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Recruitment Request

Tell Us Who You Need.

Give us the details of your vacancy and ElderBirch will help you start the search for suitable candidates.

Start the request Prefer to search candidates yourself?
01 / Two ways to hire

We search for you, or you search yourself

This form · Full service

ElderBirch recruits and shortlists for you

You tell us about the role. Shanita takes the brief, searches our database and beyond, interviews the candidates and brings you a shortlist of people worth meeting. Ten years of recruitment across many industries, with the human element kept in.

  • We talk through the role with you before we start
  • Candidates are interviewed by ElderBirch before you meet them
  • You interview the shortlist and make the final choice
  • A placement fee applies per ElderBirch's standard terms, agreed with you in writing first

No cost to send this request

Self-service · Employer access

Browse the register and contact candidates yourself

Subscribe to see full candidate profiles, contact details and CVs, message candidates, post your own vacancies and manage applicants from your dashboard.

  • Flat R 250 per month — no credits, no contract
  • Paid by card through PayFast, cancel any time
  • Post vacancies and manage applicants yourself

R 250 / month

02 / How a request works

From brief to shortlist

  1. Send the brief

    Complete the form below. Only the company, your contact details, the job title and a short role description are required — the more you add, the better the match.

  2. We call you

    Shanita will be in touch to understand the role and the person who will fit your team, and to agree terms. No cost until terms are agreed.

  3. We search and screen

    We search our candidate database and beyond, and interview the strongest candidates ourselves.

  4. You meet a shortlist

    You receive a shortlist with our notes, interview the candidates you like and decide.

03 / Recruitment request

Tell us about the role

Fields marked are required.

01 Company information Who we are recruiting for and how to reach you.

Town or suburb and province. Add "and remote" or "various sites" if that applies.

What you do, roughly how many people work there and what the team is like. This helps us describe the opportunity to candidates.

02 Role details The position you need filled.

Main duties, who they work with, targets or shifts, and anything unusual about the job.

Work arrangement

A new position, a replacement, growth, a contract or project…

03 Requirements What a candidate must bring, and what would be a bonus.

Qualifications, licences, certificates and years of experience a candidate cannot be considered without.

Skills or experience that would make a candidate stand out.

For example: calm under pressure, works alone on site, comfortable with customers.

04 Compensation & logistics Salary is kept confidential — it helps us approach candidates who are realistic for the role.
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Is the salary negotiable?
Do you offer benefits?

Medical aid, provident or pension fund, transport, housing or travel allowance, bonus, company vehicle…

05 Hiring process How quickly you need someone, and how you will choose.
How soon do you need someone?
How should we contact you?

Number of interview rounds, assessments or trade tests, and who is involved.

06 Candidate profile The person behind the CV — this is where we can add the most value.

Anything that would rule a candidate out.

Growth, training, stability, location, team culture…

07 Compliance Checks we should plan for. Criminal and credit checks are only done with the candidate's written consent.
Checks required
08 Upload a job description Already have one? Attach it and we'll read it with your answers.

PDF or Word (.doc, .docx), up to 5 MB. Stored privately — only ElderBirch can open it.

ElderBirch uses these details only to respond to this request and to recruit for this role, as explained in our privacy policy. Sending a request costs nothing and does not commit you to anything — terms are agreed with you in writing first.

Or search candidates yourself