They work for the company.
We work for you.

Start small, on purpose

The audit is the smallest paid step we offer, and it stands on its own. Some people read it, fix things themselves and never come back. That is a fine outcome.

A human reads it

A reviewer, not a script, reads your record and writes the assessment. Software helps them work faster; it does not decide anything about you.

Confidential

Your documents stay between you and your reviewer. Nothing carrying your name reaches any company until you have read it and approved it.

Nothing invented

Anything we cannot trace to a document you confirmed is marked open, not written as fact. An invented line collapses in the second interview.

You need a role this month

Senior conversations take weeks to arrange and months to convert. If rent is due in thirty days, a retainer with us is the wrong use of that money. Take the audit, fix the CV yourself, and come back when you have runway.

Your record does not support the level you want

We reposition evidence. We do not manufacture it. If you are a Head aiming at CXO with no P&L and no board exposure, we will say so in the audit and decline the engagement.

You want us to apply everywhere

If what you want is volume — hundreds of applications, any role, fast — there are firms that do that for a tenth of our fee. We are not better than them at it. We simply do not do it.

You cannot give us three hours a month

The positioning session, the approvals and the Friday report need you. A search moves only as fast as your approvals, and we would rather not start than take a fee for a search you cannot take part in.

You are early in your career

Below roughly eight years and Head-of-function scope, the economics do not work for you. Naukri's own services and a good resume writer will do more for less.

Why publish this?

Because the most common complaint about this kind of service comes from people who should have been turned away and were sold to instead. We would rather say no early.

Applications stopped converting

Online applications produced 66% of interviews in 2026, down from 76% in 2023.

Outreach took over

Recruiter-initiated contact is up 72% since 2023. The market moved to being approached.

Referral beats application

A referred candidate is 35% more likely to convert to an offer than one who applied.

Screening got harsher

Roughly three in four applicants are filtered out before a human reads anything.

The category answered badly

US firms responded with volume — one publishes an average of 863 applications per client before an offer.

The honest conclusion

If outreach and referral are what now work, the answer is more conversations — not more applications. That is the whole design of what we do.

Who we'd survey

400–600 Indian executives at Head, VP and CXO level across pharma, technology, manufacturing, financial services and consumer.

What we'd measure

Time in role before moving. How the move originated — advert, referral, search firm, direct approach. Compensation change. Stated reason for leaving.

Published openly

Full methodology, sample composition and margin of error. Free to read, no email wall. Cited, not sold.

No job guarantee

We control the research, the outreach and the record of it. We do not control a hiring decision, and no honest firm claims otherwise.

No invented achievements

If it is not in your record and you cannot defend it in a second interview, it does not go in your CV.

No fabricated proof

No testimonials we cannot evidence, no client logos we have no right to, no outcome counters without a stated denominator.

No "hidden job market" mysticism

Track B is public information read carefully and followed up by phone. There is no secret list. Anyone claiming one is selling you something.

No employer relationships we don't have

On your search, we are paid by you, never by the company that hires you. That means we have no mandate to fill and no incentive to push you at the wrong role — and also no inside track we haven't earned on your behalf.

No volume disguised as effort

We will not report application counts as if they were progress.

Executive search firms

You meet strong leaders who are wrong for the mandate in front of you. Send them here rather than lose the relationship — and keep the credit.

Outplacement providers

Where your programme ends at coaching, ours continues into actual representation. Refer, or white-label the search itself.

HR consulting firms

Restructuring a client? The leaders leaving need somewhere real to go. That is a conversation you can have without a conflict.

Career coaches & advisors

Take assigned review work at an agreed rate, or introduce clients who need more than coaching. You see only your own assignments.

Every claim traced

Nothing in the profile that the candidate could not defend in a second interview. We write only from documents they confirmed.

Leadership only

Director, Head of function, VP and CXO across India. We do not send you volume.

Genuinely interested

They are paying us to run a considered search. Nobody in our pipeline is applying to four hundred roles at once.

Context, not a CV

Why this person, for this role, at your company — written by the person who has been running their search.

No placement fee

The candidate engages us. We do not invoice you for hiring a leader we represent. Separate employer services are scoped and priced in writing.

Where our loyalty sits

Stated plainly: we work for the candidate. That is why the profile is honest about gaps as well as strengths.

Bhaskar Anand

Founder · Talpro India Private Limited · Bengaluru

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Fifteen years running compliance-first contract staffing, most of it placing senior people into GCCs and Indian enterprises. In all that time the candidate has never had anyone whose only job was their outcome — the recruiter is paid by the company, and behaves accordingly. HireIQ exists to put someone on the other side of that table.

Encryption

TLS on every connection to this site and to your case records. Documents are stored privately and are never published by link.

