Essenti — AI-Powered Recruiting
We Replaced the $15K-Per-Hire Model. Entirely.
Flat monthly fee. Unlimited hires. AI that cuts your cost — not adds to it.
Built for Teams Where Empty Seats Cost Real Money
No matter the role, an empty seat costs you revenue, burns out your team, and compounds every week it stays open.
The Old Way
  • Post and pray on job boards
  • Pay 20–25% per placement to agencies
  • Managers pulled into screening instead of operating
The Essenti Way
  • Flat monthly subscription — no placement fees
  • AI sourcing reaches candidates who aren't applying
  • We own the process. You stay focused on operations.
The Biggest Reasons Hiring Keeps Failing Operations Teams
1
The Best Candidates Aren't Applying
The top talent in your market is already employed. They'll never see your job posting. Relying on job boards means you're missing out on 70% of the top talent in your market.
2
Screening Pulls Managers Off the Floor
Busy operators don't have time to screen applicants, chase candidates, and run interviews. When they slow down, you lose good people to faster-moving competitors.
After years of combined recruiting and engineering experience, we built Essenti around one idea: hiring should run like a system — not a scramble. Whether you need a pipeline or a full recruiting partner, we own the process.
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Every Open Role Is Bleeding Your Business
An operational role generating 3–5x salary in output means a $6,000/month position costs you $18,000–$30,000/month while it sits empty. That's not a recruiting problem. That's a revenue problem.
The Direct Cost
A single unfilled $80K role costs $20,000–$40,000 in lost output before you even factor in overtime and coverage gaps.
The Compounding Cost
Every week of delay adds another layer — team burnout, missed throughput, and the rushed hire that becomes a bad hire that reopens the role in 90 days.
The Hidden Cost
Ineffective hiring trains your team to expect chaos. It signals to your best people that the organization can't hold itself together.
Two Main Ways to Work With Us
Choose the level of involvement that fits your team — from building your candidate pipeline to full recruiting process ownership.
AI Talent Sourcer
Best for: companies who need stronger outbound on specific roles. We deliver pre-qualified candidates.
  • Talent mapping, competitive analysis, and system setup
  • Outbound sourcing + active role marketing — creative content that converts passive candidates into applicants
  • A hands-on operator to monitor and optimize the system
  • Pre-qualified candidates delivered directly to your team

Starts at $1,400/month per active role
Fractional Recruiting Admin
Best for: companies that need administrative support to run the recruiting process efficiently.
  • Job posting and inbound candidate management
  • Human vetting — phone screens, assessments, and candidate prep
  • Interview coordination and offer management
  • Ongoing candidate relationship management
  • Scales up or down based on your hiring volume
Add AI Talent Sourcer if you also need outbound pipeline support.

Starts at $1,500/month for part time support
We can provide Executive Search services upon request.
AI Talent Sourcer CASE STUDY
4 qualified candidate interviews — delivered in week 1.
We are very happy with how things are going so far. These candidates are much more in line with the types of candidates we've been wanting to see. We've already got one candidate scheduled for a 2nd round interview in the hopes of making an offer.
— Branch Manager, Remington Seeds
What You Save
The math is simple. The savings are not small.
A 5-person hiring plan at $80,000 average salary:
Traditional Agency Cost
$80,000–$100,000 in placement fees
Essenti Cost
$7,000–$21,000 total
Your Savings
$59,000–$93,000
Most clients recover the full annual cost of their Essenti subscription on their very first hire. Every hire after that is pure savings.
How We Match Recruiters and Map Markets
Industry-Matched Recruiters
We assign recruiters from our recruiter network based on your industry and role type. When domain expertise exists in our network, we put it on your search. When it doesn't, our recruiters get up to speed fast.
Full Market Mapping
Our systems map the complete talent pool for your role — across public data, industry-leading platforms, and AI-powered search. We're not limited to one recruiter's personal network. Instead, our systems search through hundreds of databases and millions of profiles to find the exact talent that matches your needs.
