Startups have enough on their plate. Outsource hiring to quick-moving, expert recruiters who listen, go to bat, and deliver the candidate you’re looking for.
What role are you hiring for?
Traditional recruiting leads to wasted time and missed opportunities.
Losing “perfect” candidates to Big Tech
Never ending lists of unqualified resumes
Hires falling apart from mismatched expectations
Sourcing top performers isn’t impossible for startups
Work with a strategic partner who knows the critical, hyper-technical talent marketplace and has a track-record of securing leading engineers and data scientists for VC-backed startups—from stealth mode to Series C.
Step 1
Strategic, goal-oriented conversations. First, connect with a senior recruiter who will actively listen to gain an in-depth perspective of your company culture, growth plans, and precise technical challenges. No intersection of skills and requirements is too complex.
Step 2
Network outreach. To begin your search, we assess 50-100 individuals from our network who are passively looking and filter out 80%. Then we check in with the top candidates, listening to understand their desires, career goals, and non-negotiables—to avoid any mismatch or confusion moving forward.
Step 3
Vetting. We do the leg work to verify technical and soft skills, check references, and pitch your unique story to candidates, who (let’s face it) often have other lucrative offers from Big Tech. By ensuring candidates resonate with your company vision, we filter out any individuals who would not be a good fit long term.
Step 4
Get your shortlist. This is where the magic happens: Within 5 days, you’ll get an email with 3-5 candidates who fit your exact hiring needs. Let us know who and when you’d like to interview. We’re always available to set up meetings to further calibrate and keep the candidate pipeline moving.
Step 5
Interview. Skip the small talk. Walk into your interview(s) with confidence, knowing exactly who you’re talking to, their profile, experience, abilities, and career goals. Start your interview from a deeper place knowing that the candidate sees a potential future with your startup and has their chips on the table.
Step 6
Understand expectations. Before you make an offer, it helps to understand your goals in relation to the goals of your prospective candidate. We work with you to uncover gaps in expectations and work with each party to gather the best information to help you form an agreement both sides are happy with.
Step 7
Make the hire. Then comes the fun part: Get your dream candidate to “Yes!” with our support through the critical offer stage. Our guarantee means that if the candidate doesn’t work out for performance reasons within the time in our agreement, you get a replacement candidate search free of charge—or a refund.
Source passivecandidates
Find critical candidate/company fit
Show off your unique culture
OUR MISSION IS
TO HELP YOU SCALE
The Kofi Group Guarantee
This is our promise: If a candidate is terminated for performance reasons within the time period in your agreement, you get a replacement candidate search free of charge—or a full refund.
Hire a 10x engineer who doesn’t have a 10x ego
Start your search today.
TESTIMONIALS
What People Say About Us
The Kofi Group has been a trusted IT talent management partner for our company since 2018. They filter the available labor supply of IT professionals based on our needs and criteria, source great candidates that are passively looking, and have helped us understand the market based on the intersection of roles, skills, and benefits involved for each job search. They have sourced several high performing employees in our department, and we appreciate their patience, enthusiasm, and insights into the IT talent marketplace.
– Bishr Tabbaa
Kofi Group is one of the best recruiting firms I have ever worked with. They took the time to make sure I was the right fit for the job and, more importantly to me, made sure the position/company was the right fit for me. Every iteration between me, Kofi Group, and the client, I was made to feel that my best interest was handled with care and my concerns were addressed and alleviated or mitigated. Dealing with recruiters who are just trying to get you in whatever req's they have can be a pain. Kofi Group is not that kind of firm. They have set the bar to a very high standard.
– Roger Logan
"The team at Kofi Group was very welcoming and open, and I felt privileged to be working with their recruiters. After providing frequent updates as well as interview tips, I owe it to Kofi Group for helping me find and start an amazing position with an exciting technology company."
– Christian I Arredondo
"I worked with Joseph at Kofi Group to fill a number of engineering roles. He was a joy to work with -- well-prepared for meetings and prompt to respond to questions. They did an excellent job screening developers for the role and quickly re-calibrated as we adjusted our criteria. Would definitely work with them again."
- Alex Debrie
"My interactions with Michael at Kofi Group raised the bar for my understanding of how effective and enjoyable it can be to work with a truly excellent recruiting partner. They have the technical capability to intuitively understand complex roles and their needs, a deep and excellent network that they are able to tap for contacts and have the interpersonal skills that simply make them a pleasure to interact with. Whether you're on the placement side or the opportunity-seeking side, they simply rock."
- Tim Bozarth
"Kofi Group is effective at matching job seekers with the correct and most relevant opportunities for their skill sets and career needs and helping employers meet their talent pool demands by connecting them with people who are the right fit for the company. They work extremely fast and are thoroughly professional. I reached out to George about a career change, and within only a few weeks he connected me with a great company, with terms that worked perfectly in my favor. A+"
- Nadir Mims
NO SURPRISES
OR HIDDEN FEES
Transparency That You Expect
What is your fee?
We charge a percentage of the placed candidate’s first-year cash compensation.
With Kofi Group
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Source experienced, passively looking talent (sometimes from your competitors) who meet your exact needs
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Receive a shortlist of pre-vetted candidates within the top 5% who match your technical challenges, company culture, and plans for growth
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Straightforward, transparent, fast communication throughout the entire process
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Optimization of the interview and offer processes to boost offer acceptance and retention rates
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Our reputation and network make us a hot target for high-quality referrals — we regularly get introduced to leading technical talent, simply because it’s our expertise
Without Kofi Group
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Source from new graduates or unvetted, irrelevant leads
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Sort through hundreds of unqualified resumes that barely fit the job description
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Work with uncommunicative, impersonal, slow, KPI-obsessed big firm recruiters
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Receive unvetted talent who don’t share your company vision, values, EQ, or technical requirements
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Lose out at the offer stage from mismatched expectations or surprise candidate needs that were never expressed
Gain the technical knowledge, insight, and energy you need to fill your most critical technical roles.
Get the momentum you need to build exceptional startup teams.