The right people make all the difference.
Next Team Talent helps growing businesses find exceptional talent, develop effective leaders, and build stronger organizations. From recruiting and candidate evaluation to leadership development and organizational consulting, we provide the expertise and hands-on support to help your business move forward.
Your people are our focus.
Game-Changing Hires. Lasting Impact.
Experience and credentials matter, but they don't tell the whole story. We evaluate candidates based on their qualifications, strengths, judgment, and ability to deliver the outcomes your position requires.
Recruiting takes time away from running your business. We handle sourcing, outreach, initial interviews, and candidate evaluations so your team can spend less time sorting through applicants and more time interviewing the right people.
Every engagement starts with understanding your business, team, and hiring needs. We develop a targeted recruiting strategy rather than relying on generic candidate lists or one-size-fits-all screening.
We handle the most time-consuming stages of recruiting, helping you move from an open position to a shortlist of evaluated candidates. Your team handles final interviews, selection, and employment offers.
Search timelines and target shortlist sizes are set during your consultation, based on the position and the candidate market.
The RoleReady Assessment uses realistic, role-specific workplace scenarios to explore how candidates approach challenges they may encounter on the job.
Rather than relying only on résumés and traditional interview questions, we examine how candidates explain their reasoning, prioritize competing demands, communicate decisions, and respond to unexpected situations. We review responses using consistent, job-related criteria and share practical insights to help you conduct more informed final interviews.
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We combine structured, job-specific scenarios with human judgment to help you understand candidates beyond their résumés.
Every finalist comes with a structured profile: how they measure up to your role, what stood out in their RoleReady scenarios, potential concerns, and what to focus on in your final interview.
Our focus is positions with annual base salaries of about $50,000 to $200,000, although we may support positions outside that range. Based in Minnesota and serving employers nationwide.
We believe businesses should pay for the recruiting expertise and work they receive, not an expensive placement commission. That's why we publish our pricing: you know what a search costs before the first conversation, with no commission surprises. Every project is quoted and agreed on before work begins.
For employers who want expert recruiting guidance but prefer to manage sourcing and screening internally.
A consulting engagement. Does not include candidate sourcing or screening by Next Team Talent.
Get Your Hiring StrategyOur flagship service handles the most time-consuming stages of hiring, from your search strategy to identifying, screening, and evaluating qualified candidates.
What you receive: a professionally run recruiting engagement designed to produce a shortlist of qualified, interested candidates who meet the agreed requirements. Our typical target is 3 to 5 finalists, depending on the position and market. It's a target, not a guarantee.
Start a Talent SearchFor companies hiring across multiple positions or looking for a longer-term recruiting partner. Services may include:
Pricing depends on the number of positions, expected recruiting workload, and engagement length.
Discuss a Partnership8% of agreed annual base salary or $5,000, whichever is greater
For positions with a base salary of $62,500 or less, the $5,000 minimum applies. It covers the foundational work every search requires. The salary used is the target annual base salary agreed before the search begins. Your fee is fixed in the signed project agreement and does not change based on the compensation you ultimately offer.
| Position salary | Project fee |
|---|---|
| $50,000 | $5,000 minimum |
| $65,000 | $5,200 |
| $80,000 | $6,400 |
| $100,000 | $8,000 |
| $125,000 | $10,000 |
| $150,000 | $12,000 |
| $200,000 | $16,000 |
Specialized, unusually complex, or executive-level searches may require custom pricing.
Yes. Next Team Talent is a professional recruiting consultancy. Our fees cover the agreed recruiting work, including search strategy, sourcing, screening, evaluations, and candidate recommendations. Payment is not contingent on making a hire.
The responsibilities, seniority, and expectations of a position shape the recruiting work involved, so 8% of the annual base salary gives a transparent starting point. Every search also requires a baseline of professional work whatever the position pays, which is why the minimum fee is $5,000. We also consider the complexity of the search when setting the final project quote.
Every search has different market conditions. Before we begin, we set the search scope, target shortlist, and timeline. If the candidate market is more limited than expected, we share what we found, review the search strategy, and agree on next steps within the engagement. We never lower qualification standards just to meet a candidate count.
No. We identify, screen, and evaluate candidates and give you our recommendations. Your team conducts final interviews, selects the candidate, and makes the employment offer.
No. Our standard Talent Search & Screening service does not include placement commissions or success fees.
It depends on the position, requirements, candidate availability, and market conditions. We set a search timeline during your initial consultation and send progress updates throughout the engagement.
Our work doesn't end with a list of candidates. We help businesses build structured, repeatable hiring practices that make future recruiting easier.
Every engagement includes the practical tools and recommendations that fit the services you purchase. They are yours to use for the steps your team runs.
Whether you're making a critical hire, developing your leaders, or strengthening your organization, we're here to help.
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