How we approach it
Workiy has run a staffing practice alongside its delivery practice since the beginning, placing consultants with organisations including Cognizant, Metro Vancouver and the City of Burnaby, and holding supply agreements with public sector purchasing bodies.
The advantage is straightforward: our recruiters can call on delivery consultants to technically screen candidates. A recruiter who has never built a retrieval pipeline cannot tell you whether a candidate has either.
What sits under Talent Solutions
AI & Data Talent
Machine learning engineers, data engineers, AI architects, MLOps specialists and AI governance leads — technically assessed before you see them.
ExploreContract Staffing
Contract technology professionals for defined periods — screened, compliant, and supported through the engagement rather than placed and forgotten.
ExploreDirect Hire
Permanent recruitment for technology roles, with practitioner-led technical screening and a guarantee period behind every placement.
ExploreStatement of Work
Defined deliverables, milestones and acceptance criteria, with Workiy accountable for the result rather than for supplying hours.
ExploreTemporary to Permanent
Contract-to-hire arrangements with a defined conversion point, so both sides evaluate on evidence rather than on interview performance.
ExploreContract Payroll
Payroll, classification, insurance and compliance for contractors you sourced yourself — at a lower rate than a full placement.
ExploreThe sequence, in the order it actually happens
Define the role properly
Most AI and data role descriptions ask for a decade of experience in technologies that are three years old. We help write something fillable.
Source and screen
Sourcing from our own network and market, with technical screening by practising consultants.
Present a short list
Three to five genuinely qualified candidates with written assessment notes, rather than a volume of CVs.
Support the placement
Onboarding, payroll and compliance handled, with regular check-ins through the engagement.
Talent Solutions in practice
Representative engagements, described at the level our clients permit. Sector and shape are accurate; identifying detail is withheld.
Building an internal AI capability from nothing
An agency needed to hire a first AI team but had nobody able to assess candidates. We helped define the roles, screened technically and supported interview panels.
Outcome — A first team hired without the organisation having to guess at competence.
Supplying against a standing agreement
The client procures through established supply agreements with defined rate structures. We supply against those categories with compliant documentation.
Outcome — Roles filled inside existing procurement rather than through new competitions.
Recruiting a first head of data
The organisation had never hired at this level in this discipline. We defined the role, mapped the market and supported the panel through technical assessment.
Outcome — A senior hire made with technical assessment the panel could not have run alone.
Fixed-price delivery under a supply agreement
Procurement policy required outcome-based engagement. We scoped through discovery, then delivered against milestones with acceptance at each.
Outcome — Delivery risk carried by the supplier, as the policy intended.
Hiring for a new discipline
The organisation was creating its first data engineering role and was uncertain about the profile. A contract-to-hire arrangement let both sides test it.
Outcome — A permanent hire made with several months of evidence behind the decision.
Engaging a known specialist through a compliant route
The organisation wanted a specific consultant but could not contract with an individual under its procurement rules. Payrolling provided a compliant route.
Outcome — The intended consultant engaged without breaching procurement policy.
Start with three weeks and a straight answer
The AI Readiness Assessment is fixed in scope, fixed in price and produces four deliverables you own — whether or not you continue with us.