What happens when you leave the headhunter .
Three real cases of Spanish SMEs, anonymized on request. Verifiable metrics. Without storytelling, just what happened.
54 people · Barcelona
Director financiero
Match Senior · 2,490 €
The problem
The role had been open for 4 months after two headhunters charged a combined €9,500 without making a placement.
What happened
We filled the role in 21 days with 3 finalists. The successful candidate has been there for 11 months and now leads year-end closing and bank negotiations.
48 people · remote Spain
5 ingenieros senior en 3 meses
Squad · 1,490 €/month
The problem
Closed round, pressure to grow fast without internal recruiter. Risk: burn 40k€ in agencies.
What happened
5 engineers hired in 11 weeks with Squad and an additional parallel search. Total cost: €6,270. Four remain with the company 14 months later.
115 people · 3 locations
Hiring continuo operativo
Squad · 2 parallel searches
The problem
Annual turnover of 22% in operational roles. With no Head of People, everything fell to the COO.
What happened
8 months on Squad with two parallel searches: 14 vacancies filled, turnover down to 11%. The COO regained 12 hours a week.
Cases anonymized for contractual confidentiality. If you want verifiable references, we facilitate them during the discovery call with prior consent of the client.
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