01For employers
How a Halftone engagement actually runs.
Four steps, one desk, one recruiter — submit the brief, source against the live candidate pool, receive a curated shortlist, and place with comp drawn from our own closed mandates. Built for hiring managers and partner agencies that want the same recruiter reading the brief, sourcing the slate, and walking the candidate into the first interview.
01.5Expected timeline
Day 1 to Month 1 — paced through the desk.
The flow below is the same one the desk runs against an incoming brief when it lands. The exact calendar moves with role seniority, comp band, and the depth of the search.
02The workflow
The four steps, in the order the desk runs them.
Every step ships with two readouts — what you receive as the hiring manager, and what the desk does on your behalf. Written so a hiring committee can compare the engagement shape against what an internal TA team would deliver.
Step 01Day 1
The desk does
Triages into the matching vertical desk and pulls the calibration snapshot for your brief the morning it lands.
Open the requestStep 02Week 1
The desk does
Searches the live candidate pool and reaches out to past applicants on your vertical desk; every shortlist starts with a recruiter who has read the file.
Browse the talent poolStep 03Week 2
The desk does
Pre-qualifies against your must-haves so you only see candidates the desk would put you in front of — no quantity-over-quality dump.
Read the workflowStep 04Month 1
The desk does
Quotes the comp band from the calibration snapshot so the candidate walks in knowing what the role is worth in their market.
See the comp index03Recap
What you receive, by step.
The packet the desk hands back at each stage — written so a hiring manager can quote any single readout back when the conversation turns to fit, comp, or tempo.
Step 01
Submit a role.
You receive
The brief, comp band, and the must-haves — same shape your HRBP would fill on Friday afternoon.
The desk does
Triages into the matching vertical desk and pulls the calibration snapshot for your brief the morning it lands.
Step 02
Candidate sourcing.
You receive
A read on who the desk already has for the brief and the gaps they will source against — not a blind job-board spray.
The desk does
Searches the live candidate pool and reaches out to past applicants on your vertical desk; every shortlist starts with a recruiter who has read the file.
Step 03
Curated shortlist.
You receive
A shortlist of three to six candidates, each with a resume, comp ask, and a one-line fit read from the desk that placed them.
The desk does
Pre-qualifies against your must-haves so you only see candidates the desk would put you in front of — no quantity-over-quality dump.
Step 04
Placement, comp-backed.
You receive
An intro when there is a fit, an honest read on comp before the conversation starts, and a 90-day replacement guarantee.
The desk does
Quotes the comp band from the calibration snapshot so the candidate walks in knowing what the role is worth in their market.
ClosingReady when you are
When you're ready, the brief lands on the desk of a senior recruiter the same morning.
Twelve fields, one paragraph, no account, no password. The intake lands on the desk your brief will be sourced against — not a parser, not a chatbot. We respond within one business day with a real read on the brief, a sharpened comp band, and a plan for the slate. Post a role to the board instead if the search is self-serve.
Set in the template display face · Halftone Talent desk · printed on-screen