EV Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) | EV.Careers
Recruitment Process Outsourcing for EV, BESS & Charging

Your EV Recruiting Function, Fully Managed

When one-off search can't keep up with your hiring plan, our RPO team embeds with you, sourcing, screening, and coordinating every EV hire, powered by one of the largest EV-focused talent databases in the country. You keep the decisions. We run the process.

Dedicated EV recruiting capacity
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Retainer + per-hire model
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You keep hiring control
What we run for you
Intake Sourcing Screening Scheduling Offer support Weekly reporting
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SP
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Your dedicated EV recruiter
Scaled to a full pod for larger plans
Reporting Fridays
30K+
In our talent database
8+
Years EV-focused
1
Partner, one invoice
Weekly
Written SLA reporting
When One-Off Search Can't Keep Up

You're not short a hire. You're short a hiring engine.

01. VOLUME

You're hiring faster than search can move.

Multiple concurrent EV reqs against launch, deployment, and funding deadlines. Filling one contingent search at a time doesn't scale to a whole hiring plan.

02. STRETCHED TEAM

Your internal team is buried in coordination.

Screening, scheduling, and follow-up eat the week. Without dedicated capacity, roles sit open and your best people spend their time on recruiting logistics instead of the business.

03. NO EV PIPELINE

Generalist partners restart from zero every req.

Without an EV-specific bench, every search begins cold. You need a partner who already knows the market and can start from a warm pipeline on day one.

How RPO Works

We embed. We run the funnel.
You make the hires.

RPO isn't another vendor to manage. A dedicated recruiter (a full pod for larger plans) plugs into your process and your systems, owns the recruiting funnel end to end, and reports to you every week, while you keep every hiring decision.

Your hiring plan
"15 EV roles across engineering and field ops over the next two quarters, with a Denver site to staff first."
Roles Timeline Locations SLAs
Step 1. Embed

Calibrate & Plug In

We align on roles, scorecards, comp bands, and SLAs, then plug directly into your ATS and hiring workflow. No new tools for your team to learn.

Stood up quickly
Step 2. Pod

Your Dedicated EV Recruiter

A dedicated EV recruiter, scaled to a full pod when your plan calls for it, works your account, backed by our 30,000+ EV-focused talent database and AI-assisted matching.

Named, accountable owner
Step 3. Run

Managed Funnel

Sourcing, screening, scheduling, and feedback, we run the entire process to your standards, keeping every req moving and your pipeline full.

Whole funnel, one owner
The Result

Hires + Reporting

Pre-screened slates land on your desk. You interview and decide. Every Friday, written reporting on time-to-fill and pipeline health.

SP
Slate delivered
3–5
📊
Weekly report
SLA
You decide
Hire
Your Hiring Plan

Roles, timelines, locations, and SLAs across your next one to two quarters.

Step 1. Embed

We calibrate on scorecards and SLAs and plug into your ATS, then your pod starts sourcing.

Step 2. Pod

A dedicated EV recruiter, scaled to a pod for larger plans, backed by 30,000+ profiles.

Step 3. Run

We run the full funnel: sourcing, screening, and scheduling, all to your standards.

Hires + Reporting

Pre-screened slates, your decision, and written reporting every Friday.

Two Ways to Engage

Project RPO or full-cycle. Or both.

Some clients need us for a defined hiring burst. Others hand us the recruiting function ongoing. We run either, and most start with a project and expand.

Project RPO

A defined hiring burst

You've got a bounded need, a new site to staff, a funding round to hire behind, a seasonal ramp. We spin up a pod, hit the target, and wind down.

  • Defined start, end, and role count
  • Project retainer for the engagement + per-hire fee
  • Fast to stand up, natural finish line
  • The low-risk way to try RPO with us
Full-Cycle RPO

Your ongoing recruiting engine

We run all, or a defined slice, of your EV hiring function month over month. Your recruiting capability without building the team internally.

  • Continuous coverage across departments
  • Monthly retainer sized to your req volume
  • Deep integration with your systems and brand
  • Predictable, recurring cost model

Not sure which fits? Most partners start with a project and expand into full-cycle once the pod is proven.

Scope

We run the process. You keep control.

A clean line, agreed up front. We own the recruiting funnel end to end. You own the decisions, the relationship, and the systems we work inside.

We Run

The recruiting funnel

  • Intake & role calibration with hiring managers
  • Sourcing, active applicants & passive outreach
  • Screening against your scorecard
  • Interview scheduling & coordination
  • Candidate management in your ATS
  • Offer support & close
  • Background & reference coordination
  • Weekly reporting & pipeline analytics
You Keep

The control that matters

  • Every final hiring decision
  • The employment relationship
  • Your ATS & systems, we work in them
  • Comp bands & approvals
  • Your employer brand & culture

We run the recruiting process. You own the employment relationship and the final yes.

