Handing Over a Sales Role Shouldn't Feel Like a Gamble. Here's Why It Doesn't With Us.

You only pay when your hire starts. Here's what working with us is really like, guarantees, honesty, and all.

By
Anthony Hughes
,
Head of Recruitment
of Coburg Banks
LinkedIn Profile
August 20, 2026

Most of the risk in recruitment sits with you. You pay, you wait, and if the hire doesn't work out, you're back where you started, poorer and further behind.

We've built the way we work to flip that around. When you give us a sales role, the risk is on us, not you.

You only pay when your hire actually starts.
No retainer, no upfront fee, nothing until the right person is sitting at their desk. If we don't find them, we don't get paid. That's not a promotion, it's just how we work, on every role.

And if it doesn't work out, you're covered.
Every placement comes with a three-month replacement and rebate guarantee. Hiring is a big investment and we know it, so if something goes wrong in the first three months, that's on us to put right, not on you to absorb.

The fee we quote is the fee you pay.
We agree it upfront, before we start. If you end up needing to stretch the salary to land the best person, our fee doesn't move with it. No creeping percentages, no surprises at invoice time.

Why we can afford to work this way

Because it usually works out. Across our business...

  • 79% of the roles we take on, we fill
  • 95% of the people we place are still there 18 months later
  • And 92% of our clients come back to us for their next hire, which is the number we're proudest of, because you don't come back to an agency that let you down.

But the real reason to talk to us is simpler than any guarantee

We'll tell you the truth. Recently a commercial energy business in the Midlands came to us after two sales hires from other agencies hadn't stuck. Instead of just sending more CVs, we told them the honest thing: part of the problem was their commission structure, not their people. We helped them fix it, then placed someone who hit her annual target in three months. That advice didn't earn us an extra penny. It was just the right thing to say.

That's what you're actually buying. Not a database. Judgement, and someone willing to tell you what they really think.

The next step costs you nothing

Tell us about the role. One conversation, no obligation. Worst case, you come away understanding your hire better, whether you use us or not.

Got a sales role on your desk? Tell us about it here. The risk's on us.

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