Start your hiring search.
No job description required.
9cv9 headhunting, run inside one workspace. Upload a JD if you have one — or just tell us the role in four fields. A specialist recruiter starts sourcing passive talent that isn't applying anywhere else.
- 60-second brief
- No card required
- Admin verifies your company
Free includes 1 shortlisted candidate — delivered to your portal, fully viewable, and scored by our candidate evaluator. Interviewing, progressing or hiring them, and any candidate after the first, needs a Normal or Premium plan.
Start your hiring search
Two ways in. Both take about a minute.
Use the JD for the role you're hiring for and where that employee will work — not your own job title or your company headquarters. You'll review everything before anything is published.
Free inboxes (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook) can't be verified — we only work with real hiring teams. Your JD is never published without your approval. We'll email a verification link — you can confirm it later; it never blocks your workspace.
This is the role you're hiring for and where that employee will work — not your own job title or your company headquarters.
No JD? Your recruiter drafts one from this brief and sends it to you for approval before anything goes out. We'll email a verification link — you can confirm it later; it never blocks your workspace.
From a role in your head to a shortlisted candidate.
Same process whether you upload a JD or fill in four fields. You never chase a recruiter for an update — everything lands in your portal.
Tell us the role
Upload a JD and we parse it into a structured job order — or answer four fields and your recruiter drafts the JD for your approval.
≈ 60 secondsWe verify your company
Our admin team checks the company behind your work email, then assigns a recruiter who specialises in your function and market.
Admin verificationA recruiter sources
Direct approaches to passive talent, with screening before a profile reaches you. No job-board spray, no unvetted applicant dump.
After verificationCandidates land in your portal
Full profile, recruiter notes and an evaluator score. Your first candidate is free to view and assess before you commit to anything.
OngoingFree gets you one real candidate — not a demo.
You can receive, open and evaluate a genuine shortlisted candidate at no cost. Everything that moves that candidate towards an offer — interviews, hiring — and every candidate after the first, needs a Normal or Premium plan. We'd rather you knew that now than after the shortlist lands.
Included on Free — $0
- 1 shortlisted candidate delivered — sourced and screened by a real recruiter
- View the full profile — CV, experience, recruiter notes and screening summary
- Run our candidate evaluator — fit score against your role, and why
- Full client portal access — your job order, pipeline view and recruiter thread
Unlocks with Normal or Premium
- Progress the candidate — move them through screening, interview, offer and placement stages
- Offer and hire — placement, guarantee period and free replacement
- Additional shortlisted candidates — a continuous shortlist instead of a single profile
Upgrade any time from inside the portal. Your job order and candidate carry over.
Compare plansStart free. Upgrade when you're ready to hire.
No card to start, and no charge until you decide to move a candidate forward.
Free
No success fee — because you can't hire on Free.
Evaluate the service on a real candidate before you spend anything.
- 1 shortlisted candidate
- Full profile view + evaluator
- Client portal access
- Interview, progress or hire
Normal
+ 10% success fee on placement
The full hiring workflow, for standard and mid-senior roles.
- Additional shortlisted candidates
- Progress, interview and hire
- 90-day guarantee · 1 free replacement
- Dedicated recruiter for your account
Premium
+ 25% success fee — retained-grade scope
Exclusive market mapping and discreet approaches for leadership hires.
- Everything in Normal
- Exec / C-level search included
- 180-day guarantee · 1 free replacement
- Dedicated account director
| Free | Normal | Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates delivered | 1 | Additional | Additional |
| View full profile & CV | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Candidate evaluator | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Progress / interview / hire | — | Yes | Yes |
| Client feedback on candidates | — | Yes | Yes |
| Offer & hire | — | Yes | Yes |
| Placement guarantee | — | 90 days | 180 days |
| Free replacement (candidate quits of own accord) | — | 1 per placement | 1 per placement |
| Exec / C-level search | — | — | Included |
| Dedicated recruiter | — | Yes | Account director |
| Annual fee | $0 | $3,000 | $6,000 |
| Success fee | — | 10% | 25% |
| Success fee basis | — | Yearly gross salary incl. monetary benefits | Yearly gross salary incl. monetary benefits |
Questions employers ask before starting.
Why do I have to register with a work email?
Your company domain is what makes this platform employer-only. It stops competitors and job-seekers from browsing live roles, lets us verify you're a real hiring team, and means candidate data stays with people accountable for it. Free inboxes — Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail, iCloud, Proton — can't be verified.
What happens during Admin verification?
A 9cv9 admin checks your company and reviews the job order, then assigns a recruiter with experience in your market and function. You'll get an email the moment your workspace opens.
What if I don't have a job description yet?
You don't need a formal JD. Submit a short draft, bullet points, or brief notes about the role, or generate a professional job description using our AI JD Generator: AI JD Generator (opens in a new tab). Our team structures the brief with you before sourcing begins.
What does the Free plan include?
Free is a product trial, not free recruitment. You get one delivered candidate to evaluate in the Client Portal — including the candidate evaluator. You cannot progress or hire that candidate on Free; to receive more candidates or move toward hiring, you upgrade to Normal or Premium.
Can I hire the Free-plan candidate?
No. On the Free plan you can view and evaluate your one delivered candidate, but you must upgrade to Normal or Premium to progress, interview, or hire the candidate — and to receive additional candidates.
How does the success fee work?
Normal and Premium carry a retainer deposit and a success fee charged on the yearly gross salary of a candidate you actually hire, including monetary benefits — 10% on Normal and 25% on Premium. Free includes no hiring path.
What does the placement guarantee cover?
If a placed candidate quits of their own accord inside the guarantee window — 90 days on Normal, 180 on Premium — we run the search again and deliver a replacement at no additional success fee. One free replacement per placement.
What if I don't like the shortlist?
Reject any candidate with one click and a reason. Your recruiter recalibrates the search from that feedback — usually the second shortlist is the one that lands.
Is my job description confidential?
Yes. Nothing is published publicly unless you explicitly approve it. Confidential searches are run without your company name until a candidate signs an NDA.
Which markets and roles do you cover?
9cv9 recruits globally, covering countries and industries worldwide through our network of 15,000+ recruiters. We support specialist, professional, management, executive and C-suite hiring.
How does 9cv9 headhunting work?
Upload your job description, register with a company email, and our admin verifies your company. A specialist recruiter then headhunts passive candidates and screens them for intent and compensation fit before a profile reaches your portal. Your first delivered candidate is free to evaluate.
One role. One minute. One free candidate.
Upload a JD or just tell us the job title. Get verified, get a specialist recruiter assigned, and decide whether to go further once a real candidate is in front of you.
No card required · Verified employers only · Your JD is never published without approval