Sofee | An AI recruiter, backed by real recruiters

Why Sofee

Specialist hiring, now open to everyone.

You shouldn't need a 20% agency, or a recruitment background, to get a proper shortlist. Sofee brings whole-market search, real recruiter judgement, and human-reviewed matches to any hire. From your first customer service rep to a fractional finance director.

1 Reach

Search everywhere. Not just where you posted.

An advert only reaches the people who happened to see that board, that week. Sofee searches LinkedIn, industry communities, competitor networks, specialist boards and inbound response, in parallel. We map commutable distance, not just radius. Train stations, adjacent towns, the pockets a single recruiter would miss.

2 Recruiters

A recruiter reads every shortlist.

AI does the sourcing, parsing and scoring. A recruiter reads the reasoning, overrides the AI where it's wrong, and qualifies strong matches on outbound. The AI sources. A human ships.

3 Fee

10% flat. Pay only on placement.

Less than a specialist agency charges (20%+). More than a job post on Indeed or Facebook will ever deliver. No retainers, no subscription, no lock-in. You pay only when someone is actually hired.

How it works

From 15 minutes on the phone to a human-approved shortlist.

No 40-field brief form. No two-week kickoff. No system to integrate. Tell Sofee about the role, and the search starts.

A 15-minute verbal brief

Sofee asks the questions a senior recruiter would. You talk. Sofee listens. Sofee structures. Upload a JD if you have one, or let Sofee draft it from the conversation.

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A recruiter is assigned to your search

A named recruiter takes ownership of your search. They'll review every shortlist before it reaches you, and they're who you'll speak to if anything needs a call. Real person, real accountability.

Named recruiter

Whole-of-market search begins

Sofee searches LinkedIn, competitor networks, specialist communities, niche boards and inbound advert response, in parallel. One scoring standard, regardless of where someone came from.

Multi-source sourcing

A scoring rubric, not a vibe check

Every candidate is scored against your brief. Must-haves, nice-to-haves, red flags, salary, location. You'll know exactly why each one made it, and exactly why others didn't.

Scoring rubric

Your recruiter reviews and signs off

Your assigned recruiter reads Sofee's scoring and reasoning, overrides where needed, and signs off the shortlist before it reaches you. The AI sources. A human ships.

Human-approved shortlist

Rarely needed, but available. For confidential searches, hard-to-sell roles or niche markets where the candidate pitch matters as much as the candidate list, a dedicated headhunter can join the search. Available on request. Most clients never need it.

Before you ask

What Sofee is. And what Sofee isn't.

"AI recruiter" means a hundred different things in 2026. Here's exactly where Sofee sits.

What Sofee is

An AI recruiter, backed by real recruiters
A done-for-you recruitment service, not a tool you operate
A whole-of-market sourcing and scoring engine
A human-reviewed shortlist, delivered to your portal
AI-powered, recruiter-backed, whole-of-market
Paid only on placement

What Sofee isn't

Not an ATS or HRIS to integrate
Not a CV database subscription
Not a job board
Not a chatbot screening candidates without oversight
Not a fully automated hiring decision engine
Not a retainer-led agency

The recruiter review

What "human-approved" actually means.

A recruiter reads every shortlist before it reaches you. Not as a rubber stamp, but as a working second opinion on Sofee's reasoning. Here's what that actually looks like.

Reading the reasoning

Every candidate, every score, every reason.

Sofee scores each candidate against your brief and writes the reasoning. The recruiter reads all of it. The strong matches, the weak matches, and the ones Sofee scored as fair. Nothing is hidden, nothing is auto-rejected without review.

Overriding the AI

When Sofee gets it wrong, a human says so.

A 7-year manager scored as a fair match because of one missing keyword. A passive candidate Sofee ranked third who's actually the strongest fit. The recruiter overrides the AI, adds the reasoning, and the shortlist reflects judgement, not just scoring.

Standing behind the call

One human is accountable for what you see.

Sofee can't be wrong in the way a person can be wrong. So a person signs off. If a shortlist misses, you have someone to talk to. Not an algorithm to argue with.

Twenty years of recruitment experience is what the review process is built on. The AI sources. A human ships.

Pricing

One price. Paid only when you hire.

