Recruitment built by operators
The right person.Not the best AI-CV.
Hiring has become software talking to software.The 15 puts people back in charge of the decision.
Most CVs go in the bin.
We pull out the right one.
Animation: a stream of AI-written CVs falls into a keyword filter bin. The 15 reaches into the stream, rescues the right one and hands it to the hiring team.
30,000 recruitment agencies compete with each other.
We don't compete with any of them.
We're operators, working at a completely different angle.
Transparent fee
Published. Never negotiated. Payable only when the candidate starts.
Operator judgement
Over 200,000 people work in UK recruitment. We're not one of them. We're operators.
Zero AI filtering
We screen by hand and send an average of 3 curated profiles.
Spot the synonym
LinkedIn and the ATS are killing the personin every role.
A filter sees a missing keyword.An operator sees the same skill.Shortlist them, or bin them like a keyword filter would.See how many good people you keep.
See how operators read skills →Drag the candidate's answer into the job ad box if it's the same skill, or into the bucket if it isn't.
Or tap where it should go.
“Trello” not found.
Both are task boards. Same skill.
Why The 15 exists
“We've spent our careers on the client side of hiring. We built The 15 to be the partner we always wanted.”
We've sat in your seat.As execs, we've owned budgets and transformed businesses.We've delivered tomorrow's operations, programmes and projects.We know how fiercely you protect your focus.We built The 15 out of necessity, not sales ambitions.
The 15 is led by operators with this record.
Every search is held to the same standard.
We've led AI transformation programmes.
That's exactly why we keep AI out of hiring decisions.
The echo chamber
Software can talk to software.People should talk to people.
This is how hiring works today.And how The 15 works instead.Scroll down the line.
25–30% fees, negotiated client by client.
A transparent 15%. Published. Never negotiated.Payable only when the candidate starts.
AI writes the CV. AI reads the CV.
A person reads every CV.Zero AI filtering. Ever.
Recruiters who have never done the job.
Operator judgement.Every search is led by someone who has run the department you're hiring for.
Great people binned over a missing synonym.
Real-world capability, not keyword games.Jira and Trello are the same skill.
10 unvetted keyword matches, hoping one sticks.
An average of 3 curated profiles.Verified track records. Unvarnished risks.
Proven people treated like commodity leads.
Proven people treated as peers.Nobody is introduced without their consent.
The best CVs saved for the biggest-paying account.
The best candidate goes to the client who needs them.We don't work with large corporates.
The next generation erased by algorithms.
Character and real ability, seen by a person.Potential doesn't fit a keyword list.
Sales cadences and cold-call scripts.
No sales. Ever.Reputation and word of mouth only.
Accountable to sales targets.
Accountable to you, peer to peer.Every profile is signed by the operator who wrote it.
A transparent 15%. Operator judgement. Zero AI filtering.
A question for the sector
If recruitment firms were really your partners,they'd be this transparent.
Ask your current recruiter what their fee is.Then ask why it isn't on their website.Ours is 15%. It's on every page.
Publish your fee, or explain why you won't.That's all we're asking of the sector.
Curated, not forwarded
They send 10 and hope.We send 3 and stand behind them.
Each profile shows a verified track record.Why we're introducing them.The risks, unvarnished.Signed by the operator who wrote it.
The fee calculator
Every hour wasted is money.Every great candidate lost is success delayed.
Conventional agencies charge 25–30%.Then their shortlists eat your managers' time.
Includes 10 CVs to review, 30 days' delay and interview time.
The 15 Charter
Fifteen commitments.In writing.
- 01Human review
A person reviews every candidate.
Every application is read by a person. Every decision is made by one.
- 02Human review
Zero AI filtering.
No automated screening, scoring, ranking or rejection. Ever.
- 03Human review
Operators lead every search.
Every search is led by someone who has run the department you are hiring for.
- 04Price
One fee: 15%.
Published on this site. The same for every role and every level. Never negotiated.
- 05Price
You pay only when they start.
No retainer for permanent roles. No fee if nobody starts.
- 06Price
Contract margins in plain sight.
The contractor’s rate plus 15%. Both shown on every invoice.
Our expertise
Four areas.Each led by people who've run them.
Technology & Development
Engineering, development, data, cloud, security and IT leadership.
Explore → 02Change & Transformation
Business change, operating models and digital transformation.
Explore → 03Projects & Programmes
Delivery leads, PMO, programme and portfolio managers.
Explore → 04Product
Product managers, owners, design and product leadership.
Explore →Insights
Straight talk on hiring.
Why we send three CVs, not ten
A long shortlist is the recruiter doing less work, not more.
How keyword filters lose you great people
Jira is not Trello. To a filter, it might as well be another language.
What a 30-day hiring delay really costs
Every hour wasted is money. Here is how to work it out.
How we grow
We don't do sales.You found us anyway.
No cold-call cadences. No sales scripts.If the market insists on being aggressively sold to, that's ok.Transparent margins, human integrity and peer-to-peer accountability should stand on their own merit.