Dennis SmithOutbound recruiting platform
Attract & hire off-market talent
who never apply.
No placement fees, ever.
Cherrypicker generates interest from top talent you actually want to hire for your open roles.
Every request is reviewed within 24 hours. No credit card required.
Why Choose Cherrypicker
We are corporate recruiting experts
We have 12+ years of experience filling critical roles within accounting, finance, HR, operations, legal, real estate and tax.
Built with hiring leaders in mind
Internal recruiting teams can take advantage of our vetted talent network and the outbound muscle of a search firm, minus the placement fees.
We support your team, not replace it
Cherrypicker increases your team's bandwidth and frees their time to focus on higher value work like employer branding and making great hires.
How it works
How Cherrypicker turns a job brief into a pipeline of interested candidates.
Give us the role, upload a target candidate list or let us source one, and we'll run the outbound campaign that delivers qualified, interested candidates to your team.
Tell us what role you need to fill.
Upload a job description or describe the role requirements, compensation details, and any context that helps us understand the search.
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Describe your next hire
Upload your target candidate list or let us build one for you.
Add LinkedIn profile URLs, upload a CSV, or request sourcing support from our team.
Recruit by LinkedIn URL
Paste LinkedIn profile URLs below (one per line or multiple at once)
Need help building your target candidate list?
Request sourcing support from our team
We'll launch the outbound campaign on your behalf.
Cherrypicker verifies contact data, creates personalized messaging, and runs targeted outreach to generate interest for your open role.
Campaign Live
ActiveSenior Tax Manager · NYC
Review interested candidate profiles and start hiring conversations.
When a candidate expresses interest in your role, your team gets notified. From there, you can review their background and move them directly into your interview process. No placement fees when you hire.
Interested Candidates
Senior Tax Manager · NYC
Want to see how Cherrypicker works on your open roles?
Book a demo and see how Cherrypicker generates interest from high-performing talent.
Book a demoBuilt from real recruiting strategy conversations with hiring leaders
A platform made for internal recruiting teams.
We understand the bottlenecks and needs of teams responsible for hiring. We have sat down with talent leaders across professional services, financial services, media, tech, real estate and insurance to understand what is needed to build great teams.
Predictable recruiting costs
Replace placement fees with a predictable recruiting model.
Traditional recruiting agencies often charge between 20–30% of the first-year salary when a hire is made. Cherrypicker is free to join and helps your team source candidates, verify contact data, and run outbound campaigns on a pay-as-you-go credit model, so you can generate candidate interest without paying a success fee when someone gets hired.
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How Cherrypicker compares to traditional recruiting methods.
We consistently outperform agencies and job boards on quality, speed and cost-per-hire.
| Cherrypicker | Staffing agency | Job ads & resume databases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to fill one role | About $1,500 per hire Or about $2,500 if our sourcing team helps build your target candidate list. No placement fee is due when you hire candidates from Cherrypicker. | $25,000+ per hire 20% to 30% of first-year salary. On a $100,000 hire that is $20,000 to $30,000, due when the candidate accepts. | $500+ per job ad Postings and database subscriptions cost the same whether or not they produce a hire. |
| Time to first signal | Within 48 hours Replies from interested and not-interested candidates alike. A full campaign runs about 7 days. | Their timeline You wait on their search and their shortlist. | Immediate But only from the people already looking. |
| Who you reach | People not applying anywhere We specialize in attracting off-market talent who don't have the time to apply to job ads. They rely on their network to present opportunities that are relevant for them. | Their bench The agency's own network, which you do not get to see. Agency recruiters can save their best people for other clients. | Active seekers only Whoever happens to find your posting, whether they are qualified for the role or not. Job ads tend to attract unemployed talent, and lower quality AI-generated applicants clogging your pipeline. |
Cost to fill one role
- Cherrypicker
- About $1,500 per hireOr about $2,500 if our sourcing team helps build your target candidate list. No placement fee is due when you hire candidates from Cherrypicker.
- Staffing agency
- $25,000+ per hire20% to 30% of first-year salary. On a $100,000 hire that is $20,000 to $30,000, due when the candidate accepts.
- Job ads & resume databases
- $500+ per job adPostings and database subscriptions cost the same whether or not they produce a hire.
Time to first signal
- Cherrypicker
- Within 48 hoursReplies from interested and not-interested candidates alike. A full campaign runs about 7 days.
- Staffing agency
- Their timelineYou wait on their search and their shortlist.
- Job ads & resume databases
- ImmediateBut only from the people already looking.
Who you reach
- Cherrypicker
- People not applying anywhereWe specialize in attracting off-market talent who don't have the time to apply to job ads. They rely on their network to present opportunities that are relevant for them.
- Staffing agency
- Their benchThe agency's own network, which you do not get to see. Agency recruiters can save their best people for other clients.
- Job ads & resume databases
- Active seekers onlyWhoever happens to find your posting, whether they are qualified for the role or not. Job ads tend to attract unemployed talent, and lower quality AI-generated applicants clogging your pipeline.
More than 10x the cost, for the same hire.
- Cherrypicker
- About $1,500
- Staffing agency
- $25,000+
Based on a $100,000 hire, where a staffing agency charging 20% to 30% bills $20,000 to $30,000 on acceptance. Cherrypicker charges no placement fee.
FAQ
Questions? We have answers.
Is Cherrypicker a staffing agency?
Does Cherrypicker charge placement fees?
Does Cherrypicker replace our internal recruiters?
How does Cherrypicker use AI?
Who sends the outreach to candidates?
Can Cherrypicker help source candidates for us?
What happens when a candidate is interested?
What do candidates see when Cherrypicker reaches out?
How do Cherrypicker credits work?
What is your credit refund policy?
Is Cherrypicker GDPR compliant?
Our mission
Give internal recruiting teams the network and firepower of an elite search firm, without the placement fees when candidates are hired.
We are building the platform we wanted when we were in the seat: direct access to qualified people who are not applying anywhere, and no placement fee at the end of it. Cherrypicker was founded in 2022 by CJ Tufano after 12+ years in agency and corporate recruiting, frustrated with traditional recruiting methods. We are on a mission to disrupt the traditional agency model so candidates can receive more competitive offers and hiring managers get access to the best talent the market has to offer.
Read our storyReady to generate more candidate interest without placement fees?
Tell us what you're hiring for and we'll show you how Cherrypicker can support your team's outbound recruiting efforts.
All requests are reviewed within 24 hours. Or see pricing first.