Pune · Maharashtra

Talent Acquisition Firm in Pune

Most failed hires trace back to a badly defined role, not a badly sourced candidate. We engage before the search starts, building the scorecard and mapping the market, then run AI powered sourcing and screening against it with human judgement on culture fit.

The distinction

Recruitment agency, or talent acquisition partner?

The terms overlap in everyday use. The difference that actually matters is where the engagement starts.

A recruitment agency typically receives a vacancy that has already been defined and fills it. The job description arrives, candidates go out, the role closes or it does not. It is a transaction, and for straightforward roles it works.

A talent acquisition firm engages a step earlier. Before anyone is sourced, we work out what the role actually needs to accomplish in its first year, what the team it joins is genuinely like to work inside, what the market will bear on compensation, and how the interview loop should be built to discriminate between candidates rather than simply tire them out.

That earlier engagement is where most of the leverage sits. A search executed flawlessly against a vague scorecard still produces the wrong hire, and by the time that becomes visible you have lost six months and a salary.

Where hiring breaks

Four failure points we design around

The role was never properly defined

Everyone agreed on the title and nobody agreed on the outcome. We write the scorecard with your hiring manager before sourcing begins.

Culture fit was assumed

Technical evaluation is close to solved. How someone handles disagreement, ambiguity or a slipped deadline goes unmeasured, and that is where hires quietly fail.

The market was never mapped

Compensation set from an outdated benchmark produces a search that cannot close. We tell you at intake if the band will not clear.

The process lost the candidate

Slow feedback, an unstructured loop and a counter-offer at notice. We manage the close, not just the shortlist.

How we engage

What you get at each stage

Intake & scorecard

  • Hiring manager working session
  • Success criteria for year one
  • Written scorecard the AI screens against
  • Honest read on the compensation band

Market map

  • Where the talent actually sits
  • Realistic pool size
  • Competitor and comparator companies
  • Timeline you can plan around

Search & assess

  • Semantic AI sourcing
  • Every profile screened, not the first fifty
  • Role specific skill assessment
  • Structured culture fit interview

Close & joining

  • Scheduling and feedback loops
  • Offer negotiation support
  • Notice period engagement
  • Contact through onboarding
Who we work with

Three industries, three different games

We stay narrow because sector knowledge is what our screening criteria are built on.

Software & technology

Product companies, SaaS teams, GCCs and services firms across the Pune tech corridor.

Manufacturing & engineering

Automotive, capital equipment, precision engineering and EV across the Pune industrial belt.

D2C & consumer

Fast moving brands who need people that can own a number without a playbook.

See also: Recruitment agency in Pune · Hiring advisory

Get in touch

Let's talk about the role

Tell us what you are hiring for and we will come back within one working day with a view on the market, a realistic timeline, and whether we are the right firm for it.

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