You don't need a recruitment agency to reach great people. Here's exactly how direct hiring works on describe.me — from a pasted role to a booked interview — and what it costs versus a 15–25% agency fee.
See who we'd match — free Book a live demo Jump to how it worksA recruitment agency charges 15–25% of first-year salary, forwards you CVs for weeks, and gets paid on placement whether the hire lasts or not. For most roles you can do better yourself — if you can actually reach the right people. That's the part we fixed.
Everything an agency does — sourcing, shortlisting, scheduling — handled for you. Every decision stays with you.
Every profile is built by the person who owns it — no scraped CVs, no bought lists. They set out their skills and, crucially, where they want their career to go.
Multi-layer semantic matching reads skills, experience depth and aspiration together — surfacing strong people keyword search skips, and filtering out the ones who don't really fit.
Paste a role or a JD and get a scored shortlist in about a minute: match quality, Staying Power, essential skills and your offer vs the market. No signup.
Reveal full details for the people you like — pay per contact, first 3 free. No agency, no placement fee, no subscription.
Automated scheduling gathers everyone's availability and books the earliest slot that works — your interviewers don't even need an account.
See automated schedulingWho to contact, interview and hire stays entirely with you. The platform does the sourcing and admin; the judgment is yours.
Yes. Every profile is opt-in and verified — added by the person themselves, never scraped or bought. You see anonymised matches first, and full details only when you choose to unlock them.
No — it's built for anyone hiring. Founders, hiring managers and in-house teams use it exactly like an agency would, without the fee.
No. Paste a role and see your anonymised, scored shortlist for free — no account needed. You only sign up when you want to unlock someone's details.
Candidates opt in and consent to being matched; their name and contact details stay hidden until they agree to share them for your specific role. No surprises, no data brokers.
A job board waits for people to apply. describe.me matches motivated, opt-in people to your role — including strong passive candidates who aren't actively applying.
Free to post roles and review matches. You only pay per contact when you unlock someone — and your first 3 are free. No subscription, no contract.
Paste a role and get a free, anonymised shortlist in about a minute — no signup, no agency fee.
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