Talent Partner Agreement

This Talent Partner Agreement (this “Agreement”) governs the relationship between AdvisorHire (“AdvisorHire,” “we,” or “us”) and a partner firm (“Firm,” “you”) that joins Talent Alert, becomes a Vetted Partner, receives candidate match materials, requests introductions, or hires a Jumpstart Verified candidate introduced through AdvisorHire.

By checking the acceptance box during onboarding or enrollment, an authorized representative of the Firm agrees to the terms below on behalf of the Firm.

Talent Alert is free to join. AdvisorHire may send one anonymized candidate alert at a time when inventory and fit allow. There is no right to open-pool browse or guaranteed multi-candidate shortlists on this path.

Vetted Partner is for firms with greater hiring volume (typically three or more advisor-track seats per year). The Firm completes firm qualification and pays a one-time vetting fee. AdvisorHire then provides priority active matchmaking for declared open seats, typically up to three curated anonymized profiles per seat, subject to inventory and the refresh rules set out in partner materials.

One-time vetting fee (Vetted Partner only): $2,500, due upon Vetted Partner activation. This is not an annual subscription and is not a sale of profile views. If AdvisorHire rejects the Firm after payment, or cannot activate matching for an approved Firm within the delivery and waitlist commitments then in effect, AdvisorHire will refund the vetting fee or offer an agreed credit/roll.

Placement Fee (both paths): if the Firm completes a Covered Hire of a candidate first materially exposed to the Firm through AdvisorHire, the Firm pays a flat placement fee of $7,500 per hire (the “Placement Fee”). Default trigger is the candidate's employment start date, unless an Order Form states otherwise. Fees stack per distinct hire.

The Placement Fee is the commercial success event. Profiles and shortlists are matching channels—not the primary product.

AdvisorHire does not guarantee that the Firm will hire any candidate, that any hire will remain employed for any period, or that AdvisorHire will provide a free replacement candidate or Placement Fee refund if employment ends. No 90-day (or other) replacement guarantee or clawback schedule applies at launch unless a separately signed Order Form expressly says otherwise.

Early review is anonymized. Full identity and direct contact details are released only after the Firm requests an introduction and AdvisorHire starts the handshake. There is no unlimited open browse of the candidate pool.

AdvisorHire owns the first professional introduction. After that introduction, the Firm owns interviews, offers, and hiring decisions. Outcomes must be reported back to AdvisorHire in good faith.

All candidate information made available through AdvisorHire—including anonymized materials, scores, résumés or bios, video or assessment context, and contact details—is confidential and provided solely for the Firm's internal hiring evaluation. The Firm will not share, publish, or distribute candidate information to any third party, and will not use candidate information for any purpose other than evaluating that candidate for employment with the Firm.

The Firm agrees not to circumvent AdvisorHire by directly or indirectly hiring, engaging, or facilitating the hiring of any Covered Candidate outside of this Agreement, or by encouraging a candidate to withdraw from AdvisorHire in order to avoid a Placement Fee. This obligation survives material exposure of a candidate for twelve (12) months from the earlier of (a) first material exposure of the candidate to the Firm (including an alert or shortlist delivery) or (b) start of an introduction initiated by AdvisorHire.

Talent Alert enrollment remains until either party ends it. Vetted Partner status follows activation after the one-time vetting fee and continues under AdvisorHire's then-current partner ops rules; the vetting fee is not an annual rebill at launch. Either party may end the ongoing relationship at any time; however, Placement Fee, confidentiality, and non-circumvention obligations survive with respect to any Covered Candidate exposed prior to termination.

This Agreement, together with any Order Form and portal membership terms, constitutes the entire commercial understanding regarding placements unless counsel-approved amendments say otherwise. AdvisorHire may update this Agreement from time to time; material changes will be communicated to active Firm accounts before taking effect. This page remains draft pending attorney review.