Manual, ex-recruiter built
Every resume and positioning document is crafted by hand by an ex-recruiter, never generated from a template.
Hired First. Pay Later.
Reverse Recruiting Agency. A Done-For-You Job Search, Paid After You're Hired.
Done-for-you applications and hiring-manager outreach, run by hand by an ex-recruiter. Our success fee is paid only after you accept an offer.
Lim Placement is a Seattle-founded reverse recruiting agency that runs a done-for-you job search, where the success fee is paid after you are hired.
Our clients aim for at least one quality interview per week, and save hundreds of hours they would otherwise spend applying.
🇺🇸 Seattle-founded agency, working with clients nationwide across the USA.You're Qualified. Recruiters Just Never See You.
Your applications vanish into ATS black holes before a human reads them.
The one-resume-for-everything approach quietly kills your response rate.
Tailoring every application properly takes hours you do not have.
Why Lim Works
No Templates. No Spray and Pray.
A manual, ex-recruiter process. Your success fee is earned only when you are hired.
Customized to each role
We tailor your materials to the exact job description so you pass ATS filters and match what hiring managers want.
You pay for results
The bulk of our fee, the success fee, is paid only after you land the job. No monthly retainers.
How It Works
The Full Job Search, Handled For You.
01
Onboarding
We build your resumes, optimize your LinkedIn, and create a personal portfolio site.
02
Applications
An ex-recruiter manually applies to around 400 carefully matched roles per month on your behalf.
03
Outreach
We run customized cold email campaigns to hiring managers and decision-makers.
04
Interviews
You get a detailed brief for every interview. You focus on showing up and winning.
How Lim Compares to the Competition
At $7,500 total, Lim costs a fraction of what most agencies charge, and most of it is paid after you are hired. The others bill thousands upfront or every month whether you land a role or not.
Estimated total cost to land a role
$0 ——— $40,000+
Lim PlacementLowestMostly paid after you're hired
$0
WeAreCareerUpfront + after offer
$0
Ascend5Upfront + monthly
$0
Find My ProfessionUpfront monthly
$0
Reverse Recruiting AgencyMonthly + after hire
$0
iCareerSolutionsUpfront monthly
$0
Approximate totals based on published plans and typical engagement length. Exact figures are shared on your consultation call.
| Service | Price | Pay timing | Apply + outreach | Guarantee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIM Lowest total | $7,500 total | Primarily after hire | yes | Success fee only if you're hired |
| iCareerSolutions | Up to $6k first month, then $5.5k/mo (~$40k total) | Upfront monthly | yes | Interview guarantee (plan-based) |
| Find My Profession | Up to $4.5k first month, then $4k/mo (~$30k total) | Upfront monthly | yes | Offer guarantee (plan-based) |
| Reverse Recruiting Agency | $1.5k/mo + 10% after hire (~$30k total) | Monthly + after hire | yes | Interview guarantee (terms apply) |
| WeAreCareer | $5.5k + 4% after offer (~$15k total) | Upfront + after offer | yes | Offer/interview guarantee (terms apply) |
| Ascend5 | $2,999/mo + $999 initiation (~$20k total) | Upfront + monthly | yes | Extension if no result (terms apply) |
Exact figures are shared on your consultation call.
Simple, Aligned Pricing
You Pay for Results.
Most agencies charge thousands upfront or bill you every month whether you land a role or not. We work differently. Our success fee is paid only after you accept an offer, so our incentives are tied to one thing, getting you hired.
Getting started
We build and launch your search
We craft your resumes, optimize your LinkedIn, build your personal portfolio site, and start applying on your behalf.
The main event
You pay your success fee after you're hired
The success fee is paid only once you accept an offer, in installments. No monthly retainers, no surprises.
See if you qualify
Exact pricing is walked through on your consultation call.
Ready to Get Hired?
This is for you if:
- You have earned $100K+ a year for several years in a mid-to-executive role.
- You know your way around tech and modern tools.
- You have a real strength, whether a deep specialization or a strong generalist track record.
- You are serious about landing a role in the next three to four months.
- You want to choose between strong offers instead of settling.
This is not for you if:
- You have not consistently earned six figures or operated at a senior level.
- You want generic coaching or a DIY course rather than a done-for-you search.
- You are not genuinely strong at what you do.
What Our Clients Say
Hear directly from clients we have placed, in their own words.
As soon as I teamed up… within about three months had more than 25 interviews lined up.
Overall around 20 to 30 interviews in around three months, along with interview prep during that process.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Process
We do the entire job application process for you. An ex-recruiter manually applies to around 400 carefully matched roles on your behalf each month, runs customized cold email outreach to hiring managers and decision-makers, and gives you a detailed interview brief for every interview you land. You focus on the interviews. We handle everything else.
You are assigned a dedicated ex-recruiter who runs your applications and manages your outreach. You get a direct Slack channel with them for the length of the engagement, plus a shared tracker where every application is logged. You are not handed off to a rotating queue.
