We built TruthHire because the hiring model was broken.
Hi, I’m Nard. Nearly a decade in talent acquisition — currently a Global TA Manager building remote operations from the Philippines and Latin America. The last 3 years I’ve worked closely with small international startups and learned one thing: founders don’t need someone to work FOR them. They need someone to work WITH them. That’s what TruthHire delivers.
Founded 2025 · Nearly a decade of TA experience baked in.
“Hire someone who actually cares about your work. The rest takes care of itself.”
Nard — Founder & Global Talent Acquisition · Founded TruthHire in 2025
The story behind TruthHire
For over a decade in talent acquisition, I watched a pattern repeat across startups: founders hire someone “smart on paper,” it doesn’t work out, the team drains for 6 months trying to make it work, then a difficult exit. The resume was right. The human wasn’t.
From my Global TA Manager role, I saw the same pattern from a different angle — we’d source talent for international clients, and the same hiring agencies kept failing in the same ways. Retainer-based agencies optimize for placement volume, not placement quality. Cost-arbitrage offshoring optimizes for the cheapest English-speaker, not the right human. The system was broken on both sides.
In 2025, I started TruthHire — quietly, by referral, serving a small network of US, UK, and Australian founders within my circle. We proved the model works: vet for mindset and work ethics first, charge a flat fee, tell prospects honestly when AI is the better answer. Every placement stuck.
Today, in 2026, we’re opening that same service publicly online — for serious founders who want a partner, not a sales floor. TruthHire is young as a company. The methodology behind it isn’t. Nearly a decade of TA work shaped our four-pillar vetting process. The clients we served quietly in 2025 confirmed it. Now you can hire through it too.
What TruthHire stands for
These are the lines we won’t cross. If they sound like rules other agencies should be following too — they are. We just decided to actually follow them.
Vet humans first, skills second.
Mindset, commitment, and work ethics come before any technical screen. If the human isn't right, the skills don't matter.
Honesty over the sale.
We tell prospects when AI is the better answer. We tell candidates when they're not the right fit. We lose deals this way — and we're fine with that.
Pay once, own the hire.
$1,500 total ($500 down + $1,000 on hire). No retainers, no markups, no conversion fees. Once you've paid, you own the hire forever.
A 20% pass rate is the brag.
80% of candidates who claim AI experience fail our screen. Only the 20% who pass earn your attention.
Reference calls. Every time.
Even at $1,500, we do real reference conversations — not just checkboxes. Past managers tell us what resumes can't.
AI is a tool, not a replacement.
Every candidate uses AI tools daily. But the human running them is who delivers value. We screen for that human.
Who we serve
TruthHire isn’t built for everyone — that’s the entire point. Here’s exactly who we serve best. If you see yourself in this list, we’re probably the right partner. If you don’t, we’ll point you elsewhere during the consult.
- Bootstrapped or early-stage founders in the US, UK, or Australia building lean, high-impact teams.
- Small businesses (1-50 employees) making their first, second, or third remote hire.
- Founders who've been burned by traditional recruiting and want a more honest model.
- Teams hiring for roles where mindset and commitment matter as much as skills — EAs, ops, customer success, sales, content, dev.
- Operators who want to own the hire — direct contract, no middleman, no retainer.
- Companies open to (or already working with) talent from the Philippines or Latin America.
If you don’t see yourself in the list above, we may not be the right fit — and that’s okay. There are great tools and services for every situation. We’ll happily point you to them. (We’re new to the public market, not new to the work.)
Where we're going
TruthHire’s plan for the next 3 years isn’t to be the biggest. It’s to be the most trusted. We started serving referral clients in 2025 — small, by design. By 2028, we want to be the default answer when a founder in the US, UK, or Australia asks “how do I find someone who actually cares about my work?” — and the proof that vetting for mindset and commitment isn’t just possible at scale, it’s the only model that works long-term.
Ready to hire someone who actually cares?
Free 15-minute consult — honest answers, no pitch. If TruthHire isn’t the right fit, we’ll point you elsewhere. We don’t believe in fighting to close the wrong deal.
$1,500 total · 21-day delivery · 90-day guarantee from hire date · PH + LATAM talent