A recruitment and staffing agency for employers, at one flat fee
AI agents search. Human recruiters interview. You hire.
Searching for a recruitment agency near you? Scowter works your city with live hiring data, candidates already in our talent pool, and a named human recruiter, without the 15 to 25 percent placement fee. Pick your city below to see the local market, or tell us the role now.
Recruitment agency by city
Each city page shows who is hiring there this week, the roles in demand, advertised pay, local hiring rules and candidates from our pool.
United States
You stop doing this. We take it on.
Your hiring managers and recruiters keep the part that needs them, the final interview and the decision. Everything before and after it runs on our side.
Off your plate
- Writing and posting job ads
- Searching boards and LinkedIn for hours
- Reading hundreds of CVs
- First-round screening calls
- Chasing candidates who stop replying
- Scheduling, reminders and offer paperwork
On ours, AI + human
- AI agents search our talent pools and 150+ boards every day
- Every CV screened against your must-haves, not keywords alone
- Human recruiters interview, check availability and salary
- Ready-to-hire shortlist with notes, in one message
- Follow-ups and scheduling handled, start to start date
- One flat fee, so the cost is known before we begin
The whole process, in five steps
Tell us the roles
Job title, must-have skills, location or time zone, salary range. Two minutes.
Search and screen
Our AI searches our own talent pools and 150+ job boards, then screens every CV against your must-haves.
Interview and verify
A recruiter interviews each shortlisted person, checks availability and salary, and verifies the CV.
Get a ready-to-hire shortlist
Profiles with interview notes, salary expectation and start date. You run the final interview.
We handle the rest
Scheduling, reminders, follow-ups and offer coordination, until the person starts.
140+ pre-vetted candidates already in our pools
We do not start from zero. Every search begins in our own database of verified, actively job-hunting people, then widens to 150+ job boards. Names are hidden here; you see full profiles once we start.
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Marine Multi Technician
Malappuram, Kerala, India · 6+ yrs
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Senior Executive – Corporate Accounts
Vikhroli (East), Mumbai, India · 6+ yrs
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Freelance Virtual Assistant
Davao, Philippines · 11+ yrs
Ja**
IT Support Intern
Chicago, IL, USA · 1+ yrs
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Versatile Professional: International So
Rzeszow, Poland · 8+ yrs
Ry**
Buyer / Sourcing Specialist
Rzeszow, Poland · 8+ yrs
An**
AI/ML Engineer
Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India · 1+ yrs
Sa**
Senior Associate, Acquisitions
Washington, DC, United States · 7+ yrs
A recruitment agency for your city, at one flat fee.
Tell us the role and the city. AI agents search our pools and 150+ boards, human recruiters interview and verify, you get a ready-to-hire shortlist.
- Flat fee. No percentage of salary, no retainer.
- Candidates from our own talent pools and 150+ job boards.
- Every CV checked by a human recruiter before you see it.
- Scheduling, follow-ups and offer coordination handled for you.
Recruitment and staffing agency: common questions
What does a recruitment agency charge?
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Most agencies charge a percentage of the first-year salary, commonly 15 to 25 percent for contingency search and more for retained executive search. Scowter charges one flat fee per role, agreed before the search starts.
Recruitment agency or staffing agency: which do I need?
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A staffing agency places temporary or contract workers on its own payroll. A recruitment agency finds permanent employees who join your payroll. Scowter covers permanent and contract-to-hire searches; for payrolled temps we can point you to the right partner.
Do you cover my city?
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We work 59 cities across the United States, Canada, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and India, each with its own page below showing the live hiring market. If your city is not listed, tell us the role anyway; the process is the same.
What do AI agents actually do in your agency?
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They search our talent pool and 150+ job boards every day, match CVs against your must-haves, draft outreach, and keep scheduling and follow-ups moving. Human recruiters do the interviews, the judgement calls and the salary conversations.
Where do your candidates come from?
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First from our own talent pool of pre-vetted, actively job-hunting people worldwide, then from 150+ job boards and direct outreach. Every person you see has been interviewed by a human recruiter.
Is there a contract or minimum?
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No long contract and no retainer. The flat fee runs month to month while the role is open, and you can pause when the seat is filled.
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Tell us the role and the city. AI agents start searching tonight, a human recruiter calls the best people tomorrow.