Dear Talent Acquisition Leader,

In the past, you used to use recruitment agencies.

They were transactional and didn’t represent your brand very well, but you liked them because they used to advertise in newspapers, came armed with a huge ‘database’, and, above all, you only paid them when you got a hire.

Then you brought your hiring in-house.  

We all loved that. 

We got to lead in-house teams and build collaborative, branded candidate experiences, no matter what was thrown at us.  It meant we had to handle it ourselves: identifying candidates, interviewing them, and making hires. Whether for one position or many, it felt like we were in control. 

And we were.

But then something happened.  

In the post-COVID boom, talent acquisition teams became overrun and unable to keep up with hiring demand. Their teams grew, and they went back to their agencies to add scale. But they also spoke to people like me, adding embedded recruitment teams, often for the first time.  

There was a burning platform, and embedded recruitment firms like mine were the answer to the problem. We gave TA leaders what they needed: flexibility and the ability to say yes to their business.  But typically, that was alongside your existing teams as you continued to add to your own headcount.

Life was hectic, but life was good.

But what about now?

For many, you’ve either stopped or slowed your hiring, but you know that it won’t be too long until you have to get back out there and start hiring again.

You have also realised that you don’t want to have all your eggs in your own in-house basket, having to pay for your team when you are quiet whilst lacking the instant ability to add capacity for the hiring you do have. 

You also know that when you get too quiet, you will have to go through the pain of laying off your team and seeing your now ex-colleagues with their green open-to-work banners.  

While your business would love you to return to the transactional agencies you left behind, that doesn’t sit well with you.

It’s no surprise that I feel our time has come.

We help talent acquisition leaders like you in organisations of all sizes.
(If you don’t have a TA function because you are smaller, we can help you as well).

We take you back to the days when you controlled the end-to-end process, but this time, you don’t need to worry about over-hiring your team, their training, or their location; we provide all the experience and people you will need.

And if you're really set on growing your own team, we have a solution for that as well.

So there are three live services and another in the early stage of development: 

• Our core embedded service with global experience. 

• BUILD for those Talent Acquisition leaders determined to increase their own team.

• And an advisory team that can help you with AI, doing more for less or building an authentic EVP in days, not weeks.

Whatever you buy from us, you’ll get the same no-BS approach, transparent pricing and no hidden expensive exit clauses. Simple and straightforward, not bloated and complicated.

If you want to ensure you’re on the front foot, with a team in place before you need them, discuss clunky recruitment processes, or just have a conversation about what is possible today with AI, then we should talk.

Martin.

Martin Dangerfield
CEO, immersive
martin@immersive.com