We recruit roles we've held ourselves.
HumanUp was founded in 2021 on one simple conviction: you judge a candidate better when you've held the job yourself. Since then, more than 300 successful hires across four verticals (Sales, Industry, Finance, Hospitality), each one led by a recruiter who came from the job.
We start from the problem to solve, rather than from a job description.
The same job title loses its meaning out of context. A “Head of Sales” at a scale-up mid-raise is a world away from one at a mid-cap consolidating. So we start by understanding your real situation (maturity, team, stakes) before we talk candidates.
And we're straight with you: if a role sits beyond our expertise, we say so in the first conversation. It's what lets us hold a retention rate that's rare in this business.
The job before the CV
Every candidate is assessed by someone who has done the job. We judge the situation they actually handled, rather than the list of logos.
Straight talk, from the start
We only take on the roles we know we can deliver, and we say so right away. We turn down any mandate taken for the sake of it.
We stand behind the onboarding
We follow both candidate and manager through the first few months. The job continues past signature.
The Gateway, Harbour City
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Toronto, ON M6K 1X9
Canada