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Permanent hires who join your rolls.

We source, screen, assess and close candidates at every level, from field staff to senior leadership. They join your company directly, from day one.

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What is permanent recruitment?

Permanent recruitment is a hiring model in which a recruitment firm finds candidates who join the client directly as its own employees. Novelworx, a manpower services firm headquartered in Bengaluru, runs permanent recruitment across India for blue-collar and field roles, skilled technology professionals and senior leadership, from the first brief to an accepted offer.

Who it's for

When the role should be yours for good.

  1. Companies building a core team

    Roles you want to own, develop and keep for years belong on your own rolls.

  2. Sites hiring at volume

    Field and site roles where you need many good people quickly and want them as your employees.

  3. Leadership hires

    Senior roles where fit with the founders and the board matters as much as the CV.

  4. HR teams short on time

    Your team sets the bar. We do the sourcing, screening and follow-up.

What's included

From brief to accepted offer.

One recruiter owns your role from start to finish, so you are never chasing three people for an update.

  • Blue-collar and field staff
  • Grey-collar and skilled trades
  • Technology professionals
  • Managers
  • Senior leadership

  1. Role brief

    We agree the role, the must-haves, the salary range and what a good hire looks like in six months.

  2. Sourcing

    We search our networks and the open market, and approach people who are not actively looking.

  3. Screening and assessment

    We check every candidate against the brief before you see them, using methods suited to the role.

  4. Shortlist and interviews

    A short list with notes on each candidate. We schedule interviews and collect feedback.

  5. Offer and close

    We help shape the offer, manage the conversation and keep the candidate engaged through notice.

How it works

Six steps, one owner.

  1. Brief

    A call with the hiring manager to agree the role and the bar.

  2. Search plan

    Where we'll look, how many profiles to expect and when.

  3. Shortlist

    Screened, assessed candidates with notes, not a pile of CVs.

  4. Interviews

    We schedule, prepare both sides and gather feedback.

  5. Offer

    We help agree terms and manage acceptance.

  6. Joining

    We stay in touch through notice until day one.

How it compares

Permanent hire, staffing or temp-to-hire?

  1. Permanent recruitment

    • They join your rolls from day one
    • You carry employment, payroll and compliance
    • Best when the role is core and long-term

  2. Hire & Deploy staffing

    • They join our rolls and work at your site
    • We carry employment, payroll and compliance
    • Best for volume, site and field roles

  3. Temp-to-hire

    • They start on our rolls
    • You can move them to your rolls later, on terms agreed upfront
    • Best when you want to see the fit first

If a role is better filled through staffing, we will tell you before we start searching.

Questions, answered

What is permanent recruitment?

Permanent recruitment is a hiring model in which a recruitment firm finds candidates who join the client as its own employees. Novelworx sources, screens, assesses and closes permanent hires across India, from blue-collar and field roles to technology professionals and senior leadership. The hire joins the client's rolls directly from day one.

What roles does Novelworx recruit for?

Novelworx recruits permanent staff at every level. That includes blue-collar and field staff, grey-collar and skilled technical roles, technology professionals, managers and senior leadership. It works with startups, mid-market companies and large organisations across 10+ industries, including IT services, financial services, media, energy, manufacturing and healthcare.

How does Novelworx assess candidates?

Novelworx screens every candidate against the role brief agreed with the client before sharing a shortlist. The assessment suits the role: practical checks for skilled trades, technical evaluation for technology roles and structured conversations for leadership. Each shortlisted candidate comes with notes, and the client always makes the final hiring decision.

Who employs a permanent hire placed by Novelworx?

The client does. In permanent recruitment, the candidate signs an employment contract with the client and joins the client's rolls from day one. Novelworx's role is to find, assess and close the hire. If the client wants, Novelworx can also run that employee's payroll and statutory filings under a separate payroll contract.

When should a company use permanent recruitment instead of staffing?

Use permanent recruitment when the role is core to the business and you want to develop and keep the person for years. Use Novelworx Hire & Deploy staffing for volume, site or field roles, or when you want headcount off your rolls. Temp-to-hire suits roles where you want to see the fit first.

Can Novelworx recruit in volume for field or site roles?

Yes. Novelworx recruits blue-collar, field and site staff as well as specialist and senior roles. For volume hiring, Novelworx agrees the numbers, locations and timelines in the SLA. If the client would rather not add that headcount to its own rolls, the same people can be deployed through Novelworx Hire & Deploy staffing.

Does Novelworx help after the candidate joins?

Yes, if the client wants it. Novelworx stays in touch with the candidate through the notice period until joining. After that, Novelworx can run onboarding and records through onsite HR operations, and process the new employee's payroll, PF, ESIC, PT and TDS through its payroll and compliance service.

Brief us on one role.

Tell us the role, the location and the bar. We'll come back with a search plan and a timeline.

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