Sofee | An AI recruiter, backed by real recruiters

How it works

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

No long form to fill in and nothing to install. Talk to Sofee about the role and the search starts.

The search

What you get

Your 15-minute call You
Leading job boards
Industry networks
Competitors
Sofee and Consortia's candidate databases
Direct outreach

Sofee

Searches beyond the applicants
Matches candidates to your role
A recruiter reviews and speaks to candidates

Technology does the searching. Recruiters make the calls.

A shortlist put together by your recruiter
Your company name kept private until you say so
Interview scheduling straight into your calendar
Interview notes, taken by Sofee on video calls
Recruiter-managed offers that get hires over the line

One conversation. Nothing to install.

You still decide who to meet and who to hire. Sofee runs the search, and your recruiter brings you the right few.

Watch how Sofee works, from your first call to your hire. 72 seconds, no sound needed.

Talk to Sofee about the role

A 15-minute call. Sofee asks the questions an experienced recruiter would, so you don't need a job description to start, though you can upload one if you have it. Afterwards you check what was captured in the portal and confirm the salary and details before the search begins. If the role reports to someone else, they can take the call instead.

15-minute voice call

Meet the recruiter behind your search

A recruiter is assigned to the role from the start. They'll review the search, speak to candidates and be there when you need to discuss the shortlist, interviews or offer.

Named recruiter

The search starts

We start looking beyond the obvious applicants. Sofee can search across LinkedIn, job boards, specialist communities, candidate networks and people already known to us, contacts the people who fit, and reviews every application from the advert.

Search and advert response

Candidates are matched to the role

Candidates are assessed against what you told Sofee matters, from experience and skills to salary, location and anything essential for the role. AI helps with that first assessment, but no one is ruled in or out by a score. A recruiter checks every candidate, including the ones rated as a weak match.

Matched to your role

Your recruiter puts together the shortlist

Your recruiter reviews the matches, speaks to the people they want to progress and puts together the shortlist you see. If only one person is right, you'll see one. We don't pad a shortlist to make up the numbers. You can invite colleagues to review alongside you, and you still decide who to interview and hire.

Your shortlist

Interviews and the offer, in one place

Add your feedback in the portal and give a few times that suit you. Candidates pick a slot and it goes straight into your calendar. If an interview is on video, Sofee can join, take the notes and save them for you. Your recruiter speaks to candidates after each interview and handles the offer when you get there.

Scheduling · Notes · Offer

Rarely needed, but available. The standard search contacts people who are already looking. If you want a recruiter proactively approaching people who aren't, for a confidential search or a hard-to-fill role, a headhunting upgrade is available on request.

Why Sofee

The whole hire, from search to offer, without the 20% agency fee.

It works like having a recruiter in the business. The search, the shortlist, interview scheduling, notes and the offer are all handled, and the more roles you run through Sofee, the better it knows your business, your brand and who you like to hire.

If you already have a recruiter in-house, Sofee takes the roles they don't have time for.

1 Reach

Search further

An advert only reaches the people who happened to see that board, that week. Sofee also searches the main job boards and LinkedIn for people who fit and contacts them directly. It works out who can realistically get to you by journey time and train line, not a circle on a map, and it does that the same way every time.

2 People

People still matter

AI helps us search and match candidates quickly. A recruiter checks every candidate, including the ones the technology rates poorly, speaks to the people worth progressing and uses their judgement before putting a shortlist in front of you.

3 Fee

Pay less

You shouldn't need a 20% agency to get a proper shortlist. Sofee's fee is 10% of the successful candidate's first-year base salary, far less than a standard agency charges, with no retainer or subscription. If Sofee doesn't make the placement, there's no fee at all.

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 have to operate
A search across job boards, LinkedIn, specialist networks and candidate communities
A shortlist put together by a recruiter, delivered to your portal
Interview scheduling, notes and the offer, handled in one place
Paid only when you hire

What Sofee isn't

Not a system you have to integrate or manage
Not a CV database subscription
Not a job board
Not a chatbot screening candidates with no one checking
Not a fully automated hiring decision
Not a retainer-led agency

The human recruiter review

Sofee and your recruiter, working together.