Privacy by design

We collect the documents needed to do the work and nothing else. No tracking pixels that follow you off this site.

Infrastructure

Hosted by Talpro with trusted service providers, some of them outside India. Your documents are shared only with your case team.

Access control

Your case lead and the specialists assigned to your search. Nobody else in the firm can open your file.

Retention and deletion

Your documents are deleted within thirty days of a written request, and we confirm when it is done. Write to grievance@talproindia.com.

Responsible disclosure

Found a flaw? Write to legal@talproindia.com. We will acknowledge within two working days and will not pursue anyone reporting in good faith.

Not a job guarantee

No step here promises you a job, an interview or a callback. We are a partner service helping you run a better search. Read what we don’t promise.

Not invented achievements

Nothing goes into your Master CV that you have not confirmed and that we cannot trace to a source. If the evidence is not there, we say so in the report instead of writing around it.

Not an automatic ladder

Step 1 does not commit you to Step 2. After the audit we tell you honestly whether the next step is worth your money — including when the answer is no.

Written in sentences, not scores alone

A number on its own tells you nothing you can act on. Every finding says what we saw in your record, why it costs you at your level, and what would fix it. Where we give a score, the reasoning sits next to it.

Specific to your record

It quotes your own lines back to you. If a claim in your CV has nothing behind it, the report names that claim rather than telling you in general terms to add more evidence.

Yours to act on alone

Some people read the report, fix what it names themselves, and never come back. That is a good outcome and the report is written for it. There is no part of it that only works if you buy something else.

Revisions, stated up front

Packages 1 and 2 include one clarification of the report. The Complete Leadership Package includes one revision round on the CV, report and roadmap, and further rounds can be added at checkout.

How long does it actually take?

Package 1: one working day from the moment your CV is in — not from payment. Packages 2 and 3: a Microsoft Teams slot within three working days; notes follow within two working days of the call, and the full Complete Leadership Package within seven.

Who reads it?

A reviewer with recruitment and leadership-hiring experience. Not a script, and not an automated score. The same person writes the report.

Is my CV kept confidential?

Your documents stay between you and your reviewer. Nothing carrying your name reaches any company at this stage — an audit involves no outreach at all. See how we handle your data.

Do I need a LinkedIn profile?

For the CV Signal Snapshot, no — it is a CV-only read. Packages 2 and 3 read your LinkedIn as well. A LinkedIn rewrite is available as an add-on to the Complete Leadership Package.

Which one if I have a specific job in mind?

The Complete Leadership Package. It is the only one that benchmarks you against a job description you send us — and it rebuilds your CV for that role.

Can I upgrade afterwards?

Yes. Buy the smaller one, and if you want the deeper read later, tell us your reference and we invoice the difference rather than the full price again.

Is this a subscription?

No. It is a one-time payment for the audit named on your receipt. Nothing renews, nothing is stored to be charged later, and there is no account to cancel.

How do I pay, and is it safe?

By card, UPI or netbanking through Razorpay. Prices are shown before 18% GST, which is added at checkout and shown separately. We never see or store your card or bank details. Payment goes to Talpro India Private Limited — never to a personal account. Read the scam advisory.

I am outside India. Can I still buy?

Yes. Prices are shown in rupees and Razorpay handles the conversion at checkout. The audit itself is the same wherever you are, though the market benchmark is strongest for roles hiring into India.

Can I get a refund?

Payments are non-refundable once confirmed, and each package is valid for 15 days. You get a full refund if you were charged twice or in error, if we do not deliver, or if we decline your case. Read the policy.

You fill in one form

Your role, your target, your LinkedIn and your CV. It takes a few minutes and it is the only questionnaire in the process.

A person reads your record

Not a script. Software helps them read faster and search wider; every judgement about your career is made by a human being.

Your files arrive on time

Package 1 in one working day; Packages 2 and 3 after your Microsoft Teams call. Written, yours to keep, and useful whether or not you ever come back to us.

You are buying a deliverable

Each step is a defined piece of work that ends with a written document you keep. You are not buying software, a licence or access to a platform.

One-time payment

Every step is paid once. There is no subscription, no recurring charge, no trial that converts, and no stored mandate. Nothing renews on its own.

No outcome is guaranteed

We do not guarantee a job, an interview, a shortlisting or a salary. We are a partner service assisting your search. Anyone who guarantees you an outcome is selling you something else.

1. What we agree to do

We perform the specific step you have paid for, as described on this site and confirmed to you in writing. For the Profile Intelligence Audit that is a written report benchmarking your profile against matched, currently-advertised roles at your level. For later steps it is the scope set out in your engagement letter. We do not add work you have not agreed to, and we do not charge for work you have not agreed to.

