How CVHound.com Works

The complete guide to hiring Data Centre professionals directly

Register Your Employer Account

•Complete the employer registration form with your company legal name, registration number, VAT number, and contact details.
•Select your business type. Note: CVHound.com is available to direct employers only — recruitment agencies are prohibited.
•Review and accept our Terms of Service, including the placement fee structure and non-circumvention clause.
•Pay the annual subscription fee of £4999 via Stripe. Your payment is secured and processed immediately.
•Your account is manually reviewed by our team and approved within 24 hours. You receive an email confirmation with your login details.

•Use the AI-powered search on your employer dashboard to search by job title, skills, location, availability, and work preferences.
•View candidate profiles. First name, job title, city, skills, work history titles, and AI summary are always visible.
•Personal contact details (surname, email, phone, LinkedIn, company names in work history) are protected and only revealed after an interview is booked through CVHound.com.
•Every time you view a candidate profile, a timestamped record is created against your account for legal non-circumvention purposes.

•Add candidates to named shortlist folders from within search results or their profile page.
•You can have multiple folders — for example, one per role or department.
•Shortlists are private to your employer account.

•Select a shortlist folder and click "Request Interviews".
•Provide the role title, role description, location, minimum salary, and maximum salary.
•Minimum salary cannot be below £50,000. Maximum salary must be at least £10,000 above the minimum.
•The salary range is shown to candidates before they accept or decline.
•CVHound.com sends a personalised email to each candidate with the role details and two response options: interested or not interested.
•Candidates have 72 hours to respond. A reminder email is sent automatically at 48 hours if no response.
•Your current placement fee rate is shown before you confirm, based on your hire count to date.

•When a candidate responds as "Interested", you are notified by email and the status is updated in your dashboard.
•Log in to your dashboard, navigate to Interview Requests, and click "Select Interview Times".
•Provide up to 3 date and time options, minimum 24 hours from now. Enter a meeting link (Teams or Google Meet).
•CVHound.com sends the time options to the candidate. The candidate clicks their preferred slot on a secure CVHound.com page.
•Both parties receive a confirmation email and calendar invite (.ics) with the date, time, and meeting link.
•At the point of scheduling, candidate contact details are fully revealed to you: full name, email, phone, LinkedIn, and company names in work history.
•Reminder emails are sent to both parties 24 hours and 1 hour before the interview.

•24 hours after the scheduled interview time, CVHound.com sends you an email asking for the outcome.
•Four options: Moving Forward — Second Interview, Moving Forward — Making an Offer, Not Suitable This Time, Candidate Did Not Attend.
•If "Second Interview": both parties contact details are shared so you can arrange directly. CVHound.com follows up in 14 days.
•If "Not Suitable" or "Did Not Attend": a sanitised message is sent to the candidate. No placement fee is charged.

•If "Making an Offer": enter the confirmed salary offer. CVHound.com shows the calculated placement fee.
•On confirmation, a PDF placement invoice is generated and emailed to you. A copy is sent to info@cvhound.com.
•The invoice includes your company details, candidate reference, role, start date, salary, fee percentage, and total due.
•Payment is due within 30 days of hire confirmation.
•Reminder emails are sent at 7, 14, and 21 days if unpaid.
•At 90 days after the start date, CVHound.com sends you a 3-month guarantee check-in email.