Talent Search

Talent Search is the Product Leader Academy service in which OKO Labs, Inc. runs a product-talent search for a hiring company (the “Client”). The Client pays. It is not Recruiter Desk and not Pro representation (the member-paid reverse, Terms §8.11). A signed order form or MSA together with these terms is the agreement.

1. What we do

Client sends a role brief. We start with members who opted into recruiter or public visibility and who showed work on a proof card, confirm they want that brief, and intro on PLA. If the bench is thin we may source outside and put them on a proof card first. Educational programs and Pro representation do not guarantee a hire.

2. Fees

Commercial terms are set in the scoping call or the signed order form. They are not published as a list price on marketing pages. We do not publish 8% or any other fill percentage. Structures may include a retainer, a placement (fill) fee due when a candidate we presented starts work for Client, or both. The Client owes those amounts, not the member. If Client holds an active Recruiter Desk named seat, fees paid for that seat in the current term may be credited toward Talent Search fees as set in the order form. The credit rate is not a list price.

3. Replacement

If a Talent Search hire leaves or is terminated within ninety (90) days of their start date, PLA will run a replacement search at no additional search fee, subject to the signed order form: the brief still matches, and Client still interviews. This is not a published time-to-fill and does not apply to Recruiter Desk self-serve hires into the subscriber's own entity.

4. Identification and tail

Identification Date, the twelve-month tail, and the five-business-day prior-knowledge window in the Terms of Service §8.3–8.5 apply to Talent Search. A LinkedIn view is not identification or prior knowledge. PLA-logged contact governs.

5. Originators

A Search Partner who originated the Client relationship does not become the Client's recruiter of record. PLA delivers. Commission to that originator is under their contractor agreement, paid after we collect and the hire starts.

6. Law

Florida law. Exclusive venue Broward County, Florida (state court or S.D. Fla. Fort Lauderdale). You must be 18. Cap on our aggregate liability is the greater of US $100 or amounts paid for Talent Search in the twelve months before the claim, as in the Terms.