grow your talent network in 2-3 weeks without hiring an expensive contingency firm or a full-time recruiter.
We take care of the hard part for hiring teams. We develop and execute the go-to-market plan for attracting the right candidates and deliver a short list of pre-qualified candidates for your team to select from, interview, and hire.
Positions Filled
- Marketing
- Product Management
- Sales Engineering
- Customer Success
- Implementations /Professional Services
- Select Engineering Positions
Positions Filled
- Marketing
- Product Management
- Sales Engineering
- Implementations /Professional Services
- Customer Success
- Select Engineering Positions
Industries Served
SaaS
Digital Marketing Agencies
Digital Media Companies
FinTech
HealthcareIT
MarTech & AdTech
Our Process
KICK OFF
Kick-off meeting with the hiring manager and stakeholders to learn about the business and the need.
GO TO MARKET
Go to market with effective targeting and outreach (average open rate = 86%, Average reply rate = 59%)
CANDIDATE SCREENING
Conduct pre-qualification screens of every candidate and send only those candidates who are qualified and interested in your opportunity
FILL PIPELINE
Fill the pipeline with an agreed-upon minimum number of candidates so you can make an informed hiring decision.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Contingency firms are incentivized to make a placement with you as fast as possible and then move on to the next thing. (Trust me, I worked at one) They send 1 or 2 good candidates that they think they can place with you and then they often send ‘fodder’. They’re not trying to build you a network of candidates in the market that you can stay in touch with and hire at any time. If you don’t hire their first batch of candidates, they decrease efforts immediately and focus on other clients.
I’m incentivized to send you quality because that’s what I get paid on – only candidates you select to interview.
The real thing companies need when they hire a recruiter (either internally or externally) is not so much someone to manage applicants or even manage the interview process, they really need effective candidate sourcing. That’s what companies think they’re getting when they hire a contingency firm but many times they don’t get that, they just get the 1-3 candidates the firm has on the back burner. They use the term ‘recycled’ candidates.
In many cases, you’re gonna pay $20K or more and get someone in the position for a year. Then you’ll go back to the contingency firm and pay another $20K. In general, it’s just a bad model. It’s great for the firms but it’s a bad model for companies.
A: Depending on your needs, a full-time internal recruiter could make a great fit. However, full-time recruiters who know what they’re doing are expensive these days so you’ll end up paying $120K – $150K/year + benefits. And if your hiring needs fluctuate you may not always have enough work to keep them busy at all times, so you’re stuck paying for time you aren’t able to utilize.
A: You might be surprised to hear this, but Opt-In Talent is actually a recruiting firm of one. This means you’ll work directly with me, the founder of Opt-In Talent.
Meet Matt
I’ve been recruiting for growing tech companies since 2012. My experience has been a mixture of agency-side and in-house. In 2018 I managed Talent Acquisition at an Atlanta-based healthcare payments software company, recruiting across all teams through to when they had a successful exit in 2021.
Since then I’ve managed recruiting for HealthcareIT, FinTech, Digital Marketing, and eCommerce companies with a particular focus on recruiting for Marketing, Product Management, Engineering and Solutions Consulting teams.
My focus has always been on forming a deep understanding of the needs of hiring teams and creating genuine connections with candidates.
Pricing
Just In Time
(For immediate recruiting needs)
- $7,995 per role below $120K salary
- $11,995 per role above $120K salary
Up to 8 interviewed candidates (or 1 hired candidate) is guaranteed for each role assigned*.
*Especially narrow roles are subject to a smaller guaranteed pipeline.
Reserved Capacity
(Monthly Retainer)
- 1 role at a time = starting at $5,995/month
- 2 roles at a time = starting at $7,995/month
- 3 roles at a time = starting at $10,995/month
Pricing
Just In Time
(For immediate recruiting needs)
- $7,995 per role below $120K salary
- $11,995 per role above $120K salary
*Especially narrow roles are subject to a smaller guaranteed pipeline.
<span data-metadata=""><span data-buffer="">Reserved Capacity
(Monthly Retainer)
- 1 role at a time = starting at $5,995/month
- 2 roles at a time = starting at $7,995/month
- 3 roles at a time = starting at $10,995/month