Building a resilient company requires full-time, dedicated talent invested in your mission. Placement Ridge specializes in direct-hire recruiting for pivotal executive, technical, revenue, and operational roles — backed by our 180-day placement guarantee.
Direct hire placements create enduring alignment between organizational objectives and employee incentives.
Direct-hire employees become core cultural and technical pillars of your organization, building institutional memory and long-term equity.
Unlike open-ended contractor markups that inflate operational spend over time, a single direct-hire placement fee yields permanent value.
Top-tier passive professionals overwhelmingly prefer direct full-time employment with comprehensive benefits and clear career progression over temporary contracts.
We stand behind every direct-hire placement with a 6-month replacement guarantee, removing financial risk and aligning our incentives with lasting retention.
Understanding the structural differences between permanent direct-hire placement and temporary agency staffing.
Direct hire (permanent placement) is a recruitment service where the recruitment agency identifies, vets, and headhunts candidates who are hired directly onto the client company’s payroll as permanent full-time employees.
We work on a retained or exclusive placement fee basis, calculated as an agreed percentage of the candidate’s first-year base compensation. Our searches include complete principal oversight, intake blueprinting, and a 180-day replacement guarantee.
Direct hire is the superior choice for mission-critical, leadership, and core engineering roles where cultural harmony, long-term commitment, and deep codebase or revenue ownership are required.
Speak directly with a senior search principal about your direct-hire requirements.