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The K-5 Silver Bullet Platform

Your Complete Talent Acquisition Engine for Staffing Success

Most government contractors treat recruiting as disconnected tasks: post a job, screen resumes, hope for the best. The K-5 Silver Bullet Platform is a complete system designed for the brutal realities of government staffing. From before you win the contract through three years after placement, we handle talent acquisition so you can focus on winning and executing contracts.

Why Our Process Works

Every government staffing challenge is different. An IDIQ requiring rapid response to task orders demands a different approach than a multi-year contract needing long-term retention. Understanding your specific situation and objectives ensures you get the right level of service, investment, and results for your needs.

The K-5 platform isn't just about filling positions. It's about building the Golden Halo of excellent past performance that wins future contracts.

Select a service below to learn more about each phase.
Pro-Forma Services
Recruiting Services
Pre-Employment Services
Retention Services
Warranty

Pro-Forma Services

Strategic Intelligence Before You Commit

Most contractors wait until they win a contract to start recruiting. By then, you're already behind. Pro-Forma Services give you the intelligence, pricing data, and preliminary candidate commitments you need before the award, enabling you to respond to RFPs with confidence and hit the ground running when you win.

What Makes Pro-Forma Services Different:


We provide actual market intelligence, not guesswork. Our pro-forma pricing isn't based on outdated online salary surveys. It comes from our proprietary database of 1.4 million candidates, real-time market surveys, and actual compensation data from active placements.

Pro-forma recruiting means we're already building relationships with candidates in your target market before you have the contract. When the award comes through, we're not starting from zero.

Our Pro-Forma Advantage:


Pro Forma Intel: Recruiting intelligence that tells you how realistic your expectations are before you commit. Is the salary in your proposal actually going to attract qualified candidates? Are there enough providers in the target location? We tell you the truth before you invest proposal dollars.

Pro Forma Marketing: We begin marketing in advance of contract award to ensure near-immediate response when personnel are needed. No 90-day scramble. Candidates are already aware and interested.

Pro Forma Recruiting: We gain preliminary commitments from actual candidates and pre-close them on compensation parameters. When you win, candidates are already sold.

Pro Forma Pricing: Accurate pricing based on real market research, our extensive database, and real-time candidate surveys. Not generic salary data from two years ago.

Ideal For: RFP responses requiring candidate resumes, IDIQ holders needing rapid task order response, and any contractor who wants to win with realistic, defensible pricing. We support an average of 39 RFPs per quarter.

Recruiting Services

Finding Purple Squirrels in Impossible Markets

This is where most recruiting firms live and die. Finding qualified candidates for remote locations at below-market compensation with inflexible schedules and 6-month timelines. The difference? We have the database (1.4M candidates), the technology (AI-driven sourcing touching 1,500+ daily), and the sales expertise to actually close deals most recruiters can't.

What Makes Our Recruiting Different:


We don't post jobs and wait. We hunt. 97% of our placements come from passive candidates who weren't looking. We're finding employed professionals, healthcare providers between assignments, and cleared personnel working on classified projects.

Most importantly, we treat recruiting as sales, not HR. Our recruiters are closers who know how to sell candidates on opportunities they didn't know they wanted.

Our Recruiting Advantage:


Direct Recruiting Process: We find candidates (research), contact them (direct marketing via email and phone), screen them (license verification plus background checks), and interview the top candidates in the market, both active and passive.

Professional Presentation: We prepare and provide professional profiles and marketing pieces for the best qualified candidates. Not raw resumes. Polished presentations that sell.

Pre-Close: We gain commitment to compensation packages, relocation plans, and start date timelines before the formal offer. When you're ready to extend an offer, candidates are already sold.

Salary Negotiation: As necessary following a formal offer. But because we pre-closed them, negotiations are minimal.

Speed: We present qualified candidates within 72 hours and achieve fills 85% faster than industry standard.

Ideal For: Every government contractor who needs to actually fill positions. Healthcare, IT, cybersecurity, engineering, cleared positions, and 129 specialties. This is our core competency.

Pre-Employment Services

Bridging the Gap from Offer to Revenue

You made the offer. The candidate accepted. Now comes the dangerous part: the weeks or months between acceptance and first day. This is where many placements fall apart. Competing offers. Buyer's remorse. Paperwork overwhelm. Government bureaucracy. We stay engaged through this critical period to ensure your candidate actually shows up.

