White paper · Project-based recruiting

Hiring at scale

How to plan, run, and partner on high-volume hiring sprints of 10 to 300+ roles, and land the launch.

Two case study examples, with the numbers
Five scenarios and three engagement models
What makes a strong high-volume recruiting partner

15-minute read · 3 parts · 2 case studies

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What’s inside

A field guide, two example case studies, and the tools to run your own.

Written for senior leaders sizing a team expansion of 10 to 300+ roles against a deadline.

Part 1 · The field guide

The big picture.

What project-based recruiting (PBR) is, the five scenarios that call for it, what’s at stake at this scale, and the three engagement models.

Part 2 · Two engagements

What it looks like in practice.

A $2.5B life sciences product launch (343 hires), and a nutrition manufacturer rebuilding its sales force (160 roles in 81 days).

Part 3 · What to do next

Three concrete steps.

Define the recruiting project before you go to market, pressure-test the internal-only path, and run a focused vendor process.

Also inside

How PBR compares to executive search, contingent recruiting, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO)
The five scenarios that call for a project
What’s at stake at this scale, and what a project protects
What a strong partnership looks like

When to bring in a partner

Two signals it's a project, not overflow.

Hiring at scale is rarely a surprise; it’s written into the growth strategy. Two signals tell you a push is big enough to run as a project, with a partner.

Signal 01

A high-volume recruiting need, against a deadline.

Expanding the sales team, launching a product, or integrating an acquisition, with a date that cannot slip.

Signal 02

An internal team already near capacity.

Your Talent Acquisition team is strong, but a push this size would stretch it thin.

Case studies

The numbers from two engagements.

343

Accepted offers across a life sciences launch

160

Roles filled in 81 days on a sales-force rebuild

Full project details and context inside the paper

A look inside

Built to be read, and shared with your leadership team.

The three volume recruiting engagement models, the case studies with their real numbers, and clean, readable layouts. These are actual pages from the paper.