2. Fees, taxes and how you pay

Fees for entry steps are shown at the point of purchase. Fees for representation and other engagements are quoted to you individually in writing before any work starts. All fees are in Indian Rupees and exclusive of GST unless stated; GST is applied at the rate in force. Payment is processed by Razorpay. We never see or store your card, UPI or bank details. Payment is made to Talpro India Private Limited — never to an individual’s personal account.

3. No subscription and no automatic renewal

We do not operate subscription plans, monthly billing, free trials, credits or token packs. Each engagement step is bought once. We do not store a payment mandate and cannot charge you again without you making a fresh payment.

4. Delivery

The CV Signal Snapshot is delivered by email within one working day of receiving your CV. For the Career Conversation and the Complete Leadership Package we offer a Microsoft Teams slot within three working days; notes follow within two working days of the call and the full Complete Leadership Package within seven. Each package is valid for 15 days from payment. Where a step depends on a meeting, delivery follows the meeting. If we are going to miss a stated delivery window, we tell you before it passes rather than after.

5. Revisions

The CV Signal Snapshot and the Career Conversation include one clarification; the Complete Leadership Package includes one revision round, and further rounds can be bought as an add-on. Revisions are raised within fourteen days of delivery. A revision is not a rewrite to a different brief.

6. What you are responsible for

The work rests on what you tell us. You confirm that the information, documents and history you provide are true and yours to share, and that sharing them does not breach an obligation you owe someone else. We will not write a claim about your career that you have not evidenced, and we will not invent achievements, titles, dates or numbers. If we find that material information was misrepresented, we may end the engagement.

7. Confidentiality

We treat your documents and your search as confidential. Your name is released to a company only when you have told us to release it. Where you have asked for a confidential or stealth search, we approach companies without identifying you until you say otherwise, and we honour a company blacklist you give us.

8. Ownership of what we produce

The documents we deliver — your report, workbook, Master CV, evidence pack and roadmap — are yours. You may use them however you wish. Our own templates, methods and internal research remain ours. You may not resell or redistribute our work as a service to others.

9. What we will not do

We will not guarantee an outcome. We will not fabricate evidence. We will not contact your current employer. We will not ask you for money outside this site or an invoice from Talpro India Private Limited. We will not take a placement fee from a hiring company for a candidate we represent, because it would put us on both sides.

10. Ending the engagement

You may stop after any step; nothing later is assumed. For a longer engagement, notice and any refund of unstarted steps are set out in your engagement letter. We may end an engagement where the brief is outside what we can honestly serve, where information was misrepresented, or where conduct towards our team is abusive — and we will refund work not yet started.

11. Liability

We are responsible for performing the agreed work with reasonable care and skill. We are not liable for hiring decisions made by third parties, for outcomes of applications or interviews, or for indirect or consequential loss. Our total liability for any claim arising out of an engagement is limited to the fees you paid us for that engagement. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited under Indian law.

12. Personal data

How we handle your data is set out in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms. Refunds are governed by the Refund & Cancellation Policy.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The version that applies to your engagement is the version published on the day you paid. Material changes are dated at the top of this page.

14. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of India. The courts at Bengaluru, Karnataka have exclusive jurisdiction. Before any dispute goes further, please raise it with our Grievance Officer — most things are a misunderstanding that a phone call fixes.

We do not sell your data

Not to recruiters, not to job boards, not to advertisers. There is no advertising tracker and no cross-site tracking on this site.

A person decides, not a machine

Software helps our team read faster and search wider. Every judgement about your career, and every factual claim we write, is made by a person.

Your name is yours to release

We do not give your identity to a company until you tell us to. In a confidential search, that is the whole point.

1. Who is responsible for your data

Talpro India Private Limited (CIN U74999KA2020PTC135946), registered at B-Block, 4th Floor, 0741/A, 12th Main Road, Manipal County Road, opposite Star Market, AECS Layout, Singasandra, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560068, is the data fiduciary for the personal data described here.

2. What we collect

What you give us: your name, email address, phone number, current and target role, your CV, your LinkedIn profile URL, and any source documents you send to evidence your record. What comes with a payment: a Razorpay payment reference, the email used to pay, and the amount — we do not receive or store your card, UPI or bank account details. What the website records: basic server logs including IP address and browser type, kept for security and troubleshooting.

3. Why we hold it, and on what basis

To perform the work you have asked and paid for; to contact you about that work; to meet our tax, accounting and legal obligations; and to keep the service secure. Where the law requires your consent — for example before we identify you to a company — we ask for it, and you can withdraw it.

