Interim service

Interim Talent Acquisition

Senior recruiting capacity to keep momentum.

why do i need an interim talent acquisition?

Interim TA is for organisations who need senior recruiting capacity inside their team — quickly, briefly, and at a standard they don't have to manage.

Maybe a senior recruiter has gone on leave. Maybe a transformation just landed in your lap and your team is already swamped. Maybe you're just experiencing a surge in your hiring needs and want to offer your team some relief.

We don't send junior recruiters in senior suits. We send a domain specialist matched to your sector and your work, with experience in embedding into a team briefly and performing from the get go.

how our interim process runs

We uncover your needs

It's important for us to understand exactly why you need an interim TA or recruiter. Because different situations will require different profiles. If you 'just' need someone to continue operations, a talented recruiter with experience from your industry will likely be enough. However, if you're transforming your whole people agenda, you may need a leader with the authority to influence change, the guts to push an agenda in an organisation they don't belong in, and who's not afraid to make difficult decisions.

We'll start matching you to consultants in our network

When we know what your needs are, we can match you to suitable Spitze consultants. Since we know our consultants very well — both their competencies and availability — the process is usually fairly quick. However, in a few cases we may come to the conclusion that we do not yet have the right consultant in our network — and then we have to go find them. With the same due diligence as always.

A senior recruiter inside your team, within 10 days.

Candidate presentation by day seven, operational by day ten. From there, the consultant works under your direction — while methodology, governance and quality assurance sit with us. Weekly status reporting, an internal delivery owner, a backup plan.

What you get

A scoped senior recruiter

A TA partner or sourcer matched to your sector, role mix and seniority. Selected for domain and expertise fit, not for bench availability.

Ready in no time

Candidate presentation within seven business days, onboarded and operational within ten days.

A plan for afterwards

Backup and substitution planning is part of the scope. If your needs extend beyond the original timeframe, the engagement continues even if the consultant becomes unavailable.

Freelance expertise

With enterprise governance. You'll get the kind of niche recruiter experience and expertise you don't normally get from an agency, but without the added risk and administrative tasks.

Questions?
Answers below.

How quickly can the consultant actually start?

Candidate presentation within seven business days from a signed statement of work, onboarded and operational within ten. The clock assumes timely access on your side — a single decision-maker, a kick-off scheduled and the tooling provisioned. We won't promise faster than we can deliver to standard.

Will the consultant work under our direction or yours?

Under yours, day to day. The consultant joins your hiring meetings, takes briefs from your hiring managers and operates inside your tools. What sits with Spitze is the methodology, the quality assurance, the backup and the commercial relationship.

What if the match doesn't work?

If the match is wrong during onboarding, we identify alternative candidates without an additional search fee. That's why we have a checkpoint at the end of the onboarding period, and an honest conversation about whether the engagement is set up to succeed.

Can an interim TA convert to a permanent hire?

Yes, when it makes sense for both sides. But our consultants are independent because they love what they do, not because they need a gig between jobs – so don't expect a try & hire solution, but of course if both parties think it's a match, we're supportive!

How is it different from a traditional agency or consultancy?

An agency sends you a CV and steps back the moment the consultant is placed. Our interim TA partners become part of your team and run recruitments for you, with administrative support and quality assurance from our internal delivery team. We also own the commercial relationship, so you never have to worry about contracts, a heavier administrative burden, or a backup plan if the match isn't right. Our accountability is structural, not transactional.