10M+
skilled trades professionals
12.9M
U.S. manufacturing workers
3.5M
commercial truck drivers
4.5M+
operations and industrial managers
The Tools We Use
Our recruiting infrastructure is built on the best AI and automation tools available:
Claude
candidate research and outreach personalization
Lemlist
automated multi-channel outbound campaigns
Clay
custom data enrichment and intent signal workflows that surface candidates and companies most platforms miss
Zapier
workflow automation across our sourcing, screening, and ATS systems
Loom
personalized video outreach to candidates and clients
And additional sourcing, intelligence, and communication tools
tailored to each role
You don't need to build this stack yourself. We've already done it.
How Does Essenti Stack Up?
AI-Driven Sourcing vs. Traditional Recruiting
Traditional Recruiting
  • Reach: Limited to recruiter networks and slow manual outreach
  • Speed: Months of slow manual sourcing per role
  • Quality: Inconsistent — depends entirely on individual recruiter's network and bandwidth
  • Cost: $16K–$20K per placement on an $80K hire
  • Result: You pay for effort, not infrastructure
AI-Driven Sourcing
  • Reach: Active outreach to the full talent pool — employed candidates included
  • Speed: Qualified candidates delivered within days of launch
  • Quality: Pre-vetted before they ever reach your team
  • Cost: Flat monthly subscription — no placement fees, ever
  • Result: You're in front of candidates before your competitors even know they exist
Fractional Recruiting vs. Hiring a Full-Time Recruiter
Full-Time Internal Recruiter
  • Cost: $90K–$150K+ salary, benefits, and tools
  • Flexibility: Fixed headcount regardless of hiring volume
  • Ramp Time: 30–90 days before they're productive
  • Coverage: One person, one bandwidth limit
  • Risk: Bad hire or low output still costs you full salary + benefits
Fractional Recruiting
  • Cost: Starts at $2,500/month — scales with your needs
  • Flexibility: Scales up or down based on hiring volume
  • Ramp Time: Active and sourcing within 7 days
  • Coverage: Full recruiting infrastructure, not one person's capacity
  • Risk: No long-term commitment — performance-based relationship
A recruiting partner — that keeps your operation fully staffed, continuously.
This Is For You If:
You're tired of paying high agency fees
Open seats are costing you more in lost output than the hire itself
You need a recruiting partner who owns the process
You want vetted, work-ready candidates in your pipeline within 7 days
If any of these sound familiar, we should talk.
Frequently Asked Questions
1
How is this different from a traditional recruiting agency?
Traditional agencies charge 20–25% of salary per placement and start from zero every time. We charge a flat monthly subscription, build active pipelines before roles open, and use AI-powered sourcing to reach candidates who aren't applying anywhere. You get consistent candidate flow at a fraction of the cost.
2
Why not just use ChatGPT to source candidates ourselves?
AI tools are powerful, but they don't run themselves. Sourcing, outreach, screening, and candidate management require an experienced operator who knows recruiting and knows how to use AI tools effectively. We give you both — the AI infrastructure and the human judgment to run it well.
3
What if we already have an internal recruiter?
Our AI Talent Sourcer service is designed for exactly this case. We supplement your internal team with outbound infrastructure on specific roles, delivering pre-qualified candidates directly to your recruiter. Your team handles interviews and offers. We handle the pipeline.
4
What roles does this work best for?
We specialize in HVAC technicians, manufacturing operations, technical workers, engineers, supply chain, laborers, and skilled trades broadly. The harder the role is to fill through job boards, the more value our outbound sourcing provides.
5
How fast can we get started?
After your strategy call, we can have active sourcing campaigns live within 7 days. First qualified candidates are usually delivered within 3-10 days from launch depending on the role and complexity of the search.
6
What if you don't fill the role?
You're paying for active search and pipeline development, not contingent placement. If a role doesn't fill we work with you to understand whether the role specs, market, or compensation needs adjustment. If our team is not meeting your performance expectations, we will collaborate with you on a plan to deliver value that matches your investment.
15 Minutes
Let's Talk
Most operations leaders we speak with already know they need hiring help — they just haven't had a clear path to fixing it. We're selectively onboarding new clients as we grow this model, and we start every relationship with a straightforward conversation. In 15 minutes, we'll help you identify where the gaps are, what they're costing you, and whether we're the right fit for each other.
01
Review Your Current Hiring Needs
02
Identify Bottlenecks and Gaps
03
Determine Fit
04
Outline a Path Forward
No Commitment Required.
No Sales Pressure.
Just an Honest Conversation.