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The recruiting industry has a structural problem that no amount of technology will fix. Contingency firms earn their fee on start date. Their financial incentive is to move fast — not to move right. RPO firms earn on contract duration. Their incentive is to appear busy and renew. Job boards earn on postings. Their incentive is volume of applicants, not quality. Every standard model rewards something other than the outcome the client actually needs: a hire that stays and thrives. FoundHuman was built to prove that a different structure produces a different result. Our first-year retention rate is 93%. The industry average is roughly 50%. Our average time-to-hire is 43 days. Our placement guarantee has been exercised 2% of the time. These aren't aspirational numbers — they're the predictable output of a model where the incentive is finally pointed in the right direction. Here's how the model works. We charge weekly for active work — not a percentage on placement. Our revenue is tied to hours invested, not to a candidate's starting salary. That means we have no financial reason to oversell candidates, no incentive to rush a placement that isn't ready, and no motivation to push a higher-salaried hire over a better-fit one. Our 43-day average isn't a concession — it's what happens when aligned incentives eliminate the rework that slows everyone else down. We tie our placement guarantee to onboarding, because that's where our data shows placements succeed or fail. Every engagement includes a 15-month guarantee — five times the industry standard. We back it because the structure earns it. Every search is staffed with a senior recruiter and a dedicated candidate experience specialist. 95% of our candidates are sourced directly — people who aren't actively looking and aren't already in every other firm's pipeline. We serve digital health, fintech, SaaS, AI, and regulated industries. Teams of 50 to 500, where every hire has compounding consequences.