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Recruitment & RPO

Recruitment by the hour, with no placement commission.

clever hr runs your recruitment process as your outsourced HR function, in your name and on your behalf. Applications come into your own system, and your team makes every hiring decision. You pay CHF 175 per hour for the hours we actually work, from active sourcing through to interview coordination. There is no placement commission on top, so the cost stays visible from the first briefing.

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Scope

Scope.

Active sourcing: direct, personal outreach to suitable professionals, including those who never look at a job board

Screening and shortlisting: we read the applications, run the first calls and hand you a structured shortlist with an assessment of each person

Interview coordination: scheduling, briefing notes for your interviewers and all communication with candidates

Support through to signing: reference checks on request, plus help with the offer and the contract discussion

Job advert and role profile: we sharpen the requirements with you and, if you want us to, write and place the advert

The full process as RPO on request: we run your recruitment end to end, in your tools and under your employer brand

How it works

What to expect.

  1. Briefing: we work through the role, the requirements, the team and the conditions you can offer
  2. Search strategy and outreach: we agree the search channels with you, approach suitable people directly and place the advert on the platforms that fit the role
  3. Selection: we screen and run the first calls in your name, and record every assessment in your own system
  4. Interviews: we coordinate the meetings and give you a clear picture after each round
  5. Close: we support you through the offer, the negotiation and the signing

Your fee or offer

CHF 175/hour

No placement commission.

All fees exclude VAT.

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Who it is for: For companies that want to fill open roles at predictable cost and pay for the hours actually worked.

Outcome

What changes for you.

You save the hours that searching, reviewing and scheduling normally take, while the applications and the hiring decision stay with you. Because we bill by the hour and charge no placement commission, you pay for the work we actually do and can see at any time what those hours were spent on. You set the scope, you sign the contract, and your employer brand stays in front of every candidate.

CHF 175 per hour for the hours we actually work, with no placement commission. A single role or the full process as RPO. How many hours a search takes, and how long it runs, depend on the role and the market, and we estimate both with you before we start.

Frequently asked questions

Recruitment & RPO in brief.

What does recruitment cost, and how is it billed?

CHF 175 per hour for the hours we actually work, with no placement commission. We agree an estimate of the hours with you before the search starts, and you can see at any time what each hour was spent on. Published Swiss examples in the sources cited by our recruitment guide range from 18 to 30 per cent of gross annual salary, depending on provider model and salary. That is an observed sample, not a universal market standard.

How does this work under Swiss law?

clever hr provides recruitment support in your name and on your behalf, and works outside the scope of the Swiss Federal Act on Employment Services and the Hiring of Services (AVG), the law that governs placement and staff leasing. In practice this means job adverts and outreach carry your brand, applications come to you, and you sign the employment contract directly with the person you hire.

We are headquartered abroad with a Swiss entity. Can you handle hiring here?

Yes, we do this regularly for companies in exactly that position. We run the search and selection in English and correspond with candidates in German, French or Italian, depending on the region. We also flag the Swiss rules that shape an offer. Notice periods come from the Swiss Code of Obligations, the statute behind every employment contract in Switzerland. Employer social contributions cover old age insurance (AHV), unemployment insurance, pension and accident cover; their total must be calculated for the role because the pension plan, insurer, canton and employee profile affect it. Where your sector has a collective labour agreement (GAV), that agreement sets binding minimum wages and working conditions.

What does RPO mean in practice?

Recruitment Process Outsourcing. We run your recruitment end to end as your outsourced HR function, working in your own systems and under your employer brand: the job advert, active sourcing, screening, interview coordination and support through to signing. You can also book a single role or one stage of the process, then scale up when hiring volume rises.

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