HireLive

What HireLive does

HireLive is a US-based recruitment and marketing services firm founded in 2010 and headquartered in Laguna Niguel, California. The company connects employers with job candidates primarily through in-person hiring events and database-driven outreach, operating across all 50 US states. Its target customer base is Fortune 1000 enterprises and multi-location employers with specialized hiring needs in sales, management, IT, marketing, finance, retail, manufacturing, customer service, and warehouse positions. HireLive's customer roster includes Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, ADT Security Services, JP Morgan Chase, AFLAC, Carmax, Coverall North America, United Laboratories, Sears Home Improvement Products, TMX Finance, Aramark, and Service Corporation International, alongside SMB accounts.

The core service portfolio consists of four employer-facing products: Open Houses (custom hiring events at employer-specified locations and times, flat-fee pricing), Marketing Campaigns (email/text outreach to 2,500-50,000 candidates in any US market delivered in under 24 hours, flat-fee pricing), a Resume Service (database sourcing plus job board postings for 2 weeks, flat-fee pricing), and Contingency Search (executive recruiting with no upfront cost, fee only upon hire start, with placement guarantee). Candidates interact via a Submit Resume portal. The underlying technical asset is a proprietary applicant tracking system containing more than 6 million resumes, accumulated over 12+ years from career fairs, open houses, contingency searches, and 100,000+ online job postings, with 600,000+ resumes added annually.

HireLive distributes services through a direct field sales motion targeting enterprise accounts with dedicated account managers, supplemented by self-service website inquiry for mid-market buyers. There is no reseller or marketplace channel. The company is privately held (HireLive Inc., California corporation), has 11-50 employees, has not raised external funding, and discloses no revenue. Cumulative scale metrics include 2,000 career fairs produced, 5,000 private open houses produced, 100,000+ candidates hired, and 2,000+ companies served. No M&A activity, leadership transitions, AI capabilities, patents, or regulatory actions are documented in the available source material.

Name

HireLive

Legal name

HireLive Inc.

Website

https://hirelive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HireLive is a US-based recruitment services firm that connects employers with candidates through in-person hiring events, database-driven email/text campaigns, and contingency search, drawing on a proprietary 6+ million resume database built over 12+ years and serving enterprises nationwide across all 50 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding for RPO (BPACABAL)

Keywords

• Recruitment services
• Career fairs
• Resume database
• Executive recruiting
• Candidate sourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Laguna Niguel

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Open Houses: Companies pay a flat fee for HireLive to organize and promote their own hiring event at their location. The service includes marketing campaign, candidate sourcing, and day-of support. No additional cost per hire regardless of how many candidates are hired.
2. Marketing Campaigns: Email and text message campaigns sent to 2,500-50,000 candidates in a target market. Flat fee pricing structure. Candidates directed to a link, job posting, website, event, or resumes forwarded to employer.
3. Resume Service / Ad Posting Package: Flat fee service for sourcing resumes from proprietary database and posting jobs on major job boards for 2 weeks. Resumes emailed after week one and again after week two. Employer keeps all resumes to follow up with.
4. Contingency Search: No upfront cost to employer. Fee is only paid when a candidate is hired and starts their first day. Each placement has a guarantee period if the candidate does not work out.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

HireLive is a recruiting and staffing platform that connects employers with qualified candidates through four core services: Open Houses (custom hiring events produced at employer locations), Marketing Campaigns (email and text outreach to 2,500-50,000 candidates from a proprietary database within 24 hours), Resume Service (zip code and keyword-based sourcing from a 6+ million resume database), and Contingency Search (executive recruiting where clients pay only upon successful hire). All services leverage a proprietary Applicant Tracking System with 6+ million candidate resumes and operate nationwide across all 50 US states.

