HumanUp

We hunt the people who move companies forward.

Behind every open role sits a business problem. We hire the person who solves it.

300+ hires since 2021
Start with the problem.
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Antoine Lopez
Enterprise Account Executive · Microsoft
7 yrs€150K
Interview scheduled2 min
Antoine Lopez · Thu 2:00 PM
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Scalapay
aria
BNP Paribas
Theodo
Mandarin Oriental
Cooper Machinery Services
Zenika
Farfetch
Nickel
Jems
D'Hondt Thermal Solutions
Groupe Senef
Maltem Consulting
Scalapay
aria
BNP Paribas
Theodo
Mandarin Oriental
Cooper Machinery Services
Zenika
Farfetch
Nickel
Jems
D'Hondt Thermal Solutions
Groupe Senef
Maltem Consulting
Exteam
Zadig & Voltaire
IBITEK Group
Streamforge
Albin Michel
Wells & Co
Mendo
Avaeda.io
Le Chiffre
Allure Systems
DILISCO
CDW
Exteam
Zadig & Voltaire
IBITEK Group
Streamforge
Albin Michel
Wells & Co
Mendo
Avaeda.io
Le Chiffre
Allure Systems
DILISCO
CDW

The numbers, straight.

Across every sector we work in.

0+
placements since 2021
0d
from brief to signed offer. The shortlist is only a step.
0%
still in post after 12 months
0.0/5
client satisfaction
Weeks of searching
A hire that misses
No way to tell who's good
Our starting point

Three companies open the same role. None of them needs the same person.

The job title looks like an answer. We start with the question behind it: what has to change in your business six months from now?

That's our starting point.
What we believe

A badly framed problem hires beautifully. That's how good candidates become bad hires.

Good candidate, wrong problem: a builder where a fixer was needed.

We work in order: the problem, then the role, then the person.

Deals stall at the close
The pipeline is full. Nothing closes.
Margin slips
The line runs; the profit doesn't follow.
Decisions come too late
The numbers arrive after the meeting that needed them.
The right person
Our method

We filter hard. Starting with our own briefs.

01
The problem

We start from what made you open the role, not from the ideal candidate. The brief comes out changed.

The filter
02
In, or out

If a hire won't solve the problem, we say so. We turn work away.

03
The hunt

The best people are in post, nowhere near a job ad. We go and get them.

04
The assessment

We check they can do it, not just talk about it: real case study, numbers, references.

05
The offer

Counter-offer, notice period, cold feet, we stay until day one.

Candidate side

They found their role with us

Same logic, in reverse. Not a job description: the problem, the team, what's at stake. You decide whether it's for you.

Matteo Calbet
Placed byHumanUp

They understood what I was after before I did. I landed my SDR role on a product I genuinely care about.

Matteo Calbet
SDR
Hired ataria
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You don't have a role to fill You have a problem to solve We start with what has to changeYou don't have a role to fill You have a problem to solve We start with what has to change
Our sectors

Four sectors. We spot the problem before the first call is over.

Our consultants did these jobs before they recruited for them.

The founder
Méroë Nguimbi
Méroë Nguimbi
Founder Partner

I see recruitment as an elite sport: speed, high standards, no room for approximation.

Business Manager at Maltem Consulting in Paris, then at CDW in Toronto, one of North America's largest IT distributors. Ten years hiring people whose work is measurable. Outside work: sport, geopolitics and writing.

Maltem Consulting GroupMaltem Consulting · ParisCDWCDW · Toronto
Case studies

Problems solved. With names attached.

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aria

Scaling the Enterprise motion across France and the UK.

Post-raiseFrance & UKEnterprise
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aria
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hires for the Enterprise motion, across two markets.

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You'll never have to ask ‘where are we?’ again.

One board per role. Candidates move from column to column, with a debrief at every stage, live. Without chasing anyone.

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Account ExecutiveScalapay
12 candidates · Paris
Updated live
Sourcing2
Léa Fontaine
SDR · Stripe
3 yrs€46K
Julie Mercier
BDR · Deliveroo
2 yrs€42K
Interview1
Karim Aloui
AE · Revolut
5 yrs€62K
Business case1
Nicolas Faure
AE · Deel
4 yrs€58K
CEO interview1
Emma Roussel
AE · Intercom
6 yrs€66K
Culture fit1
Antoine Lopez
Sr AE · Salesforce
7 yrs€74K
Offer1
Thomas Renaud
AE · Datadog
5 yrs€63K
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guarantee on every placement

The risk is ours. It's in the contract.

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If the hire doesn't work out within the first three months, we run the search again. Entirely at our cost.
Full refund
If the person pulls out before day one, you get your money back. No conditions.
Let's talk about your hire

Don't tell us about the role.
Tell us about the problem.

30 minutes. By the end, you'll know whether we can fix it, how, and how long it takes. If the answer is no, you leave with a sharper brief than you arrived with.

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