Screened credential
Terminal degree verified. Quantifiable impact identified. Executive presence assessed for the $250,001+ band. Scored on a five-point scale with the reasoning recorded.
Employers · San Francisco Bay Area
Hire the doctorate you could not find.
We represent a small number of technology PhDs — scored, screened and prepared — and present them directly to the Bay Area employers where they would create the most value. If you are one of those employers, the arrangement is simple, contingent and fully disclosed.
Pre-screened · valuation-backed
10%
Employer placement fee — of first-year gross base, payable only upon hire
$0
Retainer, search fee or other charge of any kind. The placement fee is the only fee
PhD
Every candidate we present holds an earned doctorate in a technology discipline
1 of 20
Each engagement begins with a ranked cohort of twenty. You meet the one who fits
What you receive
Not a résumé. A prepared case.
A candidate presented by Natural Harmonics Careers arrives with the work already done — on both sides of the table.
A valuation you can interrogate
Our compensation position is built per position — company, department, role — with every assumption documented. Numbers we present and defend under questioning.
Materials written for the role
An ATS-compliant résumé and supporting materials tailored to the specific position — not a generic academic CV. Your team reads the relevant evidence first.
A coordinated process
Interviews scheduled, debriefed and followed up by one accountable recruiter. Offers analysed quickly. Fewer loops, faster decisions, less drop-off.
Listed and created positions
We answer the posting — and sometimes propose the role.
For each target employer we catalogue every listed opening at $250,001+. For the top three we go further: an analysis of whether an unlisted need exists that a specific doctorate could fill, and a business case for creating the position.
- Listed roles: skills match assessed against the posting, gaps addressed in framing
- Created positions: the need, the candidate, and a payroll and benefits figure specific to your organisation
- Direct outreach to hiring managers and internal recruiters where a cold application would waste everyone's time
Created-position analysis
The employer placement agreement
Ten percent. Contingent. Nothing else.
Under a separate Employer Placement Agreement, the hiring employer pays a fee equal to 10% of the placed candidate's first-year gross annual base compensation — calculated on the same basis as the candidate's fee. No other fee, charge or cost of any kind is payable by the employer.
$250,001$425,000$600,000
Illustrative. Base salary only — bonus, equity, commissions and benefits are excluded from the calculation. Hourly roles convert at the contracted rate × 2,080 hours. Terms are fixed by the executed Employer Placement Agreement.
Employer placement fee (10%)
$35,000
PayableUpon hire, per agreement
Retainer or search feeNone
Candidate's separate fee (paid by candidate)$35,000
Combined maximum across both streams (20%)$70,000
The candidate's fee is their obligation, disclosed to you, and independent of yours. We never receive more than 20% of base across both streams.
Full disclosure
You should know exactly whom we represent.
We represent the candidate
Our fiduciary duties under the candidate's agreement run to them. We do not act as your agent or representative. We will tell you plainly when a role is not right for the person we represent.
Both fees are disclosed
We disclose to every prospective employer that the candidate has engaged us and pays us a fee upon placement. The candidate consents, in writing, to our receiving a separate fee from you.
Bonded and regulated
We operate as a bonded California Employment Agency under Civil Code §§1812.500–1812.508. Our surety bond, fee schedule and statutory disclosures are public.
How it works for employers
Four steps to a signed offer.
01
Conversation
Tell us what you are building, the seniority band and the budget posture. We tell you honestly whether we represent anyone who fits — or expect to.
02
Agreement
A short Employer Placement Agreement: 10% of first-year base upon hire, nothing else. Signed electronically.
03
Presentation
The candidate's case — screened credential, tailored materials, valuation — presented to the hiring manager. Interviews coordinated by us.
04
Hire
Offer analysed and negotiated with the candidate. On acceptance and start, the employer fee is invoiced under your agreement.
Bay Area employers
Tell us what you need to build.
Research, platform, hardware, computational biology, autonomy — if the role needs a doctorate and pays for one, we should talk.