Candidate SHORTLIST in Just 4 Days

We deliver who others can’t reach, faster than they can respond.

Slow hiring costs more than just time, it delays delivery, drains internal teams, and lets top talent slip. In consulting, it doesn’t just hurt momentum, it hits revenue. We fix that.

HOW WE CAN HELP

Steadman & Chase is a precision-led headhunting firm specialising in AI, Cloud, Cybersecurity, Legal, Financial Services, and Systematic Trading. We deliver elite engineers, legal talent, and strategic leaders into hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, consultancies, and AI-native tech firms.

Our model eliminates slow hiring, no quantity-over-quality bloated pipelines. One consultation, and you'll receive a shortlist in under 4 days.

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ENGAGEMENT MODELS

SCALE-UP PARTNERSHIP

A partnership model designed to accelerate growth, access untapped talent networks, and remove the typical cost barriers associated with early career hiring. This structure includes free graduate and HR hiring to support team development and give early career professionals a route into industry. For every five experienced hires, the sixth is free, a model built to support sustained hiring, not transactional recruitment.

We offer this to build long-term partnerships based on trust, transparency, and shared success.

SCALE-UP TERMS (PDF)

CONTIGENCY

A results driven hiring model for high-growth technical teams, where fees apply only upon successful placement. Steadman & Chase connects you to pre-qualified engineers and strategists across AI, Cybersecurity, Systematic Trading, Cloud, and System Engineering, placing talent into hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, tech consultancies, and AI driven enterprises.

You meet the market’s top candidates, assess for fit, and only pay when you decide to hire.

CONTINGENCY TERMS (PDF)

RETAINED

Upfront-committed search for business-critical or executive roles. This model secures exclusive access to senior, specialist, or scarce candidates, guided by milestone-based delivery and executed with market discretion, precision, and partnership.

RETAINED TERMS (PDF)

CONTRACT & TEMPORARY PLACEMENTS

Instant access to specialist contractors for high-impact projects like cybersecurity, machine learning, cloud infrastructure, and system transformation. Supported with compliant payroll and onboarding, enabling you to scale expertise on demand without long term risk.

CONTRACT TERMS (PDF)

DOWNLOAD AGREEMENTS

For efficiency and transparency, clients can download our pre-formatted search agreements below in Microsoft Word format. These documents outline our core terms, with space left intentionally for you to propose your preferred fee or commercial terms. Once completed, simply return the agreement to enquiries@steadmanchase.com for review. Once reviewed and countersigned, we can move swiftly to support your immediate hiring needs.