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Recruitment & Staffing
Recruitment and staffing for research organizations seeking qualified field interviewers, telephone interviewers, and data collection professionals.
Services & Offerings
Human capital services for research organizations
Headway in Research (hiRe) has delivered innovative and efficient workforce solutions to leading research organizations for over 20 years. Explore how we connect organizations with superior talent.
Workforce support, end to end
Our human capital services include comprehensive recruitment, employer of record payroll solutions, and contingent workforce programs. We work alongside research partners to match the right people with the right studies — across field, telephone, and intercept interviewing roles.
Whether your organization needs short-term support for a single survey or a long-term staffing strategy, our team builds programs that scale with your research goals.
What we offer
Four core service areas, tailored to the way research organizations hire and manage talent.
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Employer of Record (EOR)
Employer of Record payroll solutions that handle onboarding, payroll, and HR administration so your team can focus on the research itself.
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Contingent Workforce
Contingent workforce programs that flex with project demand — from short intercept studies to long-running national surveys.
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RPO
Recruitment Process Outsourcing that transfers ownership of part or all of your hiring function to our dedicated research staffing team.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing
RPO built for research hiring
Our RPO engagements combine dedicated recruiters, refined workflows, and deep familiarity with research partner standards. The result is a hiring pipeline that consistently produces well-matched candidates — whether the role is a one-week intercept project or a multi-year longitudinal study.
- Dedicated sourcing for field, phone, and intercept roles
- Process design tuned to research partner compliance
- Scalable support for high-volume survey operations
Workforce support in research often depends on how quickly the right people can be matched to the right projects. A strong human capital approach blends recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing support so that field interviewing, telephone interviewing, and intercept interviewing roles are staffed with candidates who fit both the study and the organization. By aligning talent pipelines with project timelines, research partners can focus on collecting quality data instead of scrambling to fill positions. This kind of end to end service model helps create lasting relationships between employers and the individuals who carry studies forward, keeping field operations efficient and dependable across diverse research environments.
Ready to scope a staffing program?
Talk with our team about recruitment, EOR payroll, contingent workforce support, or full RPO engagements.
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