Framework
The Electricity Model
Zero Hiring's pricing philosophy.
How it works
- 1Embeds permanently into the client's process and tooling, but bills only on activity.
- 2No monthly retainer, no seat licenses, no ATS to purchase.
- 3Fee is 6% or less of the budgeted cash component of the role; volume deals move to fixed pricing below 6%.
- 4Framing Shar uses: always present in your organization, paid only when you turn the lights on.
Hear it on the podcast
Hiring Is an Operations Problem, Not an HR ProblemListen to the episodeMore from this episode
The Open/Close SplitHow the fee is staged across the search.Faster, Better, Cheaper, All ThreeShar's rebuttal to the classic constraint.One Purpose Per InterviewThe FreeMarkets-derived interview loop.AI Scores, Humans DecideThe judgment boundary Zero Hiring enforces.Hiring Is an Operational FunctionShar's reframe of where hiring belongs in a company.Mission Alignment Over CompensationWhy pay stopped being the deciding factor.
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