Your Talent
Function.
On Demand.
Embedded Recruitment · TaaS · Fractional TA Leadership · AI-Augmented Hiring
Hire an experienced, senior recruiter from Emerald Zebra - embedded inside your organisation on a monthly retainer. We work as part of your team: building pipelines, running processes, advising on strategy, and helping you hire faster without the cost of a permanent head.
The Recruiter of the Future Thinks Like an Operator.
Talent is becoming more technical, more data-driven, more operationally complex. The companies that will hire fastest won't just have great recruiters, they'll have talent leaders who build their own tools, measure output like product teams, and manage AI agents the same way they manage pipelines today. Most early-stage companies can't justify dedicated engineering resources for Talent. That's where a senior embedded partner changes everything.
Your dedicated recruiter works within your organisation, in your ATS, your Slack, your processes. Not a third-party agency. A genuine extension of your people function.
One predictable monthly fee covers all hires within the engagement scope. No placement fees per role. Simple cash flow. Unlimited access to senior recruitment expertise.
Scale your recruitment capacity instantly. Hiring surge? We absorb it. Quiet period? Step down. No redundancy risk, no long-term commitment, no overhead.
Four Steps.
Fully Embedded.
From onboarding to first hire in weeks, not months. We slot into your existing tools and workflows from day one, with zero disruption to your team.
We start with a deep-dive: your hiring roadmap, culture, team structure, ATS setup, and what good looks like. This shapes the entire engagement.
We join your Slack, connect to your ATS, attend standups, and begin sourcing within the first week. No ramp time — we're operational from day one.
Direct headhunting, Boolean sourcing, network activation, job board management, screening calls, scorecards and shortlists — all handled end-to-end.
Weekly pipeline reports, monthly hiring reviews, and continuous process improvement. You always know exactly where every role stands.
Everything.
One Retainer.
No per-hire fees. No hidden extras. One monthly engagement covers the full talent function for your active hiring needs.
Proactive outreach to passive candidates in your target market — FinTech, trading, financial services, tech and iGaming specialists who won't apply to job boards.
Full management of your hiring pipeline inside your ATS. Scorecards, interview scheduling, candidate comms, offer management and onboarding coordination.
Access to Emerald Zebra's proprietary salary data — 550+ employers, 20,000+ candidates and 20 partner organisations. Real market data, not guesswork.
Job description writing, job ad optimisation, LinkedIn presence advice and candidate-facing messaging that positions your company as an employer of choice.
AI-assisted screening, workflow automation, sourcing agents and pipeline analytics — the tools of the next-generation talent function, built and managed for you.
Fractional Talent leadership — interview process design, hiring manager training, TA team building, and strategic workforce planning as your business scales.
Choose Your
Commitment.
All models are monthly retainer — no per-hire fees within scope. Minimum 3-month engagement. Cancel or adjust with 30 days notice.
2 days per week — up to 4 active roles
- Direct sourcing & headhunting
- Candidate screening & scorecards
- ATS management
- Weekly pipeline report
- Salary benchmarking access
3–4 days per week — up to 8 active roles
- Everything in Talent Partner
- Full process ownership end-to-end
- Hiring manager coaching & training
- Employer brand & JD writing
- AI sourcing tools & automation
- Monthly hiring strategy review
Full embedded — unlimited roles
- Everything in Embedded Recruiter
- TA function design & build
- Internal recruiter hiring & mentoring
- Board-level talent reporting
- Multi-jurisdiction hiring strategy
Talent Is the
Next Function
to Operate
With Leverage.
Engineering teams learned to operate with leverage years ago. Product teams followed. Talent is next. The barrier to building intelligent hiring workflows is lower than ever, and the companies that embrace this shift will hire faster, stay leaner, and maintain their quality bar while doing it.
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AI-Augmented Sourcing — We deploy sourcing agents, automated screening loops and pipeline analytics inside your hiring stack, so your team moves at the speed of product.
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Workflow Automation — Interview scheduling, candidate follow-up, offer tracking — all automated. Recruiters focus on judgment calls and relationships, not admin.
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Metrics That Matter — Time-to-hire, pipeline conversion, source quality, offer acceptance — we measure output like product teams do and report it clearly every week.
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Built for Regulated Sectors — FinTech, trading, financial services and iGaming require specialist sourcing. AI tools only work when the underlying knowledge is deep. Ours is.
Built for
Companies
That Move
Fast.
Regulated businesses growing quickly who need specialist sector knowledge embedded into hiring — not generic agency support.
Your HR team is stretched or generalist. You need dedicated recruitment expertise without the cost of a full-time hire — or two.
Setting up in Cyprus and need to build a team fast? We know the market, the salary benchmarks, the work permit landscape, and the talent pools intimately.
If you're paying 3–4 placement fees per year, a monthly retainer may deliver better value.
Your internal team is at capacity during a hiring surge. We plug in alongside them — no handover friction, no competing with your own recruiter.
Common
Questions.
Everything you need to know about working with Emerald Zebra on a monthly retainer basis.
Ready to Embed?
Let's talk about your hiring roadmap, team structure, and whether a monthly retainer makes sense for where you are right now. No obligation, just a practical conversation.
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