The A-List
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We’re amassing a curated list of tech engineering superstars who just want to know the answer to one question “What else is out there?”

In doing so, we are disrupting the world of talent acquisition.

Anybody who has ever dealt with an engineer’s recruiter knows it’s awful. Both the candidate and employer will tell you recruiters are a pushy bunch who are only after one thing - a 15% fee, which is most cases is a check for at least $15,000. That leaves the candidate feeling like a piece of meat, and the employer feeling as though they are being taken advantage of.

Our approach changes the model. We are amassing a curated list of engineering superstars. A huge percentage already have jobs and sign up just to find out what else they could be doing. We work with companies that have open positions by creating a high quality email outlining the company & job overview, and then send that out to our list of superstar engineers.

Since we only charge a small fee for this service, the employer often saves at least $15,000. That’s why we institute a required “bounty” system which means we require each company to offer a bounty (what is otherwise known as the “employee referral bonus”) to any A-Lister who refers a candidate that the company actually hires.

Each company decides how big of a bounty to offer. The higher the bounty, the more serious it is perceived to the A-Listers.