Common questions
What talent leaders usually ask first.
Cost, sourcing model, role coverage, replacement policy, data handling — the practical questions before the discovery call.
What does Empower cost?
Empower platform access is fully no-cost — no subscription, no per-hire fees, no setup charges. The two engaged modes — cohort sponsorship and custom assessment — are scoped to your needs first, then quoted on the discovery call. We don't publish rate cards because every scope differs.
How can sourcing be no-cost? What's the catch?
No catch. Empower is funded by Mode 02 + 03 engagements with corporate partners, and by institutions running APEX skilling programmes. Companies hiring entry-level talent benefit from the network reach; we monetise through cohort sponsorships and assessment partnerships, not through per-hire fees. Employing the right candidates fast is the network effect that drives everything else.
What types of roles can you fill?
Tech and Non-Tech, function-agnostic. Engineering, Sales & BD, Operations, Customer Success, Marketing, Finance, Product & Analytics, and domain specialists across BFSI / Pharma / Manufacturing / Healthcare. The full range is laid out in
our proposal section above — under Choice 02 (Domain-agnostic, not just tech).
What's the typical hire-to-deploy timeline?
≤72 hours from role brief to first vetted profile. Your interview cycle depends on your process — we don't enforce one. Once you decide, on-demand onboarding is standard because candidates are already vetted on assessments + capstone artefacts, so there's no Day-1 ramp-up shadowing required.
How do you actually verify candidates?
Two layers. APEX (institutional skilling) generates capstone artefacts + mentor evaluations on every candidate. The AI-driven Employability Score (Technical/Domain, Aptitude, Communication, Behavioural) is computed from those artefacts; EMPOWER then role-matches that Score against your brief. Every profile carries both the Score and its role-fit. The Recruiter Sample download above shows what you'd see per applicant.
Can we use our own assessments?
Yes — but be clear which you mean. If you want your assessment content or rubric run on Empower, that's custom assessment (Mode 03): we co-design it with your TA + L&D team, calibrate to your criteria, and host it on Empower — so every candidate is scored inside the platform and the results feed the pipeline. If you'd rather keep using your own external assessment tool, you can — but its scoring stays in that tool. External platforms don't integrate into Empower, so those scores won't appear on the Empower profile.
Do you handle background checks?
No — we focus on capability verification, not BGV. Standard background checks (employment, education, criminal) remain your TA team's process. If your BGV partner integrates via API, we can pass candidate records through Empower's webhook layer so verification runs in parallel with offer.
What about data confidentiality and NDAs?
Standard practice. Empower is single-tenant per corporate partner — your candidate data, assessment results, hiring funnel, and pipeline metrics stay inside your workspace. NDA available pre-discovery if needed. We never use corporate hiring data to train models or share it with other partners.
Can we co-brand a cohort to our company brand?
Yes — that's Mode 02 (co-branded cohort sponsorship). We design the curriculum to your hiring brief, you participate in skilling delivery, mentor sessions and milestone reviews, and the cohort is publicly co-branded. Capstones are built against your domain. Best for net-new functions, niche domains, or predictable hiring volume cycles.
Which industries do you serve?
We're
sector-agnostic — the platform adapts to any domain. Our
strategic report details nine anchor sectors we track closely (BFSI, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Pharma, Retail, IT & IT-ES, EdTech, Logistics, Energy), and domain specialists flex into specifics well beyond them; cross-functional roles (Sales, Operations, Engineering) are sector-agnostic by default.
How do we get started?
One 30-minute discovery call. You walk us through your hiring goals + timeline, we pick the right mode together — platform access (no-cost), cohort sponsorship, or custom assessment, and your Empower workspace can be set up the same day if you proceed. No commitment, no obligations.