Product overview

HireLive is a recruiting and staffing platform offering a suite of services to connect Fortune 1000 companies with top candidates. The core portfolio includes Open Houses (custom hiring events produced for individual companies), Marketing Campaigns (email/text recruitment campaigns to their 6M+ resume database), Resume Services (resume sourcing and ad posting packages), and Contingency Search (retained executive recruiting with no upfront fees). Candidates can submit resumes through the Submit Resume portal. All services leverage HireLive's proprietary candidate database and are available nationwide across all 50 US states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Open Houses Hiring events where HireLive brings Fortune 1000 companies face-to-face with qualified candidates at employer-preferred locations and times. HireLive handles all marketing and candidate recruitment. Companies with multiple openings in one location use this service to promote their own hiring event and fill any type of position. No additional cost per hire regardless of how many candidates are hired.
• Marketing Campaign Email and text message marketing campaigns that promote job positions or events to candidates in HireLive's proprietary database of 6+ million candidates. Reaches 2,500-50,000 candidates per campaign in any US market. Campaigns delivered in less than 24 hours from order. Candidates directed to a link, job posting, website, event, or resumes forwarded to employer.
• Resume Service Access to qualified candidate resumes from HireLive's proprietary database of over 6 million resumes. Sourcing uses zip code and keywords to find qualified candidates in a specific market. Resumes delivered within 48 hours. Includes ad posting on major job boards for 2 weeks, with resumes emailed after week one and again after week two. Employer keeps all resumes for follow-up.
• Contingency Search Executive recruiting service where HireLive's team of recruiters with 10+ years of experience source, cold call, network, screen, and identify qualified candidates for specialized roles in sales, sales management, IT, marketing, finance, retail, manufacturing, customer service, and warehouse positions. Recruiters walk candidates through the entire hiring process until start date. No upfront cost to employer; fee paid only when a candidate is hired and starts. Each placement includes a guarantee period.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000 candidates hired through HireLive services
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Major Job BoardscoreOthersHireLive has partnerships with major job boards for job postings and resume sourcing. Due to these partnerships and their extensive marketing efforts, HireLive adds more than 600,000 resumes to their proprietary database each year.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions): Microsoft-owned professional network with job postings, InMail outreach, and recruiter search tools. Competes directly with HireLive's Contingency Search and Marketing Campaign services, especially for professional sales, IT, marketing, and finance roles.
• Recruit Group (HR Technologies): Parent of Indeed and a portfolio of HR technology and staffing brands (e.g., Glassdoor, ZipRecruiter stake). Competes with HireLive across the entire recruitment funnel, from sourcing to placement.
• Glassdoor: Recruitment platform combining job listings, employer branding, and candidate reviews. Targets many of the same enterprise and mid-market employers HireLive serves, with an alternative digital-first approach to candidate engagement.
• Indeed: Largest global job search engine and recruitment advertising platform, owned by Recruit Holdings. Competes with HireLive across job board postings, resume sourcing, and recruitment marketing to employers of all sizes.
• Kelly Services: Global staffing provider with dedicated practices in sales, marketing, IT, and manufacturing recruitment. Overlaps with HireLive's Contingency Search offering and has similar vertical specialization.
• Robert Half: Specialized staffing and direct-hire firm focused on finance, accounting, technology, marketing, and administrative roles. Competes with HireLive's Contingency Search division for professional and management placements.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing and workforce solutions company offering permanent placement, temporary staffing, and RPO services. Targets many of the same Fortune 1000 employers HireLive serves, at much greater scale and international breadth.

Direct peers

• CareerBuilder: Job board and recruitment solutions provider serving enterprise and mid-market employers. Overlaps with HireLive's Resume Service and Marketing Campaign offerings, with a similar focus on multi-industry hiring.
• ZipRecruiter: Public online employment marketplace that matches employers with job seekers across industries, including sales, retail, and management. Directly competes with HireLive for the same mid-market and enterprise hiring budgets through a digital self-serve model.

Emerging players

• Lensa: AI-driven job search and recruitment platform aggregating opportunities from multiple job boards. Competes with HireLive's Resume Service and marketing-led candidate engagement with a more tech-forward approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HireLive

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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