Your agency talent acquisition & talent management partner.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ‘Hire Engine’?

Hire Engine is your agency talent acquisition and talent management partner. We provide the services you need to find & hire great talent at a price that fits any sized business. We’re your on-demand agency talent partner that works like we’re part of your business managing most of the process for hiring and developing your whole team, managing all your recruitment, or for just one hire. You choose.

Are you a headhunter, a recruiter, or something else?

We’re the talent partner you’ve always wanted. No sales pressure, no misrepresented resumes, transparent pricing and real people when you call us. We rebuilt the recruitment agency model for small to mid-sized business in 2015 and created a path that works for every level of business.

We identify more as a ‘Talent Partner’ and think like marketers to creatively source talent, solve hiring challenges, and develop your talent long-term.

We only work on a service partner retained basis with our clients to cost-effectively and collaboratively fill roles. It saves you money and it works better too.

Why ‘Hire Engine’?
  • We built a new kind of talent agency-model back in 2015 designed specifically to work with small to mid-sized businesses
  • We’re cost-friendly, no overhead, and scalable for your business
  • We are 100% real people not some kind of AI robotic system
  • 20+ years of recruiting and talent expertise & experienced at working with many different businesses
  • We believe Talent Attraction is marketing and think like marketers to attract talent
  • We have no conflict of interest. We represent you, our client, not candidates and work to source and present great talent options for the success of your business
  • We’re adaptable and can course-correct as quickly as a phone call in most cases
  • You’re in good company. Our team has worked with leading organizations from almost every industry across Canada for more than 20 years.
What is the service?
  • Full assessment of each role whether it’s a one off or a long term partnership
  • Development and/or revision of talent tools eg. Job descriptions, postings, interview guides etc.
  •  Sourcing in the market in partnership with you, our client, in a number of ways
  • Screening talent to fit the needs of each role
  • Presenting the talent that we feel fits most closely to the needs and timing of your hiring needs
  • Assisting with the ongoing development of your team through a series of training sessions

Integrate us as your own ‘Talent Attraction, Acquisition, and Management Partner’ and let us handle the candidate discovery, shortlisting, setting up ‘meet & greet’ interviews with you, and all-round candidate selection and hiring process.

How do you work with companies?
  • We have worked with a wide variety of companies with different ways of working, different budgets and different needs. But they all need our help reaching more talent, and value having our team to take the slack.

    Those with limited budgets may try a single role, many clients opt for our ‘White label’ talent partnership where we work as a part of your team on a fractional basis as opposed to hiring a full-time recruiter. They value how quickly our process is, how efficient we are and how our service saves them valuable hours.

How do you find candidates?

As a Talent Acquisition agency, we use a range of channels to find the talent you need, this includes job boards (generalist, niche & local), candidate databases, our internal database, our professional networks and online social networks.

What kind of roles do you hire for?

We’ve been building an extensive resourcing network for 20+ years, making Hire Engine able to act as a a successful talent partner for a wide variety of companies in a multitude of sectors hiring across all verticals and levels from an individual contributor to senior leadership positions.

What types of companies is ‘Hire Engine’ for?

We turbocharge hiring for business owners and hiring managers who simply don’t have the time or the inclination to focus on recruiting. Those leaders bring Hire Engine in as a complete hiring solution to get the job done. We work as an extension to your business and manage the vast majority of the talent attraction, acquisition and development process as needed. Better talent options, faster results, real people and real service versus recruitment off the corner of your desk or the wee hours of the night.

For enterprise level organizations – we augment your talent pipeline whilst you focus your days on engagement and converting the best talent.

Which option is for me?

All our options offer the same great service for all your hiring projects. But you will know if you need to hire 1, 2, or 20 people this year. The numbers drive the decision for this question. For companies hiring more than 30 people in a year, we would suggest that a conversation be had to present a customized solution.