"The big four UK recruiters quoted us thirty thousand pounds per senior hire. The volume is real but the math does not work."

"We bought a US hiring tool. Six months in, we realised candidate data was sitting in Virginia. Our DPO asked us to rip it out."

"The Equality Act 2010 means we have to evidence non-discrimination. The audit was a spreadsheet I built by hand every quarter. It missed things."

99 cents per vetted candidate, no UK premium.

The UK alternative for a £80k role is typically £8k to £16k in agency fees, or £8k to £12k per year for LinkedIn Recruiter. Picked is 99 cents per vetted candidate, paid as you go, no UK premium, no minimum, first 50 free. A typical UK role with 200 applicants costs you under $200 total.

All services in the London region. No data leaves the UK or EU.

Vercel London (lhr1), Supabase London (eu-west-2), Cloudflare R2 EU, LiveKit EU, Resend EU. The sub-processor list is published, with each entry's region. Your DPO can finish their review in one afternoon. ICO-registered data controller. DPA available on request.

Equality Act monitoring per role, per stage, per protected group.

Adverse-impact analysis runs continuously, applies the 4/5ths rule per protected group, surfaces flags before they become complaints. The audit is one PDF per role, exportable for the EHRC or for legal counsel. The audit covers race, sex, age, disability, religion, and sexual orientation where the data has been gathered with candidate consent.

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100%

services in the London region

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candidate data outside the UK or EU

"We bought a US hiring tool, found out it stored candidate data in Virginia, and spent three months ripping it out. Picked is London-resident by default. The DPA was on file in twenty minutes. We have not had a procurement question since."