Rethinking Talent Acquisition: How an Embedded Hiring Strategy Can Transform Growth

In today’s hyper-competitive cybersecurity landscape, companies looking to scale face a familiar challenge: how to attract and retain top talent without compromising on quality, culture, or cost-efficiency.

For fast-growing firms, especially in cybersecurity—where demand outstrips supply and salaries soar—traditional hiring models often fall short. An embedded talent solution, however, offers a strategic and scalable approach that goes beyond standard recruitment, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives.

Beyond Recruitment: Building a People Function from the Ground Up

A rapidly expanding security company found itself at a crossroads. Scaling at 300% growth in a single year, they needed to accelerate hiring across multiple functions—from executive leadership to sales, marketing, and customer success—while ensuring that new hires aligned with the company’s values and long-term vision.

The challenge? There was no in-house talent acquisition team, no defined hiring strategy, and no consistent recruitment process.

An embedded Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) model provided the solution. By partnering with a specialist recruitment firm with deep industry expertise, they were able to:

– Embed an experienced consultant within their business to work directly with hiring managers.
– Design and implement a structured talent strategy, improving hiring quality and speed.
– Enhance retention rates through cultural alignment and strategic candidate selection.
– Create a scalable recruitment model that would support future expansion without excessive cost.

The Results: A Sustainable Hiring Model for Growth

In just 12 months, the company successfully placed executive and senior leadership roles across the US and Europe, with a 90% retention rate. The embedded hiring model not only provided immediate access to top-tier talent but also helped the organization develop a repeatable and effective hiring framework—one that will continue to serve them as they grow.

For companies navigating the complexity of rapid expansion, hiring isn’t just about filling roles—it’s about building a sustainable, high-performing team. By integrating an RPO model, businesses can unlock a recruitment strategy that balances speed, quality, and cost efficiency while ensuring long-term success.

If you’re looking to refine your approach to hiring in cybersecurity, it may be time to rethink recruitment as a function of strategic growth.