Vetting & onboarding
Eight stages to Bench Ready.
Proof, not a promise — every consultant has passed all eight stages before a client ever sees the profile. Each stage has a checklist, and no one advances until every box is checked.
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Senior pre-screen
5+ years hands-on cloud experience as a senior IC. Résumé, LinkedIn, and project history cross-checked for depth — no unexplained gaps.
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Credentials verified
Any certifications claimed are confirmed current via official registries.
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Business entity
Secretary-of-State status "Active"; EIN and W-9 matched to the entity.
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Background check
FCRA-compliant screening — criminal, SSN trace, and education as relied on.
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Insurance (COI)
General liability $1M/$2M, E&O, and Cyber coverage; the client is named as additional insured.
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References
Minimum two professional references, documented.
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Technical screen
A specialty-specific 45-minute deep-dive with a senior practitioner in the same domain.
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Client-prep briefing
Role brief reviewed, rate confirmed, and a mock interview before any client conversation.
Certifications are encouraged and supported on assignment — but we lead with proven, hands-on experience, not certificate counts.
An auditable readiness trail behind every profile.
Every stage is tracked and enforced in software, not spreadsheets. When we hand over a profile, it comes as a submission-ready packet: the résumé plus every check we ran — background, insurance, entity, references, and technical screen.
As placements draw the bench down, the sourced backlog promotes up behind it — a pipeline that refills itself, so supply keeps pace with demand.