Network depth
Access to a global talent network of 10M+ professionals, built over more than 12 years of search and staffing work rather than assembled for a single campaign.
Why HCP One
What the partnership actually changes
Retained search with senior attention, backed by supporting talent and delivery capabilities.
Differentiators
What shapes the work
Speed without shortcuts
Qualified submittals within 48 hours on active requirements, because the network and the screening process already exist before the requirement arrives.
Retained search discipline
Executive assignments run to a documented process: an agreed success profile, structured market mapping and competency-based evaluation, not a resume race.
Quality validation before you ever see a name
Every candidate is screened, technically validated against the requirement, and background and right-to-work verified in line with the applicable jurisdiction before submission.
Global delivery, one partner
Offices in Atlanta, Bengaluru, Melbourne, London and Bogota, with delivery coverage across the United States, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.
Leadership through to build-team coverage
The same partnership that places a CIO can staff the engineering team that reports to them, or run the managed delivery pod that builds their roadmap.
The buyer experience
Fewer handoffs, more accountability
How the buyer experience tends to differ
A general comparison of single-service and retained partnerships. These are patterns, not claims about a named competitor.
| Comparison | Typical single-service vendor | HCP One |
|---|---|---|
| Point of contact | A rotating account manager or recruiter, often reassigned mid-search. | A named senior consultant who stays with the engagement from planning through onboarding. |
| Screening | Keyword matching against a job description, with variable technical validation. | Technical validation, reference checks where appropriate, and background and right-to-work verification before submission. |
| Scope of the relationship | A single transaction: one search, one requisition, one contract at a time. | A senior-led retained search relationship, with Staffing Solutions and GCC Services available when they are needed. |
| Geographic coverage | Limited to the vendor's home market, with partners layered in for other geographies. | Direct offices in five countries and delivery coverage across six, coordinated by one team. |
| What you are buying | Volume of submittals or hours billed. | Accountability for an outcome, whether a single appointment or a delivered team. |
Typical single-service vendor
- Point of contact
- A rotating account manager or recruiter, often reassigned mid-search.
- Screening
- Keyword matching against a job description, with variable technical validation.
- Scope of the relationship
- A single transaction: one search, one requisition, one contract at a time.
- Geographic coverage
- Limited to the vendor's home market, with partners layered in for other geographies.
- What you are buying
- Volume of submittals or hours billed.
HCP One
- Point of contact
- A named senior consultant who stays with the engagement from planning through onboarding.
- Screening
- Technical validation, reference checks where appropriate, and background and right-to-work verification before submission.
- Scope of the relationship
- A senior-led retained search relationship, with Staffing Solutions and GCC Services available when they are needed.
- Geographic coverage
- Direct offices in five countries and delivery coverage across six, coordinated by one team.
- What you are buying
- Accountability for an outcome, whether a single appointment or a delivered team.
This comparison describes general patterns in how buyers experience each model. Commercial terms for any specific engagement are set out in the applicable agreement.
Proof, not adjectives
Delivered at scale when the mandate called for it
600 consultants to a single global bank
A sustained technology staffing engagement delivered to one global banking client, coordinated as a single program rather than a series of individual requisitions.
120 IT consultants to Cambridge Solutions
A technology delivery engagement staffed and managed as a coordinated team rather than a stream of independent placements.
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