AI Recruiting Advisory for Small Business

Enterprise-level hiring strategy, at a small business price.

You're too small for a search firm and too busy to hire well on your own. We bridge that gap — 20+ years of real recruiting experience paired with practical AI, so you hire smarter, faster, and cheaper without a staffing firm or a six-figure HR department.

3x Inc. 5000 Honoree Forbes Council Member 20+ Combined Years in TA Ex-Meta · AWS · Stripe Recruiters

The cost of getting it wrong

1.5–2x

A single bad hire costs 1.5 to 2x that role's annual salary in lost productivity, retraining, and turnover — and small businesses feel it hardest. There's no HR department to absorb the damage.

10–150employees, our sweet spot
$2.5–4.5kaudit, your entry point
$1,500/moretainer, ongoing support

Why hiring feels broken

Five reasons small business hiring keeps failing.

None of this is a personal failing. No one has built an affordable bridge between enterprise-grade recruiting and small business reality — until now.

Problem 1

The cost barrier

Search firms charge 20–30% of first-year salary — $12,000 to $18,000 on a $60,000 hire. Enterprise AI recruiting platforms run $50,000+ a year. Small businesses can't afford either, so they hire poorly alone or don't hire at all.

Problem 2

The knowledge gap

AI recruiting tools exist at every price point, including free — but most owners have no idea how to use them well, so they avoid AI or use it wrong and write it off.

Problem 3

No structured process

A role opens, a job gets posted, someone picks from who applies. No sourcing strategy, no screening framework, no data to learn from. Every hire starts from zero.

Problem 4

Candidate overload

Hundreds of unqualified applicants bury the right ones. Without AI screening, review is slow, subjective, and exhausting — leading to rushed, bad decisions.

Problem 5

No advocate in your corner

Staffing agencies work for their fee, not your outcome. Job platforms are transactional. Nobody's a trusted advisor who knows your business, knows the tools, and sticks around after the invoice clears.

The solution

Three ways to work with us. One clear home for every client.

Every relationship starts with the same first step, then splits based on how you hire.

Step 1 · Required

AI Recruiting Audit

A full assessment of your hiring process, tools, job descriptions, and candidate experience — with a written action plan and a 90-minute debrief. Gets everyone in the door.

Optional path

Workshop & Training

A half or full-day working session that teaches your team to use AI recruiting tools, build a repeatable process, and evaluate candidates with confidence.

Ongoing support

Monthly Retainer

Think gym membership: continuous access to AI-powered recruiting support and expert guidance. The cost of not having it when a hire goes wrong is always higher.

How the retainer actually gets delivered

A layered support model, so partner time stays rare and high-value.

Tier 1 — AI Chatbot

Instant, around-the-clock answers on job descriptions, screening, and tool picks.

Tier 2 — Success Team

Offshore CS handles check-ins, account management, and scheduling — relationships stay warm.

Tier 3 — Partners

Reserved for complex strategy and high-value advisory moments. Rare, and worth it.

Find your path

How many people do you hire in a typical year?

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Hires per year 10 hires / year
030+

The offer & pricing

Every client knows exactly where they fit.

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AI Recruiting Audit

$2,500–$4,500
one-time · required first step
Process, JD, and tool stack review
Candidate journey audit
Written action plan + 90-min debrief
Build capability

Workshop & Training

$3,000–$6,000
per session · $500–$1,000 per seat for cohorts
AI tool walkthrough & prompt engineering
Screening & interview framework
Custom hiring playbook
10+ hires / year

Monthly Retainer

$1,500/mo
1-year term · audit fee credited if signed within 30 days
24/7 AI chatbot support
Monthly success-team check-in
Partner escalation when it matters
Under 10 hires / year

Hourly Consulting

$200/hr
no monthly commitment
Expert support exactly when you need it
Same expertise, pay-as-you-go

Why us

The white space nobody else occupies.

Search firms, job boards, and HR consultants each solve part of the problem. We're the only ones built to solve all of it, at a small business price.

  Search Firms Job Boards HR Consultants Us
Recruiting expertise Yes No Partial Yes
AI fluency Limited Limited No Yes
SMB affordable No Yes Partial Yes
Subscription model No No Sometimes Yes
Process building No No Partial Yes
Flat fee model No Yes Varies Yes

Who we are

Operators, not theorists.

Decades of real recruiting work at both enterprise scale and small business reality.

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Paul David

Founder & Managing Partner

Grew Identified Talent Solutions to 28 corporate employees and 100+ field consultants. 3x Inc. 5000 honoree and Forbes Council Member with deep healthcare IT and Epic recruiting expertise.

CL

Charles Lising

Managing Director

Former Recruiting Manager at Amazon Web Services, leading a 16-person team across Product, Design, and Research. Delivers every AI Recruiting Audit personally.

NM

Nadine Motaweh

Managing Partner

Senior recruiting roles at Stripe, IPSY, and INNOCEAN USA. Drives client strategy and leads content across the practice.

TA

Timothy Arredondo

Managing Partner

Three years technical sourcing at Meta across Android, iOS, and ML hiring. Leads the Workshop & Training program with US Air Force Reserve precision.

Ready when you are

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