Permanent staffing without the temp model.
Full-time headcount filled by a specialist agency, one fee, one employee, no hourly margin and no assignment end date.
A permanent staffing agency sources and vets candidates who are then hired directly onto the client's payroll as full-time employees. Unlike a temporary staffing agency, it does not employ the worker or bill hourly. Mindpool India is a permanent staffing agency for Indian AI Infrastructure, energy, and semiconductor employers.
What a permanent staffing agency does
The agency owns the front half of the hiring funnel, market mapping, outreach, screening, scheduling, references, and offer negotiation, and hands over a shortlist the hiring manager can act on. Once the candidate signs, the relationship is between the employee and the employer; the agency's role ends with the guarantee period.
- Defines the role and the realistic candidate population before sourcing
- Approaches passive specialists who are not applying anywhere
- Screens for domain competence, not keyword overlap
- Manages interviews, references, and offer close
Permanent staffing vs temporary staffing
In temporary staffing the agency remains the employer of record and earns on every hour worked, so the incentive is duration. In permanent staffing the agency earns once and is judged on whether the hire stays. That difference in incentive is the reason Mindpool India operates permanent-only: our fee structure rewards retention rather than headcount churn.
Where we staff permanently
We staff full-time roles across India, with sector-specialist recruiters in AI infrastructure, energy and power, and semiconductors. Coverage spans the major Indian hiring metros as well as new-site and greenfield builds where a whole team is being staffed at once.
- AI infrastructure and ML platform engineering, evaluation, and governance
- Semiconductor design, verification, fab process, packaging, and test
- Energy, power systems, grid, and data center infrastructure
- Engineering leadership and executive appointments
Frequently asked
What is a permanent staffing agency?
A permanent staffing agency finds and vets candidates who are then employed directly by the client company on a full-time, open-ended basis, rather than being employed by the agency.
Is permanent staffing the same as direct hire?
Yes, permanent staffing, direct hire, direct placement, and permanent placement all describe the same outcome: a full-time employee on the client's payroll.
Does Mindpool India provide temporary or contract staffing?
No. Mindpool India places permanent, full-time employees only. We do not offer temp, temp-to-perm, contract, or contingent labour.
How do permanent staffing fees work?
A single placement fee based on the hire's first-year base salary, invoiced on their start date, with a 90-day replacement guarantee.
How a Mindpool India search runs
Every engagement starts with a briefing call in which we pull apart the role rather than the job title: the problems the hire owns in their first two quarters, the systems and tooling they inherit, who they work alongside, and which parts of the specification are genuinely non-negotiable. That brief becomes the scorecard we screen against for this search, so shortlists are argued for on evidence instead of keyword overlap.
Sourcing is deliberately two-track. We approach specialists already known to our sector recruiters, and we run targeted, specialised outreach into the specific teams, programmes, and technologies where the relevant experience actually sits, including people who are not searching. Candidates are then interviewed by a recruiter who understands the domain, reference-checked on the claims that matter, and presented with a written rationale, compensation expectations, notice period, and location constraints already confirmed.
Permanent hiring only, what that means
Mindpool India is a permanent recruitment and executive search firm. Every placement is a full-time, direct-hire employee on your payroll, on your benefits, and inside your engineering culture. We do not provide contract, temporary, temp-to-hire, or contingent staffing, and we do not act as an employer of record. That single focus is why our process optimises for retention rather than time-to-fill alone.
- • Contingent permanent search, retained executive search, embedded RPO, or research-led talent mapping
- • Sector-specialist recruiters in AI infrastructure and ML platform, energy, and semiconductors
- • Roughly 21 days from brief to a signed offer on a typical search
- • 90-day retention guarantee on every permanent placement
- • India-wide coverage
Hiring managers can book a call or email a hiring brief and receive a calibrated shortlist with market context on availability and compensation before committing to a full search.