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Hire better. Every time.

We help organisations hire more effectively. Workshops, consultancy and an interactive tool, all built around a structured methodology that gets better with every hire.

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The Outcome Hiring System™.

Most hiring processes are linear: open a role, interview, hire, move on. This one is different.

We help you with:
01 Effective role design
02 Attracting candidates
03 Interviewing and assessing
04 Evidence-based decisions
05 Ensuring candidates start
06 Effective onboarding
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Triggered by internal or external business change
Every hire makes the next one easier.
Each time you use the system, best practice embeds a little deeper. The quality of your decisions improves without anyone having to work harder at it.
When your business changes, your hiring keeps pace.
Most processes break when a company pivots or grows fast. The Outcome Hiring System is built to update quickly, so your hiring always reflects where the business is going, not where it has been.
Authors of the system
Richard Buck
Richard Buck
Co-Founder and Director, Creation Recruitment
Richard has spent nearly 30 years recruiting senior professionals across Product, Design, Data and Engineering, working with organisations ranging from early-stage start-ups to global enterprises. He co-founded Creation in 2008.
Paul Bradley-Law
Paul Bradley-Law
Founder, The Great People Machine
Building on almost thirty years of both agency and in-house talent, Paul founded The Great People Machine to help PE and VC-backed scale-up founders build and develop winning teams and cultures that deliver on company missions.

What it does for you.

For any hiring manager, business owner or board. Regardless of team size, sector or how often you hire.

Better quality hires.
Outcome-based role definition and structured assessment mean you're evaluating candidates against what you actually need. The quality of the decision improves before you've even met anyone.
Faster decisions with fewer disagreements.
When everyone involved in a hire is working from the same criteria before the process starts, disagreements get resolved earlier. Decisions that used to take weeks of back-and-forth happen faster.
Higher retention.
People leave when the role isn't what they were told it would be. Outcome-based hiring and structured onboarding set expectations clearly on both sides. That alignment shows up directly in how long people stay.
A stronger reputation with candidates.
How you treat candidates, including the ones you don't hire, directly affects your ability to attract the right people next time. A well-designed process that communicates clearly at every stage is a competitive advantage most organisations overlook.
A process that improves with every hire.
Most organisations treat hiring as a series of one-off events. The system turns it into an organisational capability. Each hire embeds best practice, and the quality of your decisions compounds over time.

How to work with us.

Three ways to engage with the Outcome Hiring System.

The interactive tool
Access the system online
The complete Outcome Hiring System is available as an interactive online tool. It guides you through every stage of the hiring process at your own pace, from defining the role to making the final decision. If you already have an access code, enter it below.
Workshops
Learn the system with your team
Four workshops covering the stages where human judgement matters most. Each can be taken individually or as a programme.
01Effective role design
Most role definitions describe what candidates have done before, not what you need them to achieve. This workshop covers outcome-based role design, stakeholder alignment, and how to write briefs that attract the right candidates before a single application arrives.
02Hiring process design
Design a hiring process that works for the hiring team and reflects well on the organisation at every touchpoint. Covers how you communicate, how you structure each stage, and how candidates experience the process whether they are hired or not.
03Interviewing and assessing
Structure, behavioural questions and scoring frameworks that make assessment consistent and decisions easier to defend. Covers how to reduce bias, how to probe without leading, and how to reach a confident decision when multiple stakeholders are involved.
04Onboarding for success
From offer acceptance to the end of the first 90 days. Covers how to ensure the person you want actually starts, how to structure their first weeks, and how onboarding done well is the final stage of hiring, not the first stage of employment.
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Consultancy
Embed the system in your business
For organisations that want hands-on support going further than the tool and workshops, Richard and Paul work directly with your team.
01
Single session
A focused working session applying the system to a specific role or hiring challenge you're facing right now. Practical and immediately actionable.
02
Embedding programme
An ongoing engagement to embed the Outcome Hiring System across your whole hiring process, built around your organisation and your timeline.
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