4. How software is used on your documents

We use software to read, search and organise faster — for example to find relevant advertised roles or to structure a long CV. Where a document is processed by a third-party service to do that, it is under a written data-processing agreement and is not used to train anyone’s public models. No hiring judgement, benchmark or claim about you is produced without a person reviewing and taking responsibility for it.

5. Who else sees it

Our own case team, limited to the people assigned to your file. Razorpay, for taking payment. Our email delivery provider, to send you your documents. Companies we approach on your behalf — and only what you have agreed we may send them, only once you have released your name. Government authorities, where we are legally required. Nobody else. We do not share your data with recruitment agencies, job boards or data brokers.

6. Where it is held

With Talpro and trusted service providers, some of them outside India (our CRM provider, for example, stores data in North America). Each provider receives only what it needs to perform its function.

7. How long we keep it

For as long as needed to do the work and to meet legal and tax record-keeping obligations. You can ask us to delete your documents and case record at any time; we complete deletion within thirty days of a written request and confirm when it is done. Records we are legally obliged to retain — invoices, for example — are kept for the statutory period and nothing more.

8. Your rights

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 you may ask us for a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how it is processed; ask us to correct or complete inaccurate data; ask us to erase it; withdraw a consent you gave; and nominate someone to exercise these rights if you cannot. Write to grievance@talproindia.com. We respond within thirty days.

9. Cookies

This site uses only what is needed to make it work. It sets no advertising cookies and follows you nowhere. If you press Accept on the measurement bar, we count which buttons are used, with no cookies and no personal details. See the Cookie Policy.

10. Security

Encryption in transit and access limited to your assigned case team. What we hold, and what we have not yet done, is set out plainly on the security page.

11. Children

This service is for working professionals at senior level. It is not directed at anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

12. Changes

Material changes to this policy are dated at the top of this page. Where a change materially affects how we handle data you have already given us, we tell you by email.

Nothing renews

Every step is a one-time payment. We hold no mandate and cannot charge you again. There is nothing to cancel and no plan to end.

Valid for 15 days

Send your documents and book any included call within 15 days of payment. After that an unused package lapses and is not refundable. One call reschedule is free with 24 hours’ notice.

Always refunded in full

A duplicate or mistaken charge, a package we fail to deliver, or a case we decline. Failed-but-debited payments are reversed automatically by Razorpay and your bank.

You change your mind, or do not use the package

Not refundable. Payments are non-refundable once confirmed, and a package not used within 15 days of payment lapses. If we need to move your call, we extend the 15 days to match.

You were charged twice, or charged in error

Refunded in full. Tell us within seven days of the charge and we will not ask you to justify it.

You paid but received nothing

If the delivery window passes and no document has reached you, and we cannot put it right promptly, you get a full refund.

The report was delivered and you disagree with it

This is not a refund case, but it is a case we take seriously. Raise it within fourteen days and we will use your included revision to correct anything factually wrong. If we got a fact wrong, we fix it and say so.

A longer engagement, part-completed

Representation and multi-step engagements are governed by the cancellation terms in your written engagement letter. As a floor: steps not yet started are refunded, and steps already delivered are not.

We end the engagement

If we decide we cannot honestly serve your brief, or we should have turned you away and did not, we refund everything not yet delivered. We would rather return a fee than keep money for work that cannot produce.

Essential

Small values that remember your place while you move between pages and keep a form from losing what you typed. They expire when you close the browser or shortly after.

Payment

On the payment page, Razorpay sets its own cookies to run the checkout securely and prevent fraud. These are governed by Razorpay’s own policy and are only present when you are paying.

Not set

No advertising or retargeting cookies. No third-party social pixels. No profile of you is built or sold for marketing.

You write for a living

Almost everything we deliver is written — an audit, a closure report, a weekly account of who was approached and what they said. If you cannot write plainly, you cannot do this job, whatever else you are good at.

You verify before you claim

Nothing goes into a candidate’s record without a source document behind it. The discipline of refusing to write an unevidenced line is most of the craft.

You say no

We turn away work we cannot honestly serve. That means telling a paying person that we are the wrong firm for them. If that conversation frightens you, this is the wrong place.

We are not a product company

Software helps our team read faster and search wider. It does not make the judgements, and we do not sell it. If you want to build a platform, you will be bored here.

We are not a recruitment agency desk

On a search, we are paid by the candidate, not by the hiring company. We take no placement fee for a leader we represent, no commission on a company’s budget, and we have no incentive to push someone into a role that does not fit.

We are small, and openings are irregular

We do not keep a permanent list of vacancies open to collect applications. When a seat exists, it is filled by someone who wrote to us and was remembered. Writing to us when nothing is posted is the normal route in, not a nuisance.