No retainers. No subscription. No minimums. If we don't place, you don't pay.

Sofee · flat fee

10% of first-year salary

Less than half a typical agency. Paid only on placement.

Whole-of-market outbound and inbound search
Scoring rubric calibrated to your brief
Recruiter review on every shortlist
Client portal with full audit trail
Cancel a search any time

Start a search See how it works

15-minute call. No commitment.

Half the fee of a typical agency, on every hire.

For confidential searches, hard-to-sell roles, or niche markets where you want a dedicated headhunter on the phones in addition to Sofee, an upgrade is available on request. Most searches don't need it.

Who it's for

Any white-collar role. Any level.

Whether you're a founder hiring your second finance person, an HR manager filling a customer service role, or a PA tasked with finding an ops lead. Same platform, same price.

Roles we hire for

Customer service Reception / Office Administrators Bookkeepers Accountants Finance managers Marketing execs Marketing managers CMOs Operations HR managers IT support Executive assistants Project managers

Sofee is for you if…

You're spending hours reviewing applications that were never close to the brief.: Sofee scores every CV against your brief before you see any.
You've paid an agency fee before.: And you know you can get most of that outcome for less.
You want reach, not one job board.: Posting in one place only reaches the people who looked there this week.
You don't want it left to an algorithm.: A recruiter reads every shortlist before it lands with you.

Already have a recruiter?

The lowest-risk way to test Sofee.

Most clients trial Sofee against their existing recruiter or process. We work in parallel. If we find the hire, you've saved the difference. If we don't, you've spent nothing.

No fee unless we place.

No retainer. No setup. No subscription. The only cost is your time on the 15-minute brief.

A live benchmark.

Run Sofee on a role your specialist agency is already working. See the shortlists side by side. Take the better candidate, whoever sourced them.

One role at a time.

Each search stands on its own. No commitment to keep going. Run one role to see how it lands.

One role, 10%, no fee unless we place. Take the better shortlist, whoever sourced it.

Built to be trusted

Compliance by design, not by claim.

24 months

In productionBuilt and proven inside Consortia before opening to clients. Live with paying clients across multiple sectors and salary bands.

DPIA-ready

Procurement-testedCandidates apply to Sofee, not into your stack. Data flows through Consortia as the employment agency. DPIA file shared on request.

EU AI Act

Human in the loop, by designA recruiter signs off every shortlist. No fully automated hiring decisions. Every scoring trace kept on file.

90 days

GDPR-nativeAutomatic candidate data deletion. Subject access rights wired in.

Common questions

The questions buyers ask.

How long has this been running?

24 months in production inside Consortia before we opened it to clients. Currently live with paying clients across multiple sectors and salary bands.

What do your recruiters actually do?

They read the AI's score and reasoning. They override or accept. They prioritise strong matches, qualify candidates by phone, write the candidate pitch on outbound, and prep candidates for your interview. The selling part of recruitment is still done by humans.

Do we need to connect an ATS or install anything?

No. Sofee runs through its own portal. No ATS migration, no licence setup, no recruiter training, no internal AI configuration. You get shortlists in the portal.

What about our data protection review?

Sofee is run by Consortia, an employment agency. Candidates apply to us, not into your stack. We share our DPIA file on request. Clients in regulated sectors have already taken Sofee through procurement and compliance review.

What if your AI gets it wrong?

It can. That's why a recruiter reads every shortlist and the AI's reasoning before anything reaches you. Strong, fair, and weak match labels are visible. You can audit any decision.

What if a hire doesn't work out?

Sliding-scale rebate over 8 weeks. Credit applied to your next search. Standard terms shared on request.

Will it work for our niche or sensitive role?

The harder the sell, the more the job ad and the recruiter's call matter. We've placed across regulated financial services, restricted-sector marketing, and roles that don't sound exciting on paper. The brief writes the ad, a human writes the candidate pitch. Both still happen at 10%.

Ready when you are

Tell Sofee about the role. Get a shortlist by the end of the week.

Three quick fields. We'll email you a secure link. The portal opens a 15-minute voice brief with Sofee. If it doesn't feel right on the first call, we won't start the search.

We'll email you a secure link. The portal opens a 15-minute voice call with Sofee.