recruitment services

We find you the best and most qualified candidates for any technical role

Utilize HardSkills scientific recruitment services to find your next technician, engineer or R&D expert

  • Find hidden talent – people who are not active on social or professional sites
  • Use scientific recruitment experts
  • Search for candidates in a database of 79,000,000 patents and 28,000,000 patent holders
Exceeding expectations always

“We have been looking for a hydrometallurgist for 8 months and used 3 different recruiters. HardSkills found a candidate in 1 week.”

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Traditional Recruiting

Database

28,000,000+ validated candidates + LinkedIn + personal contacts

LinkedIn + personal contacts

Quality/Vetted profiles

High quality and verified

Not verified

Precision

61 500 classifications and precision targeting

Broad base targeting

Database

28,000,000+ validated candidates + LinkedIn + personal contacts

Traditional Recruiting

LinkedIn + personal contacts

Quality/Vetted profiles

High quality and verified

Traditional Recruiting

Not verified

Precision

61 500 classifications and precision targeting

Traditional Recruiting

Broad base targeting

Do recruitment without the boring work.

No hidden charges.

Cheaper than a staffing agency.

Flexible payment options.

Global coverage.

Get a list of qualified candidates, every time.

How it works

5 simple steps to find qualified candidates for your R&D or engineering role

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STEP 1

Discuss brief and set scope

We go through your or your client’s brief together. We identify the competencies and skills most critical for the role and job at hand.

STEP 2

Search for candidates & build a list 

Utilize Hardskills.io’s smart filters to create candidate lists, connect to social media profiles, and export lists to your Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for seamless integration.

STEP 3

Pre-Screen Candidates and start outreach 

Review potential candidates and enhance outreach messages with Hardskills.io’s data to increase relevancy and improve response rates from potential candidates.

STEP 4

Select candidates and start interviews

Present top candidates to the hiring manager with a summary of their qualifications and your assessment. While Hardskills.io doesn’t schedule interviews, it facilitates candidate outreach by linking to external sources such as LinkedIn.

STEP 5

Hire the optimal candidate 

Thank to your preparations, long list of candidates and relevant outreach messages you found the ultimate candidate and the position is not closed. 

STEP 6

Nurture 
Relationships

Maintain contact with promising candidates using Hardskills.io’s enriched CSV files and automation tools like Phantombuster, Texau, or Apify to streamline the process for future opportunities.

Why recruiters love our scientific recruitment services

Flexible

Our scientific recruitment services can be used on an hourly basis or subscription-based. Simply choose the flexibility you would like to have.

Fast and efficient

The HardSkills team can get started with your search in a few hours and provide you with qualified candidates within 48 hours.

Always the right results

We take pride in always delivering a minimum of 10 candidates with validated competences –  true experts in their field of specialisation. 

Our quality guarantee

Minimum 15 new candidates or it will be free

Deliver on briefs without extra work

And remain a trusted service provider

Whether you are used to utilizing scientific job recruitment agencies, a scientific staffing agency, specialist science recruiter or technology recruiters, HardSkills recruiting experts can do it faster and cheaper

We identify ideal talent with proven hard skills

Patents are evidence of demonstrated competence, validated by experts

Patents hold more than just technical data - it shows both the people who have worked on them and the skills patent holders have obtained in the process. And the best part? All skills are validated by the experts granting the patents. We use our proprietary patent databases to find your ideal talent.

Why are patents indication of competence? 

We help you find IP & technical expertise talent worldwide

Whether you are looking for talent in the US, France, Germany or England, HardSkills enables you to use IP recruitment and to find - validate - contact - recruit patent holders with proven expertise in technical fields such as pharmaceutical, automotive, electrical engineering, and much more.

Sarbajit Rakshit
Sarbajit K. Rakshit
India
David Reis
David Reis
Brazil
Boris Balacheff
Boris Balacheff
France
450km
1000km
600km

Find experienced R&D professionals for your industry and technologies

With our deep expertise in recruiting for various technical and R&D-focused industries, we proudly offer tailored IP recruitment solutions for the following sectors:

Data science
Life science and lab
Pharmaceutical
Automotive
Electrical engineering
Powertrain design
Scientific research
Manufacturing technology
Materials science
.. and more

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Whether you are used to utilizing scientific job recruitment agencies, a scientific staffing agency, specialist science recruiter or technology recruiters, HardSkills recruiting experts can do it faster and cheaper

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The most comprehensive scientific recruitment database out there

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Patents

28,000,000
+

Inventors

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