StaffingStudio For founders done running the hiring funnel themselves

Get your freedom back. Your next great hire on your team in 14 days, from a vetting process that turns down over 99% of applicants.

Even if you've been burned by recruiters before. $500 deposit refundable if we don't find your fit. 90-day replacement promise if they don't stick.

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What clients have said

Leaders who came in skeptical. Leaders who stayed.

"I was admittedly skeptical at first. They proved my skepticism unwarranted. This is not your stereotypical outsourced staffing agency."

Derrick Reimer, Founder of SavvyCal

Derrick ReimerFounder, SavvyCal

"I forget they're technically not in-house. They truly are part of the Bonify team."

John Carbone, Founder of Bonify

John CarboneFounder, Bonify

"I thought my life was going to become a living hell. It was extraordinary instead."

Toby Marsden, Founder of Ordered Magic

Toby MarsdenFounder, Ordered Magic

"An absolute game-changer. We grow faster and more professionally than we ever could alone."

Dov Kaufmann, CEO of Tolstoy

Dov KaufmannCEO, Tolstoy

"Attentive. Hire the best people. We see no reason to stop."

Tom Foster, Director of Sales at TheReceptionist

Tom FosterDirector of Sales, TheReceptionist

"Knowing Jim for a long time, I knew I could trust him and his team. It's been a long time since we started working together and I have no regrets."

Marcelo Olivera, Founder of Revy

Marcelo OliveraFounder, Revy

Six years. Dozens of clients. Average tenure more than 12 months. Top 1% of applicants make it through our vetting.

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Why hiring takes six months when it should take 14 days

Most operators run their own hiring funnel. Most burn out before they hire anyone good.

It's Tuesday afternoon. The seat's been open for 78 days.

You spend ninety minutes on LinkedIn. Two candidates look promising. You schedule first-round interviews on top of customer calls. You eat lunch at your desk. You tell your team you'll get to their thing after this hire is done.

Both candidates ghost by Friday.

A founder at their desk, late afternoon, pinching the bridge of their nose, surrounded by a laptop showing LinkedIn and a notebook full of job-spec notes.

You hire a local recruiter. They charge 25%, take three months, and send you four candidates you could have found yourself. After the placement, they disappear. Forty-five days later your hire walks out, and that's outside their guarantee window.

Or it's Sunday night, on what was supposed to be your last real vacation. You said you'd disconnect this time. You're answering customer emails because the team can't cover.

Your time was always the actual cost. Not the recruiter fee. Not the LinkedIn subscription. Your week. Your focus. Your strategic bandwidth.

And the second cost is the hires who weren't going to stay. The "fine" ones who left at month four. The ones who looked great on paper but never had the soft skills to do the role.

This is the gap Staffing Studio was built to close.

How we find them

We don't screen resumes. We screen humans.

We vet thousands of applicants every month. Less than 1% ever reach a client's team. Six years of running that filter is the whole reason placements stick.

A Filipino professional in her home office, mid-morning, working at her desk.

Soft skills first, credentials second

English fluency, judgment, initiative, cultural fit. The signals that actually predict a year-one hire.

A Filipino professional at his home workspace, headphones around his neck, working on code.

Every candidate on Zoom, before you

You see a redacted resume and a recorded interview before booking a single calendar minute. You hear them. You decide.

A Filipino professional in her home office on a video call, gesturing while explaining something.

Selected for the long haul

Living-wage comp, clean role scope, clear expectations. Our placements stay more than 12 months on average.

Talent is based primarily in the Philippines. College educated. Fluent English. Working in your time zone. The hire works for you, not for us. We're paid once, for the recruiting work. After that, they're yours.

What you get

Six steps, one flat structure.

From kickoff to your hire's first 90 days. The whole search runs end-to-end, on us.

Role spec + comp benchmark

Written in 48 hours. We write it. You approve it.

14-day candidate panel

Pre-vetted candidates with Zoom recordings inside 14 days.

Human-vetted pipeline

Less than 1% of monthly applicants ever reach a client.

Direct placement

The hire joins your team. Not a managed contractor.

Offer-stage closer

We run interference on comp, counter-offers, and start-date logistics.

First-90 onboarding playbook

A 30/60/90 template tailored to the role, so the hire ramps.

Risk reversal

Two guarantees protect you, before AND after the placement.

Layer 1: Before the placement

$500 refundable deposit at kickoff.

If we can't find your hire, we refund your deposit. Guaranteed. If we do find your hire, the deposit is credited toward the placement fee.

You stay at $500 of risk until the moment your hire is locked in. The remaining placement fee comes due before their first day, after you've reviewed candidates, interviewed your finalist, and made a decision. Not on offer acceptance. Not on a handshake. Before they actually start.

