What We Do

We hire awesome people by design, not by accident.

Most suppliers and a lot of internal teams are focused on filling roles due to heavy targets or creating a sense of value by being active. Hire Standard is focused on building healthier cultures and stronger working lives. And the difference matters.

Hiring purely for skills can work in the short term, but it rarely creates cohesive teams that outperform over time. Strong organisations are built when hiring starts with who people are, not just what they can do or why they do it.

Our approach is simple

Start with WHO
Trust. Dependability. Passion. Empathy.

These are not soft ideas. They are the foundations of strong cultures and powerful teams. And they might be some of the qualities you seek when scaling your teams.

We start by defining WHO you need in your business, not just the output you're expecting from the role. Values and behaviours shape culture. Culture shapes performance. Get the WHO part right, and everything that follows is stronger.

Move to WHY
People do their best work when they care.

For Richard Chipchase, the motivation is simple and aligns with his mission behind Hire Standard. To help companies scale by hiring exceptional people who are motivated to do the best work of their lives. And this doesn’t happen by chance. It’s by design.

Once we've explored the WHO, we can pay attention to the WHY. Research consistently shows that people who understand and connect with a company’s purpose are significantly more likely to stay, contribute, and go beyond the minimum expectations. Teams built around shared purpose outperform those that don't, especially when it matters.

WHAT
Skills still matter. Always.

Skills evolve. Roles change. Businesses grow. What endures is who someone is and why they show up.

Once the WHO and WHY are clear, defining WHAT becomes more accurate and far more effective. The result is not compromise, but balance. People who are skilled to do the job, want to do the job, and feel at home in the environment you are building can create magic.

Hire Standard's mission is simple:

To help companies scale by hiring exceptional people who are motivated to do the best work of their lives in environments where they feel connected, heard, and truly at home.