We source roles manually from company career pages and the major job boards, and we prioritize roles posted within the last 24 to 48 hours. Applying while a posting is fresh produces a meaningfully higher response rate than applying to roles that have been open for a week or more. We do not use one-click easy-apply.
Yes. We build a few resume lanes for the different role types you are targeting, then tailor the version we submit to the specific job description so it lines up with ATS filters and what the hiring manager is screening for. The goal is a higher interview rate, not just higher volume.
After applications go out, we identify the best-fit companies and reach out to hiring managers and decision-makers with a customized email sequence, including follow-ups. Outreach is sent from an identity associated with you, not from a generic mass-mailer, because protecting your reputation in the market matters at this level.
For every interview you land, we prepare a detailed brief covering the company, the product and market, the competition, the likely interview questions, strong responses based on your background, and smart questions for you to ask. Clients who use the briefs advance to later rounds at a noticeably higher rate.
Yes. Every client gets a clean, professional portfolio site under their own name, designed and built by us as part of getting started. We have seen measurable improvements in interview rates when clients have a personal site attached to their applications. Here is a real client site we designed and built:
Setup takes roughly two to three weeks, since we build your materials and refine your target list with you first. After that, you should start seeing interviews, and we aim for at least one quality interview per week from there.
Our average placement timeline is three to four months. Some clients have landed roles in as little as eight days, though that is not typical.
Results & Guarantees
We aim to secure at least one quality interview per week once your campaign is running. Results vary based on your background, target roles, and the market, and strong candidates often see more.
We do not promise a specific number, because the market and your target roles vary. What we commit to is running the full search professionally and aiming for at least one quality interview per week once your campaign is live. Our success fee depends on you getting hired, so our incentives are aligned with yours.
The success fee is only charged after you accept an offer, so if we do not place you, you owe nothing further. Your investment is the initial setup and your time.
If you start a role we sourced and the employment ends within the first 90 days through a layoff, restructuring, role elimination, or other employer-initiated reason that is not about your performance, we pause any remaining success fee and reactivate your search at no additional cost. We work in good faith.
Pricing & Payment
Our success fee is paid only after you accept an offer and start working, in installments. There are no monthly retainers. We get your search built and running first, and we walk through exact figures on your consultation call.
You pay your success fee only after you accept an offer. We get your search built and running first, and we share the exact figures on your consultation call so we can also confirm you are a fit before anyone commits to anything.
On your onboarding call we set a floor and an ideal target together, based on your past compensation and the market rate for your roles. We apply to roles at and above your floor, and we keep the door open to strong roles slightly below it, since those can often be negotiated up.
We advise you throughout. When you have a strong offer we will tell you, and when an offer is below your worth we will often suggest holding out, since many of our clients receive more than one offer to choose from.
If you place yourself independently within the first 35 days, you owe nothing further. After day 35, there is a flat independent placement fee that covers the resume work, LinkedIn optimization, interview briefs, and ongoing support we provide.
Any process you are already in before you start with us is treated as pre-existing and is excluded from the success fee. We list those active processes in your agreement so there is no ambiguity. We only earn the success fee on roles we source for you.
Fit & Eligibility
Yes. Lim Placement is operated by Joel Lim LLC, a company registered in Washington State and founded in October 2023. You can verify the business directly through the Washington State Department of Revenue, and we are happy to share our registration documents, founder LinkedIn profile, and client references so you can verify us before committing.
We work with senior-level sales, marketing, and operations professionals with 7 or more years of experience who are targeting six-figure roles. We are selective because our success fee depends on getting you hired.
We work with senior-level sales, marketing, and operations professionals. We tend to do especially well with candidates who have a clear niche, since specialized profiles attract stronger interview rates than generalist ones.
Because the bulk of our fee depends on getting you hired, we take on real risk with every client. We work with people who are genuinely strong at what they do and ready to move in the next three to four months, since that is where the model works best for both sides.
Yes. Around a third of our clients are employed and quietly looking for something better. The process is the same, and we are discreet about it.
No. Many of our clients were affected by layoffs, restructuring, or roles being eliminated, none of which reflects on their ability. What matters is that you are strong at what you do and can perform in interviews. The process is built to get you back in front of the right people.
Yes. If you need to pause for travel, illness, or a personal situation, just give written notice and we will pause without treating it as non-cooperation. Your timeline simply extends by the length of the pause.
Absolutely. You have access to a shared tracker so you can cross-reference and avoid double-applying. If you find a role you like, send it to your recruiter and they will apply for you.
Our pay-after-hire model is currently available to US-based clients only. We work with clients nationwide across the United States.
Click any See if you qualify button to book a consultation call. We will learn about your experience, targets, and expectations, and walk through exact pricing. If you qualify, we will send you a proposal and a contract for review.
Stop Applying Into the Void.
Let an ex-recruiter run your job search while you focus on winning interviews. You pay your success fee after you are hired.
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