Why hire one recruiter when you can search 1,000 recruiter networks?

Sidebar runs your search across 1,000 vetted recruiter networks to find the strongest candidates through recruiters who already know them. Instant access to thousands of active recruiter relationships.

1,000

recruiter networks.

48 hours

target for your first strong candidates.

15%

when you hire.

$0

retainer.

Tell us what great looks like. We handle the rest.

We start with a white-glove intake to understand your company, what you are building, and what exceptional looks like for the role. Then we search the network, bring you the strongest people, and shepherd the process through hire.

Get access to candidates you can't access today.

A recruiter can only introduce you to the people they know.

Sidebar gives your search access to 1,000 recruiter networks.

When we find a strong match, we activate the recruiter who already knows them.

AI finds the relationship. The recruiter makes the hire happen.

Find the recruiter who knows the person you need.

Why start from scratch?

Traditional recruiting starts by building a pipeline. Sidebar starts with thousands of recruiter relationships that already exist.

We search the network immediately, identify the strongest candidates, and activate the recruiters who know them.

That significantly speeds up your access to great candidates. Target: your first strong candidates within 48 hours.

You get the reach of a marketplace with the relationship of a great recruiter.

This is not 1,000 recruiters throwing candidates at you. Every recruiter in the Sidebar network is vetted.

When we find someone great, the recruiter who knows them reaches out, gets them interested, and brings them into your process.

The technology gives you reach. The relationship gets the candidate in the door.

1,000 networks in. A small number of great candidates out.

Senior backend engineer 1,000 recruiter networks searched
MA Maya Adeyemi
Distributed systems · payments infrastructure · known by a recruiter · last spoke 8 months ago
92%
JN Jackson Nguyen
Infrastructure · high-scale backend · known by a recruiter · last spoke 3 months ago
89%
IZ Imani Ziegler
Platform · reliability · known by a recruiter · last spoke 5 months ago
87%
People worth meeting. Not another pile of résumés.

Five steps. One great hire.

01

Tell us who you need

We learn what you are building and what exceptional looks like for the role.

02

We run the search across 1,000 recruiter networks

Sidebar searches across thousands of active recruiter relationships.

03

We activate the recruiter who knows them

When someone looks excellent, we go to the recruiter who already has the relationship.

04

You meet interested candidates

The recruiter reaches out, gets them excited, and brings them into your process.

05

We stay with you through the hire

We shepherd the search from intake through close.

Building a team outside your own expertise?

You may know exactly what a great engineer looks like and have no idea how to evaluate your first sales leader. That is normal when you are building an early team.

Tell us what you are building. We tap the right recruiter networks for every role and stay with you through the build.

One hiring partner. Thousands of recruiter relationships.

Built for the hires you can't afford to get wrong.

Engineering 01Forward-deployed engineering 02AI engineering 03Machine learning engineering 04Senior & staff software engineering 05Data engineering 06Solutions engineering
Product & leadership 07AI product management 08Engineering management 09Product leadership
Go-to-market 10Enterprise sales 11Customer success 12VP sales

And other critical roles across early and high-growth teams.

Why hire one recruiter when you can search 1,000 recruiter networks?

Tell us who you need. We'll find the recruiter who knows them.