Treat the requirement as a piece of work to be delivered.
RPM is how Tallann runs every serious requirement, whether that’s one critical hire, a team build, an international search or a mobilisation programme.
Define
Map
Engage
Intelligence
Deliver
The vacancy isn’t always the requirement.
A job title describes a role. It rarely explains what the business needs, why it matters now or why the hire hasn’t happened.
So RPM starts with the business case. Sometimes the brief is right. Sometimes the evidence says the role, salary, structure or location needs to change, and it’s better to know that in week one than week eight.
One model. The methods follow the requirement.
Executive search, direct approach, advertising, market mapping, international search and referrals are tools inside the work, not separate products. You’re commissioning Tallann to cover the right market, report what it says and manage the work through to appointment.
The five stages.
Define
Agree the objective, the capability needed, the commercial parameters, the timeframe and who decides.
Output A precise mandate and an agreed measure of success.
Map
Establish where the capability actually exists: organisations, people, adjacent sectors and locations. Not just who’s applying.
Output A defined market, not an open-ended search.
Engage
Approach the people identified directly, with enough context for them to judge the opportunity properly.
Output Direct conversations with the market you need to reach.
Intelligence
Report how the market is responding. If salary, scope or location is blocking interest, you hear it early, with the evidence.
Output Information leadership can act on.
Deliver
Run assessment, interviews, feedback, offer and acceptance, with risks flagged early. You keep the final decision.
Output The right person appointed against the original business case.
RPM isn’t justified by the number of vacancies. It’s justified by what’s at stake.
What RPM is not.
Contingent recruitment
Contingent works for a clear role in a healthy market. RPM is for requirements that need defining, managing and owning.
A rebranded retainer
A retainer describes how the fee is paid. RPM describes how the work is run.
CV forwarding
A CV is evidence about one person, not proof that the market has been covered.
Outsourcing your recruitment team
RPM is commissioned against a defined requirement, not a whole function.
Accountability on both sides.
Tallann is responsible for
- Defining the work against the business objective
- Covering the agreed market
- Representing the role accurately
- Reporting market evidence and risks
- Managing the process through to appointment
The client provides
- Accurate information and an approved budget
- Access to the decision-makers
- Agreed interview and feedback timings
- Timely, honest decisions
- Willingness to adjust when the evidence says so
The fee structure follows the work.
RPM usually starts with a commencement payment, with the balance tied to agreed stages or appointments. If a straightforward hire doesn’t justify a full mandate, Tallann will say so and suggest a simpler arrangement.
About Tallann PayIs RPM right for your requirement?
The first conversation will tell you. If something simpler would work better, you’ll hear that too.