HireSchool v Consultancy

Consultancy

Companies spend hundreds of thousands—sometimes millions—of dollars on hiring transformation projects. A veritable King's ransom! They bring in consultants, run discovery sessions, define leadership principles, and redesign processes. The goal is always the same: to make hiring faster, fairer, and more effective.

But in reality much of that investment doesn't buy innovation. It buys re-cycling.

Most consultancies are simply re-engineering a version of the same proven methods— leadership frameworks, structured interviews, assessment rubrics, and KPIs—that already exist in best-practice form across industries. Tut tut!

Businesses end up paying premium rates to discover what's already known by others.

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Here's a reasonable consulting structure and estimate of effort

Phase	Description	Estimated Consulting Days
Discovery & Diagnostics	Stakeholder interviews, baseline assessment, data review	20–30 days
Leadership Values & Culture Definition	Workshops, synthesis, leadership alignment	25–40 days
Process Design	End-to-end hiring workflow, decision rights, documentation	40–60 days
Assessment Rubric & Interview Content	Competency model, question bank, scoring	25–40 days
Interviewer & Manager Training Design	Live + video training materials, practice modules	30–50 days
LMS / Video Content Production	Script, record, edit, upload to LMS	15–25 days
Metrics & Outcomes Framework	Define KPIs, dashboards, data flow	10–20 days
Project Management & Change Enablement	Ongoing governance, communications, embedding	30–40 days

Total Consulting effort: roughly 200-300 consultant days

Here's a tiered estimate of cost

Tier / Scenario	Description	Estimated Cost (USD)	Typical Consultant Profile
Boutique HR Consulting Firm	Mid-size firm specializing in hiring process design & training	$180,000 – $350,000	Small expert team (2–4 people) over 4–6 months
Large HR Transformation Firm / Big 4 Advisory	Adds structured change management, deeper analytics, LMS integration	$350,000 – $700,000	Cross-functional team over 6–9 months
Top-Tier Strategy Firm	Full culture + hiring operating model redesign + tech roadmap	$700,000 – $1,200,000+	Senior partners, org design specialists, data team

HireSchool

HireSchool is 100% transparent that what we offer is established and proven models and techniques. We do not charge for the process of re-engineering what already exists. No pulling the wool over your eyes!

Our programs orchestrate a selection of best practice frameworks, models, processes and techniques, so you have a single source to guide you through your self-led transformation program.

We are the Mary Poppins of hiring.

Because of this, your investment can be -90% of the investment required to deliver equivalent outcomes to those achievable with a consultancy.

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Program A

The Structured Hiring Method

$8750

$149 p/m

Program Manager Module

How to manage the transformation from Sponsor kick off all the way to launch
How to operate the LMS

Planning

20 Leadership Values
Selecting Leadership Values
Choosing # of Rounds
Defining # of Interviewers
The evidence decisions

Interviewer Training

Learning Leadership Values
Interviewer technique
Codified performance analysis
De-brief & decision making

Hiring Manager Planning Training

Identifying Leadership Values for Roles
Selecting interviewers
Pre-briefing interviewers

Hiring Manager Decision Making Training

How to guide a discussion
Managing dynamics in the meeting
Things to watch out for
Bringing the meeting to a conclusion

Template Project Plan
Support Sheets
Learning Management System

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Program B

The Structured Hiring Method

Quality Assurance

$9200

$149 p/m

Program Manager Module

How to manage the transformation from Sponsor kick off all the way to launch
How to operate the LMS

Quality Assurance Team Development Module

Setting up QA cadre
Selecting QAs
Monitoring QA cadet performance

Quality Assurance Lead Training

Preparing for an assignment
How to guide a discussion
Managing dynamics in the meeting
Things to watch out for
Bringing the meeting to a conclusion

Planning

Selecting Leadership Values
Choosing # of Rounds
Defining # of Interviewers
The evidence decisions

Interviewer Training

Learning Leadership Values
Interviewer technique
Candidate performance analysis
De-brief & decision making

Hiring Manager Planning Training

Identifying Leadership Values for Roles
Selecting interviewers
Pre-briefing interviewers

Template Project Plan
Support Sheets
QA Selection Model
QA Feedback Survey Template
Learning Management System

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How our pricing works

HireSchool’s Structured Hiring Method program pricing model is broken down into 2 parts.

Part 1 is an upfront payment for the Planning and Strategy modules of the program. That includes the Program Manager Module and the Planning Module. Once the initial payment is made, it’s “chocks away” and program managers have immediate access to the content.

Part 2 is usage based payments for the training modules of the program. A flat monthly charge of £149 will be made each month that Learners who access the training content in that month. Part 2 charging will begin once the first user of the Training Modules starts to tuck into them. Invoices are issued on 1st of every month.

Quality Assurance

If your business has the resources you should strongly consider adding a Quality Assurance layer to your hiring process. The cherry on top, as it were.

Some of the top companies on the planet like Google and Amazon, have a Quality Assurance layer as part of their hiring process. They structure them differently, but the purpose is to have a mechanism where employees who do not have a direct connection with the role and team can review and ensure that the expected standards of the company are upheld.

If you have a company of 500+ employees, we’d strongly recommend the addition of a Quality Assurance layer in your process.