Sofee assesses every candidate against what you asked for and shows its reasoning. An experienced recruiter checks every one of them, including the ones the technology rates poorly, and can overrule it. Each catches what the other would miss.

What each one catches

Better together.

Sofee can work through every application consistently, comparing candidates against the role and picking up details that are easy for the human eye to miss.

But the technology doesn't make the final call. An experienced recruiter reviews the results, including candidates Sofee hasn't recommended, so someone isn't overlooked simply because of an AI score.

That combination gives you a more thorough search: technology can process far more information, while a recruiter brings the judgement and context that still matter in hiring.

Your say

You can correct anything Sofee heard.

On the call, Sofee helps you put what you need into words and steers the conversation towards what really matters in the role. If it gets something wrong, tell it. Afterwards you can change any of the notes in your portal. The technology helps shape the thinking. The final say is yours.

Three people in every search

AI joins the dots. People still make the hire.

However much legwork the technology takes on, there are still three people in every search: you, your recruiter and the candidate. Sofee connects them, keeps everything in one place and makes sure each of them knows where things stand. It doesn't replace any of them.

Nothing is hidden, nothing is auto-rejected without review.

Pricing

One price. Paid only when you hire.

No retainer, no subscription, no minimum. If we don't make the placement, you don't pay.

A typical agency charges 15% to 20% of salary and does the searching, screening and admin by hand. Sofee does that work with technology and keeps the recruiters for the conversations, which is why the fee is lower without the service being thinner.

Sofee · one fee

10% of the successful candidate's first-year base salary

Pay only when you hire.

A search that goes beyond the advert
Candidates matched to your role
A recruiter on every search
Candidates, interviews and notes in one place
Cancel a search any time

Start a search See how it works

15-minute call. No commitment.

One fee, whatever the role or level.

The standard search contacts people who are already looking. A headhunting upgrade, where a recruiter proactively approaches people who aren't, is available on request for confidential or hard-to-fill roles.

Who it's for

Hiring across the roles that keep a business running.

Finance, sales, marketing, HR, operations and administration. From your next administrator or executive assistant to a finance manager, marketing lead or head of operations, Sofee can run the search.

It suits businesses of around 20 to 200 people without a recruiter of their own, and in-house recruiters who want to hand over the roles they don't have time for.

Roles we hire for

Administrators Executive assistants Reception / Office Customer service Bookkeepers Accountants Finance managers Sales executives Sales managers Marketing executives Marketing managers HR managers Operations managers

Sofee is for you if…

You're spending hours reviewing applications that were never close to what you asked for.: Sofee checks every application against the role, including the ones that arrive last.
You've paid an agency fee before.: And you know you can get most of that outcome for less.
You want a wider search than 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 puts together every shortlist before it reaches you.
You'd rather not hire under your own name.: Sofee runs the advert and every reply, so candidates don't see your company until you choose, and no one is accepted or turned down under your brand.

Already have a recruiter?

The lowest-risk way to test Sofee.

You can run Sofee alongside your existing recruiter or process. 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 call.

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 found 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, no fee unless we place. Take the better shortlist, whoever found it.

Common questions

Questions we get asked.

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 check every candidate that comes through, including the ones Sofee rates as a weak match, and decide who to put forward. They speak to candidates before and after each interview, write the approach when we contact someone directly, and step in on the offer. The conversations are still had by people.

Do we need to connect an ATS or install anything?

No. There is nothing to install or integrate. You talk to Sofee about the role, the search runs, and you see candidates, interviews and notes in the Sofee 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.

Will candidates know it's us hiring?

Not unless you want them to. Sofee advertises and contacts candidates under its own name, and every applicant is accepted or turned down through the Sofee portal. Your company isn't named until you decide to share it.

What if your AI gets it wrong?

It can. That's why a recruiter checks every candidate, and the reasoning behind each match, before anything reaches you. You can see why each candidate was put forward and ask about 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 role is to fill, the more the advert and the recruiter's conversations matter. We've placed across regulated financial services, restricted-sector marketing and roles that don't sound exciting on paper. Sofee drafts the advert from your call and a recruiter writes the approach to candidates. The fee is the same.

Ready when you are

Start with one role. Tell Sofee what you need.

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

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