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Cherrypicker

The RPO alternative

Outsource your recruiting function stateside.

Recruiting process outsourcing asks you to hand over part of your recruiting function to what is traditionally an offshore partner. Cherrypicker keeps your team in control while adding US-based outbound recruiting capacity to the roles that need it. Our Pay-As-You-Go model remains flexible as your hiring needs change.

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US-based recruiting team. Pay-As-You-Go. Free to join.

RPO is built for sourcing lists, not for activating talent.

Recruiting process outsourcing does one thing very well - tackling high volume sourcing projects that weigh down an internal team.

However, the gap shows up at the next step. Building a target candidate list is not the same as getting strong passive candidates to reply. Most RPO delivery happens offshore, and that distance from your market shows in the outreach: messages that read as generic, that miss the context of the role, and that the best candidates scroll past. The people you most want to reach are the ones least likely to respond to something that does not sound like it came from someone who understands their world.

That is the part Cherrypicker takes on. Your recruiting function stays in-house, and our US-based team handles the outreach that turns a sourcing list into candidates who are genuinely interested in your role.

How Cherrypicker compares versus a traditional RPO

What it is built for

Cherrypicker
Activating passive talent through personalized outreach.
Traditional RPO
Building sourcing lists at volume.

Who reaches your candidates

Cherrypicker
A US-based team that knows the role and the market.
Traditional RPO
Frequently an offshore delivery team.

Who owns your recruiting function

Cherrypicker
You do. We add outbound capacity on top of your team.
Traditional RPO
The provider takes over part of it and runs it with their recruiters.

Flexibility as hiring changes

Cherrypicker
Pay-As-You-Go, role by role. A quiet month costs nothing.
Traditional RPO
A monthly retainer, usually on a contract of several months or longer.

Time to first candidate replies

Cherrypicker
About 48 hours from a campaign going live.
Traditional RPO
After an implementation and onboarding period.

How it works

We run the outbound effort on your behalf to attract off-market talent.

  1. 1

    Tell us what you are hiring for

    We help you curate the list of qualified candidates through our AI-Assisted tools combined with our dedicated sourcing team.

  2. 2

    We craft the perfect campaign to attract the right talent

    We leverage the job details, your company description and additional context about the role to generate replies from talent you actually want to hire.

  3. 3

    We run the campaign on your behalf

    We find verified contact data for each candidate and perform outreach from our own sending infrastructure, so your company email domain stays protected.

  4. 4

    Interested, qualified candidates delivered to your team

    Get notified in real time as soon as a candidate shows interest. You decide who you want to hire and make an offer to directly. No placement fees are due when candidates are hired from Cherrypicker.

Roles we recruit for

Cherrypicker specializes in recruiting and filling corporate roles. Our team has over 13 years of recruiting agency and internal recruiting experience before building the Cherrypicker platform, which is why our personalized outreach reads like an experienced recruiter wrote it rather than an AI tool.

  • Accounting
  • Finance
  • Tax
  • Financial services
  • Real estate
  • Legal
  • Human resources
  • Operations
  • Office support

Pay-As-You-Go, when you need it most

Creating a company account is free. You only need to purchase Cherrypicker credits when you are ready to recruit candidates. Credit packages start at $1,500 for 300, one credit recruits one candidate, and a typical role fills within about 300 candidates. Credits are valid for 12 months and can be shared across your whole team.

Need help sourcing? Our sourcing team can build the target candidate list as an optional add on for $1,000 per role. There is no retainer, no minimum term and no placement fee when you hire, so a quiet hiring month costs you nothing.

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What an outbound Cherrypicker campaign looks like

Historical figures from our real recruiting campaigns.

Candidates per campaign300
The average number of candidates it takes to fill a job.
Reply rate5-30%
The range we have seen on all campaigns.
Fill rate95%
The percentage of roles we have filled on Cherrypicker.

Campaign performance varies by role, compensation, location, employer brand, and candidate supply. These figures describe what we have seen historically and are not a guarantee of results for any particular search.

Questions teams ask about RPO

When does a traditional RPO make more sense?
If you are hiring at high volume and need a large sourcing operation stood up quickly, an RPO can carry that load. That is what the model is built for. Cherrypicker is the better fit when the challenge is getting strong passive candidates to reply, and when you want your team to stay in control of the hiring process.
Is Cherrypicker an RPO?
Not in the traditional sense. A typical RPO takes over part of your recruiting function on a monthly retainer and runs it with their own team, frequently delivered offshore. Cherrypicker is a platform, so your recruiting function remains in-house and we add the additional recruiting muscle on top of it. If you would rather have the work done for you, our US-based sourcing team can build the target candidate list and run the campaign, which covers the same ground an RPO would on sourcing and outreach, with no retainer and no placement fee.
Is there a contract or a minimum commitment?
No. No contract, no minimum term and no retainer. Creating a company account is free and you buy credits when you have a role to fill. Credits are valid for 12 months and can be shared across your whole team.
Is your recruiting team based in the US?
Yes. Cherrypicker is a US-based company, and so is the sourcing team building your candidate lists and running your campaigns. That matters most at the outreach stage. Senior candidates can tell when the person reaching out does not understand their market.
What does it cost compared to an RPO retainer?
An RPO bills you every month whether you are hiring or not. Cherrypicker only charges when you recruit. Credit packages start at $1,500 for 300 credits, one credit recruits one candidate, and a typical role fills within about 300 candidates. Need the list built for you? That is an optional $1,000 per role.
Can Cherrypicker handle high volume hiring?
Yes. Credits sit at the company level, so your whole team can run campaigns for different roles at the same time out of the same pool. Scaling up just means buying more credits. Scaling back down costs you nothing, which is the part a retainer cannot do.
Will this replace my internal recruiting team?
No, and it is not built to. Cherrypicker gives your team more recruiting capacity by running outbound campaigns on your behalf, which frees them for high value work such as employer branding, improving the candidate experience and closing offers. Your team remains in control of the entire hiring process.
What kinds of roles do you recruit for?
Corporate roles across accounting, finance, tax, financial services, real estate, legal, human resources, operations and office support. If it is a corporate hire, it is in scope.

More detail in the full FAQ, or see how Cherrypicker compares with recruiting agencies. You can also weigh up every option side by side.

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