Business-critical hiring shouldn't be a gamble.
For growing organisations, the wrong appointment costs more than a recruitment fee. It can delay growth, disrupt teams and slow business performance.
Pilot to Perm™ lets you bring someone into your business for a structured 10-week pilot, assess their performance in the role and make the permanent decision with confidence.
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A leadership gap, a delayed transformation or the wrong person in a key role can have consequences far beyond the recruitment budget.
For growth businesses, time is particularly valuable. Every month spent correcting a hiring decision is a month lost against the investment plan.
Yet most permanent appointments are still made on predicted performance, not proven delivery.
Pilot to Perm™ changes that.
Bring experienced talent into your business for a structured 10-week engagement. Assess their capability, commercial impact and fit against real objectives before committing permanently.
Less uncertainty. Greater accountability. Better hiring decisions.
Four steps. One informed hiring decision.
We start with your business objectives, not
simply a job description. Together, we establish
the outcomes and performance measures that
define a successful appointment.
We identify and assess suitable professionals
for a structured 10-week engagement.
Yellow Bricks manages PAYE employment,
payroll and associated administration
throughout the pilot.
Structured reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9
assess delivery against agreed objectives,
stakeholder relationships and organisational
fit. Both parties contribute to the assessment.
At week 9, review the evidence and make an
informed decision. Where both parties agree,
the individual transitions to permanent
employment at week 10. The conversion fee
is included in the agreed weekly rate.
Built for businesses where every appointment matters.
Pilot to Perm™ is designed for business-critical
appointments where capability, contribution and
organisational fit can be assessed through real
performance.
Private Equity & Portfolio Companies
Strengthen management teams, build commercial
capability and support value creation plans
without committing to a permanent appointment
before performance is demonstrated.
Scaling & High-Growth Businesses
Build new functions, expand operational capacity
and introduce specialist expertise while
establishing the right long-term team structure.
Established Businesses Navigating Change
Support succession, organisational development
and operational improvement with appointments
assessed against defined business objectives.
The right solution for the right appointment.
Not every role suits a 10-week pilot. Where interim
leadership, fractional expertise or executive
search is more appropriate, we’ll recommend
the approach that best serves your business.
We partnered with Yellow Bricks as we expanded into the UK and needed to hire SDRs quickly, despite not yet having a legal entity in place.
Their Pilot-to-Perm model allowed us to onboard talent immediately through their payroll, giving us the flexibility to start building our team and offering across Europe without delay. Each hire integrated quickly and began contributing from day one, supporting early pipeline growth.
All hires transitioned to permanent employees within six weeks, enabling us to establish our UK presence at pace and build a strong commercial foundation from the outset.
We partnered with Yellow Bricks to strengthen our Customer Success function and improve client engagement across our accounts.
They quickly deployed a team of high-calibre specialists through a Pilot-to-Perm model, allowing us to assess impact in real time. Within weeks, they were optimising account data, working closely with customers, and turning at-risk accounts into stable, high-performing relationships.
The results spoke for themselves and the team became award winning, every consultant transitioned into a permanent role within ten weeks. It was a seamless, low-risk way to build a high-impact team.
We partnered with Yellow Bricks to build out our Technical Customer Service team with individuals who could confidently support both engineers and commercial clients.
They delivered candidates through a Pilot-to-Perm model, giving us the flexibility to assess performance before making long-term decisions. Each hire quickly embedded into the team, handling complex queries and improving customer response.
Twelve hires were made, all of whom transitioned into ftc or permanent roles within 8 weeks, providing a flexible, low-risk way to scale our support function without compromising on quality.
It’s temp to perm, done properly. Your new hire works in the real role for 10 weeks, employed on our payroll, with structured milestone reviews. You make the permanent decision on real performance, not interview potential.
Temp to perm usually hands someone over and sends an invoice if you keep them. Pilot to Perm™ is a structured 10-week mission: success measures agreed up front, one-to-ones and manager reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9, and conversion included in one weekly rate. No transfer fee.
10 weeks. Reviews at weeks 3, 6 and 9, with the permanent decision at week 9, so your hire can start on your contract at week 10.
Salaried, business-critical roles where performance can be measured within ten weeks, such as customer success, operations, finance, HR, sales development and team leadership. We don’t pilot shift-based volume roles, FCA-approved senior roles or safety-critical positions. For those, we’ll suggest the right route instead.
Around 85% convert to permanent. Because the role is tested in a real working environment, both sides make an informed decision. That cuts mis-hires and early attrition.
When the role is business-critical, there’s been a recent mis-hire, the team is scaling, or confidence in hiring is low. It gives you clarity where traditional hiring falls short.
Yes, that’s the point. After the week 9 decision, they move onto your payroll at week 10, with a development plan for their first 90 days.
Yes. We employ as Employer of Record, handling employment, payroll and compliance, so you can hire and build quickly without an entity.
During the pilot, individuals are employed and paid via Yellow Bricks PAYE. We carry contracts, tax, NI and compliance: outside IR35, no Ltd, no umbrella. They work day to day in your business, so you assess real fit without taking on the employment yet.
You pay one weekly rate for the 10 weeks. It covers pay, employment costs and the programme. Conversion is included, so there’s no transfer fee and no surprise invoice at the end. We’ll give you a clear quote once we understand the role.
No. Probation still relies on a decision made from interview evidence, and from January 2027 new employees can claim unfair dismissal after six months. Pilot to Perm™ proves the role in practice before the permanent offer, so probation carries on the work rather than taking a gamble.
We’re a Thames Valley team working across Reading, Slough, Bracknell, Maidenhead and Windsor, and we support clients in London and across the UK.
