Hire Permanent HR Professionals

It depends on the level of support you need:

• Peeq Attract – best if you just want to boost visibility for your vacancy. We’ll advertise your role on our job board, LinkedIn, social media, our newsletter, and to our candidate database – then forward applications directly to you.
  
  
• Peeq Identify – ideal if you don’t have time to screen CVs and run first-stage interviews. We’ll manage responses, build an assessment framework, and present you with a curated shortlist of up to 5 candidates.
  
  
• Peeq Search – the full-service option. We own the process end to end, from unlimited headhunting and multiple shortlists to candidate management, offer stage support, and discreet/confidential searches if needed.

And if you start with one package and want to upgrade, the fee you’ve already paid is credited toward the next level.

The average tenure of an HR professional in a UK business is generally around 3 to 5 years. Factors such as career growth opportunities, the desire for new challenges, and work-life balance are significant influences on HR professionals’ decisions to stay or leave their roles.

Retention strategies, such as offering career development opportunities and improving company culture, are crucial for retaining HR professionals and reducing turnover rates. Ultimately, ensuring you assess and recruit the right person initially is going to have a significant bearing on the length of time your permanent HR hire remains in your business.

The average timeline for finding a mid-level HR professional is approximately 45 days from when the role is posted to when an offer is accepted, though this may extend with notice periods, typically 3 months for mid-level roles. For senior-level HR roles, the process can take longer—often closer to 2-3 months or even up to 6-9 months, depending on factors such as role complexity, required expertise, and the number of stakeholders involved in the decision-making process.

The “time to hire” can be influenced by several factors, including the speed of CV screenings, the number of interview stages, and the promptness of feedback to candidates. Senior-level hires often require more robust assessment, including additional interviews, psychometric testing, and more in-depth background checks, all of which can extend the timeline. While thorough vetting is crucial, balancing it with efficiency helps retain top candidates and avoids the risk of them accepting other offers.

Yes, Peeq can assist with multi-hire HR projects. This approach is designed to efficiently manage the recruitment of multiple HR positions simultaneously, offering several key benefits:

• Economies of Scale: By consolidating your HR hiring needs into a single project, you benefit from a preferential fee structure, providing more value for your investment.

• Consistent Hiring Process: We ensure a uniform and exceptional experience for both you and your candidates throughout the recruitment process, maintaining consistency across all roles.

• Single Point of Contact: Simplify communication by working with one dedicated Peeq consultant, eliminating the complexities of coordinating with multiple agencies or recruiters.

Making a permanent HR hire can present several challenges, including matching the right skills and experience, competing for talent in a competitive market and ensuring cultural fit. This is particularly important when hiring an HR Manager / Head of HR or someone in a talent acquisition role, as they will ultimately be the custodian of your company’s culture / employer brand. It’s therefore hugely important that they embody the values and ethos of the business to ensure it continues to grow and thrive in the desired way.

How can a business improve its permanent recruitment process when working with an agency?

The best outcomes come when the recruitment process is a true partnership. A few things make a big difference:

• Clarity up front – be clear on the role, responsibilities, and the type of person who will thrive in your culture.
• Choose a specialist – working with an agency that focuses solely on HR roles ensures you reach the right talent pool.
• Collaborate openly – regular communication and timely feedback help us refine the search and keep things moving.
• Leverage market insight – use our salary data and hiring trends to position your role competitively.
• Streamline your process – a clear, efficient interview journey reduces dropouts and helps secure your preferred candidate.

At Peeq, our packages are designed to take as much of this burden off your shoulders as you need — from boosting visibility (Attract) to building a curated shortlist (Identify), right through to a fully managed, discreet search (Search).

Yes. If you start with Attract and then decide you’d like us to manage screening and shortlisting, your £399 fee is credited toward Peeq Identify. Likewise, if you’ve paid for Identify and later upgrade to Search, your £2,999 is credited toward the £3,999 engagement fee — you only pay the top-up plus the success fee on hire.

With Peeq Identify, your £2,999 fee covers the shortlist and assessments, even if you don’t make a hire. However, you can choose to upgrade to Peeq Search and only pay the additional top-up plus success fee once a hire is made. With Peeq Search, we continue working until the right hire is secured (unless the role is withdrawn or filled outside of our process).

Yes. For sensitive hires — such as replacing an incumbent or during a restructure — Peeq Search can be run discreetly. We’ll advertise anonymously and headhunt confidentially, ensuring your business remains protected throughout the process.

• Peeq Attract is payable upfront before we promote your vacancy.
• Peeq Identify is invoiced at the point of engagement, with 15-day terms.
• Peeq Search is invoiced at the point of engagement (less if you upgrade from Identify), with 15-day terms and a 12.5% success fee on the candidate’s offer and acceptance of the role