What Makes Pre-Employment Services Different:


Most recruiting firms disappear after the offer is accepted. We intensify our involvement. The period between offer and start date is when candidates are most vulnerable to competing offers and second thoughts.

We manage every administrative detail, maintain regular contact with the candidate, and troubleshoot problems before they become deal-breakers.

Our Pre-Employment Advantage:


Pre-Employment Files: We collect and prepare all pre-employment paperwork for your HR department. Candidates aren't confused about what's needed or when. Everything is organized and submitted on time.

Point of Contact Coordination: We arrange the start date and provide the point of contact and checklist for in-processing on the first day. Your candidate knows exactly where to go, who to meet, and what to bring.

First Day Follow-up: We confirm the start actually occurred and troubleshoot any initial issues. If something went wrong on day one, we know about it immediately and can fix it.

First Week Welcome Packet: We deliver a welcome packet including a letter from your company CEO and a welcome gift. First impressions matter. We make sure yours is excellent.

Protection: This phase has the highest fall-off risk. Our intensive management reduces candidate loss by over 50%.

Ideal For: Every placement, but especially critical for candidates relocating, those leaving secure positions, or anyone facing a long timeline between offer and start. 

Retention Services

Keeping Your People After You've Won Them

Filling the position is only half the battle. Your past performance rating depends on retention. High turnover destroys CPARS scores and costs you future contracts. Our retention services are designed to surface problems early and provide your new employees with strategies for success.

What Makes Our Retention Services Different:


We don't just check a box at 30 days. We provide actual strategic guidance to new employees on how to succeed in their roles and navigate the unique challenges of government contracting.

Our automated follow-up process at 30 and 90 days is designed to surface latent issues before they become resignations.

Our Retention Advantage:


Retention Strategies for New Employees: We provide 26 specific strategies for making the new relationship work in spite of obstacles. Delivered in week three when reality has set in but before frustration leads to resignation.

30-Day Follow-up: Automated process designed to surface potential issues after the first month. Are they getting the support they need? Is the role what they expected? Are there problems we can solve?

90-Day Follow-Up: Automated process intended to surface latent issues after the first quarter. By 90 days, initial enthusiasm has worn off and reality has fully set in. This is when we catch problems before they become resignations.

Real-Time Problem Solving: When issues surface, we work with both the employee and your team to resolve them. Many retention problems are fixable if caught early.

Results: Our clients achieve 97% retention rates. That's not luck. It's systematic follow-through.

Ideal For: Government contractors who understand that retention is as important as recruitment. Especially valuable for positions in remote locations, high-stress roles, or anywhere turnover has been a chronic problem.

Warranty

The Ultimate Confidence in Our Placements

We warranty all placements. Up to three years for government contractors. Full year for non-government employees. Full, free replacement guarantee. No other recruiting firm in the government space offers anything close.

What Makes Our Warranty Different:


Most recruiting firms offer 90-day warranties. We offer up to 3 years for government contractors because we know our candidates stay.

This isn't just a marketing promise. It's a reflection of our entire process. When you do pro-forma recruiting, intensive pre-employment management, and systematic retention follow-up, people don't leave.

Our Warranty Advantage:


Three-Year Coverage for Government Contractors: If a placement leaves for any reason within three years, we replace them at no charge. Full recruiting process. Full pre-employment services. Full retention support. Zero additional cost.

One-Year Coverage for Non-Government: Commercial placements receive a full year warranty with the same replacement guarantee.

No Games, No Exceptions: This isn't a warranty with 47 exclusions in fine print. If they leave, we replace them. Period.

Continuous Recruitment Strategy: Because we practice continuous recruitment in your target markets, replacements happen fast. We're not starting from scratch. We already know who's next.

Peace of Mind: You're not gambling. Every hire is covered. Your past performance is protected.

Ideal For: Every placement. But especially valuable for hard-to-fill positions where a replacement search could take months and cost you tens of thousands in lost revenue.

Which Service Is Right For You?

Not sure which components of the K-5 platform you need? We're happy to discuss your specific situation and recommend the approach that makes the most sense.

Whether you need complete RPO services covering all five phases, pro-forma support for upcoming proposals, or rapid recruiting for an urgent task order, we'll help you determine the right approach for your timeline, budget, and objectives.
The conversation costs nothing and might save you months of frustration and wasted effort.

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