Why EV.Careers for RPO

Not a generalist RPO.
An EV talent partner.

Most RPO firms bring process. We bring process and the largest EV-focused talent platform in the country. That's the difference between filling reqs and filling them fast.

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We start from a warm EV pipeline

A 30,000+ talent database we've spent years building and focusing on EV hiring. Your recruiter searches it first, a head start no generalist RPO can match.

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We calibrate roles correctly the first time

8 years focused on EV means we understand power electronics, BMS, field service, and EV sales well enough to screen for real fit, not keywords.

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Embedded and accountable, not transactional

A named recruiter or pod owns your SLAs and your outcomes: time-to-fill, quality of hire, hiring-manager satisfaction. You get an owner, not a queue.

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One partner across the hiring spectrum

Contract staffing, direct placement, and RPO under one roof. Flex between them as your needs change, without onboarding a new vendor.

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Weekly written reporting

You always know exactly where every search stands, pipeline, stage, and time-to-fill, without chasing us for an update.

RPO vs. the alternatives
Feature
Contingent
Search
EV.Careers
RPO
EV-specific talent database
Limited
Scales with hiring volume
Dedicated, accountable team
Owns SLAs & reporting
Predictable cost model
Works inside your ATS
Rarely
★★★★★

"EPG helped us build a great team by creating a strong pipeline of candidates. They're plugged into the market and proved effective on searches immediately, allowing us to spend more time on our business."

COO · Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Partner

Pricing

A model built for volume.

Every engagement is scoped to your hiring plan. The structure is simple; the numbers are set per deal. Book a consultation for a custom proposal.

Monthly Retainer

Your dedicated capacity

Covers the recruiting capacity assigned to your account, sized to your req volume. Predictable monthly cost instead of building the team in-house.

Project or Full-Cycle

Priced to your plan

A bounded project engagement or ongoing full-cycle coverage. Custom to your volume, roles, and scope, with a replacement guarantee on placements.

Ready to scale
your EV hiring?

Tell us your hiring plan. We'll design an RPO engagement around it and stand up a dedicated pod to run it.

Book an RPO Consultation Outline Your Plan
Get Started

Tell us your
hiring plan.

Share what you're hiring for and when. We'll confirm scope, propose the right RPO model, and outline how fast we can stand up your pod.

Acknowledged within 24 hours

We confirm your plan and set up a scoping call the same business day.

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A dedicated recruiter, embedded with your team

Scaled to a full pod for larger plans, working inside your process.

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One agreement, scoped to your plan

Retainer plus a reduced per-hire fee, project or full-cycle, your call.

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You keep control the whole way

We run the funnel inside your systems. Every hiring decision stays yours.

Tell Us What You're Hiring

Takes 3 minutes. We'll reach out within one business day.

No commitment required. We'll reach out within one business day.

FAQ

Common Questions

Contract staffing and direct placement are transactional, you engage us for a specific role and pay on the outcome. RPO is a managed relationship: a dedicated pod takes over all or part of your recruiting function, works inside your systems, and is accountable to agreed SLAs and weekly reporting. The recruiting work is the same; what changes is that we're running your process at volume, not filling one search at a time.
If you have a bounded hiring event (a new site, a funding-driven ramp, a seasonal push), project RPO gives you a pod for a defined scope with a natural finish line. If you're hiring continuously and want to outsource the function ongoing, full-cycle is the fit. Most clients start with a project and expand into full-cycle once the pod has proven itself. We'll recommend the right one on a scoping call.
Most RPO engagements are a monthly retainer that covers your dedicated pod, plus a reduced per-hire success fee, lower than a one-off contingency fee, because the retainer already covers the sourcing and screening work. Project engagements are priced for the defined scope; full-cycle is sized to your ongoing req volume. We set the specific numbers per engagement after we understand your plan. Book a consultation for a custom proposal.
We scope the stand-up timeline with you on the first call, based on your roles and volume. It covers calibrating on scorecards and SLAs and plugging into your ATS and workflow. Because we source from an existing EV database, your pod starts from a warm market rather than a cold one, so pipeline activity begins quickly.
Yours, if you have one. We work inside your existing ATS and hiring workflow so your data, candidates, and reporting stay in one place and fully under your control, with nothing new for your team to adopt. And if you don't have an ATS yet, we can set one up for you as part of the engagement.
You do, always. We run the funnel up to the offer and support the close, but every final hiring decision, the employment relationship, and your comp approvals stay entirely with your team. We run the process; you own the yes.