What does RPO mean here?
Recruitment process outsourcing means adding a recruitment partner around your process. It does not mean handing over the hiring decision.
Embedded recruitment for architecture practices
We manage the recruitment workload. You make the hiring decisions.
When several roles need filling, Architecture Social works alongside your practice to scope them, find and screen candidates, coordinate interviews and keep every vacancy moving.
Best for
- Several live roles
- Recurring hiring
- A defined growth push
Talk through your hiring plan
Only hiring for one role?Use specialist recruitment
Service boundary
Embedded support is for repeated hiring, not every vacancy.
Use it when several roles, a growth plan or a defined hiring push is asking more of your team than one occasional search should.
The working boundary stays clear through our client recruitment terms.
Read the client recruitment termsDoes this fit?
Start with the pattern, not the package.
Embedded support is proportionate when the work repeats, the priority is clear and your team wants one shared rhythm.
Keep reading if four or more of these are true.
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Several roles need attention at the same time.
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A growth plan has a defined hiring push behind it.
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Senior people are losing time to search, screening or follow-up.
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You want a repeatable process, not another one-off scramble.
Operating cadence
A weekly rhythm, not a hand-off.
Start with the priorities, keep the loop visible and make the next decision while the context is fresh.
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Scope
Agree priorities, salary context, timing and the interview shape.
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Search
Build a focused search and keep the message consistent.
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Shortlist
Share evidence, not just names, so your team can respond.
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Decide
Coordinate interviews, feedback and the next clear action.
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Learn and adjust
Use what you hear to sharpen the next search, role or message.
Shape the support
Start with the need in front of you.
The scope can flex as the hiring picture becomes clearer. There is no fixed package to force onto a moving brief.
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Focused hiring push
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Repeated role family
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Multiple live roles
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Process reset
Kick-off inputs
Hiring priorities, salaries, timelines, interview process, working pattern and what has or has not worked already.
Choose the lightest route
The honest comparison matters.
Embedded support is one route in a connected set. The right answer depends on the brief, the timing and the capacity you need to add.
Embedded recruitment
Several roles, recurring hiring or a defined push that needs shared capacity.
This pageScenario model
Compare the shape of the work.
Use the recruitment service cost-savings tool to test your own assumptions.
Open the cost comparisonIt is a scenario model, not a quote or a guaranteed outcome.
A signal of trust
Good work should feel personal.
A general client review, shared as evidence of how we work, not as a quantified embedded result.
“What sets Architecture Social apart is the person behind it, someone with deep roots in the industry and a real commitment to building something meaningful for the architecture and design community. Highly recommend!”
Questions to bring
Make the model plain.
RPO is an industry shorthand. The working relationship should still be easy to understand.
How is this different from agency search?
Agency search focuses on a defined vacancy. Embedded support creates shared capacity across repeated or multi-role hiring.
Does this replace an internal recruiter?
It can add practical capacity around a team. We shape the boundary with you rather than assume a replacement model.
What will candidates experience?
One clear point of contact, considered updates and a process that respects the time of every candidate.
Who owns data and decisions?
We agree the information flow at kick-off. The practice keeps the hiring decision, employment relationship and final accountability.
When should we choose a lighter route?
Choose specialist recruitment for one occasional search, or advertising when a role is ready to share.
Ready when the brief is real
Tell us what is coming up.
Bring the roles, the timing and what has or has not worked. We will help you choose the right level of support.