Recruitment - Permanent Hiring

    Permanent Recruitment & Direct Hire in India

    Mid-to-senior lateral hiring across engineering, AI, product, finance, sales and operations - sourced through a research-led process and backed by replacement guarantees.

    21 days

    Median time-to-offer

    92%

    Offer-to-join ratio

    90 days

    Replacement guarantee

    6 cities

    Pan-India coverage

    Permanent hiring decides how your team performs for the next 3 to 5 years. We run a research-led mandate process - market mapping, structured interviewing and reference-driven shortlists - so every offer rolled out has a high chance of closing and staying.

    Why permanent hiring needs a specialist partner

    Traditional staffing firms like Quess, TeamLease, Randstad India and ManpowerGroup process thousands of roles a month. Mid-to-senior mandates often need a different motion - deep market mapping, confidential outreach, structured assessments and a tight closing process - which volume desks are not set up to deliver consistently.

    NeoIntelli runs permanent mandates as dedicated research-led searches. Each role gets a mapped market, a named target list and a recruiter who owns it end-to-end, so you see calibrated shortlists in days, not weeks of resume noise.

    What we deliver on every mandate

    01

    Mandate kickoff & calibration

    Role brief, scorecard, target company list, comp band and interview panel locked in week one.

    02

    Market mapping

    Named long-list across competitor and adjacent companies with current title, tenure and reachability.

    03

    Confidential outreach

    Recruiter-led outbound across LinkedIn, referrals and our private network - no public job ads unless you want them.

    04

    Structured assessment

    Technical screens, case studies and behavioural interviews mapped to your scorecard.

    05

    Offer management & closing

    Comp benchmarking, counter-offer handling, reference checks and joining support.

    06

    Post-join check-ins

    30-60-90 day check-ins with candidate and hiring manager, plus 90-day replacement guarantee.

    Our 5-step search process

    01

    Calibrate

    Detailed intake with the hiring manager, scorecard, must-haves vs nice-to-haves, comp band and target companies.

    02

    Map

    Build a named long-list of 80-150 candidates across competitor and adjacent firms in your priority cities.

    03

    Engage

    Confidential outreach, qualifying conversations and recruiter-led screening to a shortlist of 4 to 6.

    04

    Assess & present

    Structured assessment, written shortlist with rationale, and panel interview coordination.

    05

    Close & onboard

    Comp negotiation, reference checks, offer rollout, BGV coordination and joining follow-through.

    Common permanent-hiring mistakes we help you avoid

    Over-reliance on inbound applications

    The strongest 30% of candidates for any senior role are not actively applying. Without outbound mapping, you only see the active 70%.

    Unclear scorecards

    Roles defined as JDs - not scorecards - lead to inconsistent interview signal and weak hiring decisions.

    Slow loops

    Interview cycles longer than 3 weeks lose top candidates to faster competitors, especially in tech and AI.

    Comp benchmarking from old data

    India comp bands have shifted sharply in AI, data and product engineering - using 12-month-old benchmarks costs you offers.

    What success looks like

    Calibrated shortlist within 7-10 business days of mandate signoff

    Median time-to-offer of 21 days for mid-to-senior roles

    Offer-to-join ratio above 90% via structured closing

    First-year retention above 85% on hires we place

    Transparent weekly tracker with pipeline metrics and feedback loops

    90-day replacement guarantee on every permanent hire

    Frequently asked questions

    How is your permanent recruitment different from Quess, Randstad or TeamLease?

    Volume staffing firms run hundreds of roles per recruiter and rely on database matching. We run mandate-led searches with one recruiter per 5-7 active roles, named market mapping and structured assessment - closer to a boutique executive search model than transactional staffing.

    Do you charge a retainer or contingent fee?

    Both. Most mid-level roles are contingent (fee on joining). Senior and confidential mandates are typically retained with a 3-stage milestone structure.

    What is your replacement guarantee?

    90 days from join date. If the hire leaves voluntarily or is let go for performance, we replace at no additional fee.

    Which cities do you cover?

    Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi NCR (Gurgaon and Noida), Pune and Chennai - covering 95% of India's enterprise hiring demand.

    Can you handle confidential or backfill mandates?

    Yes. Many of our senior searches are confidential where we engage candidates without naming the client until shortlist stage.

    How fast can you start?

    Mandate kickoff within 48 hours of signoff. First calibrated shortlist within 7-10 business days.