For businesses
Build the recruitment capability your team can run.
Define roles, coordinate hiring managers, structure assessment, organise decisions and review what needs to improve.
Explore ORCHARD for businesses →The ORCHARD Platform
The tools to run recruitment as a connected operation.
ORCHARD gives businesses the technology infrastructure to build and operate their own recruitment capability. It gives agencies a more systematic way to run client delivery. We configure the connected tool suite around the work, support the handover and help your team use it well.
One platform. Two core uses.
For agencies
Systemise client delivery without losing the relationship.
Connect intake, search activity, submissions, feedback, updates and next actions around the work your agency already does.
Explore ORCHARD for agencies →Twelve connected tools
Everything needed to run the work.
The tools are organised around six practical stages. Open a stage to see what sits inside it, without losing sight of the complete operating journey.
01Define
What are we hiring for?
Bring the role, required capability and working context into focus before activity begins.
What are we hiring for?
Bring the role, required capability and working context into focus before activity begins.
Define the role
Role Blueprint
Bring outcomes, skills, working context, decision makers and assessment criteria into one shared brief.
Start with alignment, not assumptions.
Define capability
Skills & Capability Studio
Define what capability matters for the role and give the team a consistent way to gather relevant evidence.
Make expectations clearer before interviews begin.
Define the working context
Team Context & Ways of Working
Make team routines, manager expectations, collaboration and stakeholder context part of the role conversation.
Discuss the working environment with more honesty and context.
02Find
How do we run a focused search?
Turn an agreed brief into an organised search or client-delivery process.
How do we run a focused search?
Turn an agreed brief into an organised search or client-delivery process.
Plan the search
Search & Talent Intelligence Workspace
Connect the search plan, talent context, candidate pipeline, outreach and next actions in one place.
Build a more deliberate route from brief to shortlist.
Run client delivery
Agency Delivery Workspace
Connect client intake, search activity, submissions, feedback, updates and desk reviews in one delivery workflow.
Standardise the workflow, not the relationship.
03Assess
How do we gather useful evidence?
Build role-relevant assessment and make it easier for interviewers to contribute consistently.
How do we gather useful evidence?
Build role-relevant assessment and make it easier for interviewers to contribute consistently.
Assess with structure
Structured Assessment Builder
Create role-relevant work samples, interview guides, assessment plans and scorecards.
Give people a clearer way to show relevant capability.
Prepare and capture
Interview & Evidence Hub
Give interviewers the role context and questions they need, then capture feedback while it is useful.
Make interviews easier to run and harder to forget.
04Decide
How do the right people make the next decision?
Bring evidence, responsibilities and open questions into a clearer decision process.
How do the right people make the next decision?
Bring evidence, responsibilities and open questions into a clearer decision process.
Make the decision
Decision Room
Bring the brief, assessment evidence, interview feedback and open questions into one debrief conversation.
Separate evidence, opinion and action.
Involve the right people
Hiring Manager & Team Collaboration Hub
Show each stakeholder the roles, interviews, feedback, decisions and actions that need their attention.
Make it easier for busy people to contribute at the right moment.
05Operate
How do we keep the work connected?
Make ownership, handoffs and routine actions visible throughout the recruitment operation.
How do we keep the work connected?
Make ownership, handoffs and routine actions visible throughout the recruitment operation.
Connect the work
Hiring Workflow & Automation Hub
Connect stages, actions, owners, reminders, approvals, handoffs and review routines around every search.
Make the next step clear for everyone involved.
06Improve
How do we strengthen the next process?
Use operational insight and a clear handover to keep improving how recruitment runs.
How do we strengthen the next process?
Use operational insight and a clear handover to keep improving how recruitment runs.
Review and improve
Recruitment Insights & Review Centre
See the bottlenecks, decisions, workload and operating patterns that need attention across recruitment.
Review the work that changes outcomes.
Carry the process through
Joining & Handover Planner
Keep ownership, role context and first steps connected from accepted offer through to joining.
Make the move from decision to joining easier to manage.
Built for better ways of working
Structure the work. Keep the judgement human.
Use automation for routine actions, handoffs and reminders. Use AI where it improves preparation, organisation and access to approved information. Your team remains responsible for candidate relationships, evidence review and every hiring decision.
See how ORCHARD works →Platform-led by design
We provide the structure and technology. Your team operates the system.
The Platform is not a managed recruitment service. If you need ORCHARD to manage the capability build, choose The Grove. If you need specialist recruitment delivered for you, choose The Harvest.