What Contract-to-Hire Actually Means
Most businesses default to two hiring paths: bring on a freelancer, or recruit someone permanently. Contract to hire sits between the two, and it's often the better option. A candidate is engaged on a fixed-term basis first, with the door open to convert them to a permanent employee once the contract ends.
This isn't something your business runs directly. A staffing partner like Selectgen manages the hire, pays the contractor's salary during the contract period, and handles the process under terms agreed between the two of us upfront.
It's typically a faster hiring path too, since matching technical skill to an immediate task matters more early on than confirming long-term culture fit. And because contractors tend to specialise deeply in the work they do, you often get someone with sharper, more focused expertise than a traditional permanent hire would bring on day one.
The Contract-to-Hire Process
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We handle the front-end recruiting work, sourcing candidates, reviewing resumes, and building a shortlist for your role.
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The shortlisted candidates come to you for interviews, exactly the same process you'd run for a direct hire.
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Your team makes the final call on who joins, with our input and market knowledge available whenever it's useful.
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During the contract period, Selectgen, not your business, pays the candidate's salary.
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Once the term ends, the choice is entirely yours: convert them to a permanent employee, or close out the contract.
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Contract length is flexible, anywhere from a single month to as long as the role requires.
How Selectgen Runs Contract-to-Hire
We start by understanding exactly what you need, then break that down into a clear set of hiring requirements before touching our candidate network. From there, we identify specialists who genuinely match your brief, move quickly using the talent already in our pool, and arrange interviews once a shortlist is ready.
We're also happy to sit in on your HR team's selection process directly. Once someone's placed, we stay involved, checking in during the contract, gathering feedback, and adjusting where needed. If a swap is ever necessary, we move on that fast.
Our goal with every contract-to-hire engagement is simple: give you thoroughly screened, genuinely capable people, so your business gets a real edge in whatever industry you're competing in.
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