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Two contractors, two ways to use Edisto. One keeps us on year-round as their recruiting team. One turned us on for 60 days, made two senior hires, and turned us off. Same flat fee model, both ways.

Always-On Recruiting Team · Mechanical Contractor

24 hires in 12 months. Zero headhunter fees.

Walker White Mechanical runs Edisto as their standing recruiting team, covering office, field, service and skilled-trade roles for one flat monthly fee.

~24people hired in 12 months
$272Ksaved vs. traditional headhunter fees
150+interview hours returned to managers
44%of candidates presented were hired

The challenge

Walker White’s managers were busy running the business. Nobody had time to review new resumes every day or sit through every first-round interview. Every hour a manager spent sorting applicants was an hour away from a job site or a crew.

What Edisto did

We plugged in as an extension of their team: reviewed every resume as it came in, ran the first-round screenings virtually, absorbed the no-shows and reschedules, and sent only the strongest candidates through. Managers spent their time on projects, their crews, and final-stage interviews.

The hiring funnel

~2,452 resumes reviewed
~300 interviews and screenings completed
~55 candidates sent to the hiring team
~24 hired

Only the top 2% reached a manager’s desk. Edisto screened out 98% of applicants and absorbed roughly 226 candidate no-shows, so Walker White never blocked calendar time for someone who didn’t show up.

“We trust Lori and the Edisto team to handle our hiring the way we would handle it ourselves. They know our business, they know the kind of people who fit here, and when they send us a candidate, we know it is worth our time. We do not have to check their work. That kind of trust is hard to find.”Bob, President, Walker White Mechanical
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On/Off Engagement · General Contractor

Two senior hires in 60 days. Total cost: $6,000.

A general contractor needed a Senior Superintendent and a Project Manager at the same time. They turned Edisto on for two months, hired both, and turned us off.

2senior leadership hires in two months
$56.5Ksaved vs. traditional headhunter fees
$3,000cost per hire, all in
2 of 3candidates presented were hired

The challenge

These are the roles where a bad hire costs the most and where contingency headhunters charge the most, typically 25% of first-year pay. The leadership team did not have time to work a full pipeline for two searches while running active projects.

What Edisto did

We took both searches on a short, flat-fee engagement: sourced and reviewed every applicant, ran the first-round screenings virtually, and forwarded only three candidates to the owner. Two were hired. The engagement wrapped in two months for $6,000 total, no placement fees and no percentage of salary.

The hiring funnel

47 resumes reviewed
15 interviews and screenings completed
3 candidates sent to the owner
2 hired

Three candidates. Two hires. No wasted interviews. A headhunter would have charged $27,500 for the Superintendent and $35,000 for the Project Manager. Edisto filled both for less than 10% of that.

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