Layer 2: After the placement

The 90-Day Replacement Promise.

If your hire leaves or doesn't work out within their first 90 days for any reason, we re-run the entire search at no additional charge. No conditions. No activation fees.

You don't need to worry about the deposit. You don't need to worry about the placement fee. You don't need to worry about month two. We carry the risk on both sides of the start date.

The terms, on one screen

What this actually costs.

Three ways to fill the seat. Side by side.

DIY hiring

~$8,000+

LinkedIn ads, your time, candidates who ghost.

  • 3 to 6 months to fill
  • No structured vetting
  • No replacement guarantee
  • Your week, every week, until it's done
  • No comp benchmark
  • Tenure averages under 12 months
  • Plus $65k+ US salary for the hire
Recommended

Staffing Studio

33% one-time

Of first-year base salary. $500 refundable deposit at kickoff.

  • Candidate panel in 14 days
  • Rigorous human vetting (less than 1% accepted)
  • 90-day replacement promise
  • Done-for-you role spec in 48 hours
  • Talent starts at $7/hour
  • Average tenure: more than 12 months
  • Total all-in talent cost: ~$15k/year
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Local recruiter

25% fee

Plus the cost of the hire who walks at month four.

  • 3 months to fill
  • Resume screening, no human vetting
  • 30-day guarantee window
  • One-time fee structure
  • No comp benchmark on Philippines talent
  • Industry-average tenure ~6 months
  • Plus $65k+ US salary for the hire

Anchor: an equivalent US hire would cost $65,000+ in salary alone before benefits, taxes, or onboarding overhead.

Ready to talk about your open role?

A 30-minute call with Jim. We'll talk about the role, the comp range, the timeline, and whether Staffing Studio is the right fit. If we're not the right fit, we'll tell you.

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Before the call

If your last hire took six months, you'll want to read these.

Who is Staffing Studio, in one sentence?

A direct-placement staffing service. We recruit and vet remote talent (junior through senior, across eight functional areas) and place them onto your team for a one-time fee. The hire works for you after that, not for us.

Where does the talent come from?

Primarily the Philippines. College educated, fluent English, working in your time zone. Most of our talent has prior experience at growth-stage companies; many have worked with Fortune 500 brands.

How fast can you actually deliver candidates?

Role spec and comp benchmark in 48 hours. A curated candidate panel (with Zoom recordings) inside 14 days. Most clients have an offer signed inside 30 days.

What roles can you place?

Eight functional areas. Back-office administration, sales, operations, customer support, customer success, marketing, software engineering, and finance. If your role lives in one of those buckets, we can place it.

What does the $500 deposit actually pay for?

It locks in your search slot and signals serious intent. It is fully refundable if we can't find your hire. If we do, it's credited toward the placement fee.

When is the rest of the placement fee due?

Before your hire's first day, after you've reviewed candidates, made your selection, and confirmed the offer. Not on offer acceptance. Not before you've met anyone. Before they actually start work.

What if the hire doesn't work out?

Inside the first 90 days, we re-run the entire search at no additional charge. No conditions. After 90 days, replacement isn't included, but our placements stay more than 12 months on average, so this rarely comes up.

Why is your fee 33% when other recruiters charge 25%?

Cheaper recruiters average about a six-month tenure on their placements. Our placements average more than 12 months. Run the math: the all-in cost of a placement plus a replacement plus your wasted time on the second search is lower with us. The 33% buys the difference between sticky and churn-prone.

How is this different from xFusion?

xFusion is our sister brand. They place senior remote contractors for customer support, and they manage that talent on your behalf, for a monthly service fee. Staffing Studio places direct hires across eight functions and every experience level, onto your team, and you manage them after that, for a one-time placement fee. Same vetting engine. Different vehicle.

What happens on the discovery call?

You and Jim talk about the role, the comp band, the timeline, and any constraints. Thirty minutes. If we're a good fit, we kick off the search. If we're not, we tell you that on the call.

Your next great hire. On your team. In 14 days.

You can keep posting on LinkedIn. You can keep paying a slow local recruiter who'll send you ghost candidates. You can keep doing the role yourself while the team waits. Or you can let us run the search, send you a panel of pre-vetted candidates inside two weeks, and put someone good on your team for the long haul.

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30-minute call with Jim. We'll know within the first 10 minutes whether this is a fit.

Pick a time

Talk to Jim. 30 minutes.

No pitch. We talk about the role, the timeline, and whether Staffing Studio is the right fit. If we are not the right fit, we say so on the call.