The rare profile becomes reachable. The mission becomes possible.
Pacto lets companies entrust their searches to member headhunters, without having to concentrate the full recruitment fees at the start.
For recruiters, it is a new way to move forward mandates that would otherwise be postponed over immediate budget. The agreed fees are carried to a traceable balance, then settled progressively as the client collects revenue.
Direct contracts, optional service and payments without intermediary. Pacto does not perform the recruitment and does not guarantee its outcome.
Two needs, one mechanism
You need expertise the usual channels do not reach
A highly specialised profile can be decisive for a mission, a product or a new activity. Yet the fees needed to organise its search can lead to postponing the recruitment.
With a Pacto member headhunter, these fees can be integrated into your program and settled progressively with the other open balances.
You have identified a real mandate, but the immediate budget blocks the decision
A client can have a serious need, a real activity and a precisely defined profile, yet refuse or postpone your proposal because it does not want to pay out all your fees at once.
Pacto lets you offer another pace. Your fees remain fully recognised in the contract. They are recorded to your balance and settled progressively based on the program's revenue.
Recruit rare expertise without unbalancing the start
Remove the immediate-budget brake
The company does not have to concentrate all the search and recruitment fees at the launch of the mission.
Access search specialists
It can select a member headhunter who knows the market, the skills and the profiles matching its need.
Bring the services into one program
The recruiter's fees and the recruited freelancer's services can be tracked as separate balances in the same Pacto program.
Match payments to real activity
The monthly envelope devoted to the balances depends on the revenue the company actually collects.
Mandates that no longer stop automatically at the budget question
Move more mandates forward
A company that does not immediately have the whole envelope can still decide to launch a serious search.
Keep the full agreed fees
The amount set in the contract is carried to your balance once the contractual conditions of your remuneration are met.
Pay no commission on your payments
Pacto takes no commission on what you receive. Payments are made directly by the company.
Negotiate your remuneration freely
You agree directly with the client on the amount, the success conditions and the milestones of your mandate. The remuneration can take the staged payment into account, with no automatic multiplier.
Track a traceable balance
You have visibility on the amount carried to your balance, the payments received, the revenue declared by the program and the remaining balance.
Build more durable relationships
You no longer make just a one-off introduction. You can support the successive needs of companies organised to integrate specialised expertise.
Recruitment no longer ends at the signature
It looks for a profile able to produce durable value, while keeping a payment pace compatible with its activity.
They have an interest in presenting a genuinely suitable profile. When the client's activity grows, their balance can be settled faster.
They can accept a mission at an increased rate in exchange for staged payment as the program collects revenue.
This alignment mainly concerns the economic pace of the relationship. The client's growth can speed up payments, but it does not automatically change the agreed fee amount and is not a payment guarantee.
A direct mandate, a visible balance, a shared redistribution
The company describes its need
Profile sought, skills, context, timeline and expected results.
It chooses a member headhunter
The recruiter is selected freely. Pacto imposes no provider.
The parties sign their contract
The company and the recruiter directly define the fees, the success conditions and the milestones of the mandate.
The fees are carried to the balance
Once the agreed conditions are met, the agreed amount joins the headhunter's Pacto balance.
The balance is settled as revenue comes in
Each month, the company devotes the agreed fraction of its collected revenue to all the open balances. The envelope is distributed pro rata.
A PhD in mathematics for a highly specialised mission
Illustrative exampleA company is looking for a PhD in mathematics whose expertise is hard to identify through the usual channels. It mandates a Pacto member headhunter.
PhD in mathematics
Usual daily rate used in the example:
€ 1,200
Increased daily rate agreed in the program:
€ 3,600
Estimate given for this example:
around 18 to 19 months of settlement
This duration depends on the revenue collected, the number of days worked and all the open balances.
Fee assumption:
12,000 to € 15,000
Treatment: the agreed amount is carried to the recruiter's Pacto balance once the conditions defined in their contract are met.
Advantage: the mandate can be accepted without requiring the full payout of the fees at the start.
Each month:
12.5% of the revenue actually collected, if the company chose the recommended rate
Use: the envelope is distributed between the headhunter's balance, the recruited freelancer's balance and any other open balances.
Pacto does not remove the budget. It turns an immediate constraint into a tracked commitment.
The company remains bound to settle the full agreed fees. The headhunter does not necessarily receive all of their remuneration at the time of recruitment.
The 12.5% rate is neither a fee reduction, nor a commission, nor a liability cap. It is the recommended fraction of monthly revenue devoted to settling all the open balances.
What Pacto does and does not do
Pacto provides
- A member directory
- A contractual framework
- A register of balances
- A redistribution mechanism
- Visibility on movements
- The guarantees provided by the program
Pacto does not provide
- A recruitment service
- Candidate selection in place of the client
- A guarantee of results
- A guarantee of payment timing
- A collection service
- A guarantee of the client's solvency
Frequently asked questions
CompanyDoes Pacto choose the recruiter for us?
No. You freely select the member you want to work with.
CompanyWill we only pay 12.5% of the fees?
No. The full agreed amount remains due. The 12.5% is the recommended redistribution rate of monthly revenue among all the open balances.
RecruiterAm I paid immediately when the profile is hired?
Not necessarily. The amount is carried to your balance under the contract conditions, then settled at the pace of the program.
RecruiterDoes Pacto take a commission?
No. Pacto takes no commission on your fees or your payments.
RecruiterCan I set my fees freely?
Yes. The amount and conditions of your remuneration are negotiated directly with the company. No rate or multiplier is automatically imposed.
SharedIs the 18 to 19 month duration guaranteed?
No. It is only the assumption used in the example. The real duration depends on the revenue and on all the open balances.
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