Hunting those who move companies.

Behind every open role, a business stake. We hire the talent who can unlock it.

300+ hires since 2021

The problem first.

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Antoine Lopez

Enterprise Account Executive · Microsoft

7 yrs€150K

Interview scheduled2 min

Antoine Lopez · Thu 2:00 PM

They trust us

The numbers, unrounded.

Over the last twelve months, across every sector.

placements since 2021

from brief to signature. The shortlist is only a step.

still in post after 12 months

0.0/5

satisfaction among the clients we work with

Weeks of searching

A hire that misses

Hard to assess

Our starting point

Three companies hire the same role. None wants the same person.

The title looks like an answer. We start with the question before it: what has to change, on your side, in six months?

That's where we start.

What we believe

A badly framed problem hires very well. It's called a casting error.

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

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

Deals stall at the close

The pipe is full, the deals stall.

The margin slips

The line runs, the profit lags.

Decisions come too late

The numbers land after the call.

The right person

Our method

We filter hard. Starting with our own mandates..

The problem

We start from what made you open the role, ahead of the ideal candidate. The brief comes out transformed.

The filter

In, or out

If a hire leaves the problem unsolved, we say so. We turn work away.

The hunt

The best are in post, far from the job ads. We go and get them.

The assessment

We check you can do it, beyond the talk: real case, numbers, references.

The signature

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

Candidate side

They found their role with us

Same logic, the other way round. Not a job description: the problem, the team, the stakes. You decide if it's your level.

Placed by

HumanUp

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 at

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Our sectors

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

Our consultants worked these trades before recruiting for them.

Sales

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Account ExecutiveHead of SalesVP SalesKAM

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Industry

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Site DirectorSupply ChainProductionIndustrial Director

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Finance

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CFOManagement controlFP&ATreasurer

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Hospitality

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Hotel DirectorF&B ManagerRevenue MgrChef

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The founder

Méroë Nguimbi

Founder Partner

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

Business Manager at Maltem Consulting in Paris, then at CDW in Toronto, America's number one IT distributor. Ten years hiring people whose work is measurable. Outside work, into sport, geopolitics and writing.

Maltem Consulting · Paris CDW

CDW · Toronto

Case studies

Problems solved. With names on them..

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aria

Accelerating on Enterprise, across France and the UK.

Post-raiseFrance & UKEnterprise

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hires for the Enterprise motion, across two markets.

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Client portal

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

One board per role. Candidates move from column to column, a debrief at every stage, live. Without a single chase.

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Account Executive Scalapay

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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The proof, from the people who trust us

We've worked together for years. Always sharp insights and a different take on the roles. He digs deep to really understand the need.

Anthony Da Silva

Head of Sales · Aria

He dug deep to understand what we do, then introduced me to a founding sales who built our entire commercial engine and who's now a shareholder in the company.

Gregory Haik

CEO · Avaeda

3 sales hires and my Operations Director. On the Ops Director, nobody framed it better.

Brahim El Menjra

Founder · Crystal Placement

They staffed me a sales team that performs. The casting was right from the very first profile.

Alexis Pisotti

Head of Sales · Oklima

They handled our first sales hire. Solid process, the right profile from the start. Genuinely satisfied.

Alexandre Sanvellian

CEO · Théodo Extend

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Our guarantee

3months

guarantee on every placement

The risk is on us. It's in the contract.

Free replacement

If the profile falls short within the first 3 months, we restart the search. Entirely at our expense.

Full refund

If the person backs out before day one, you're refunded. 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 know if we can fix it, how, and how long it takes. If the answer is no, you leave with a clearer brief than you arrived with.

Book a call or email us: meroe@humanup.io

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