Win more work. Find talent. Monetise your assets. Reduce the admin drag.
Opportunities, utilisation, talent and procurement are perennial pain points for consulting firms - we've seen it across sizes, maturity and regions. In the age of AI, clients expect more speed, value and specialisation, yet those pain points remain - we believe you should be able to stay focused on clients while lifting revenue and margin.
The consulting firm growth trap
Bench economics don't scale
Carry too much bench and you bleed cash. Run too lean and you miss opportunities. There's no good answer if your only lever is more full-time hires.
The result: You're constantly trading margin for growth.
Quality talent takes too long to find
When a client says "start Monday", your options are recruiters trawling CVs and phonebooks, generic platforms that send you a laundry list of CVs or calling your own network to see who's available – all time-consuming and painful.
The result: You start late, staff risky, or say no to good work.
Real leads take time to generate and convert
Partner time is scarce and business development is a grind - warm intros, cold outreach, event circuits, generic RFPs. Most pursuits die with broad and unclear scoping, stall in procurement, or turn into price bake-offs after weeks of effort.
The result: Too much time wasted in poor quality leads.
Procurement friction kills momentum and profitability
Each new client triggers onboarding, legal review, insurance, payment terms, and vendor setup - weeks of investment before work starts.
The result: Leads stall, utilisation drops, and margins get squeezed.
Your network is only monetisable by you
Your client needs more help, but you're not the right fit this time. Stretch beyond the core and risk your reputation? Let it pass and lose the relationship? Refer another firm and get nothing back?
The result: The ecosystem doesn't reward collaboration - everyone hoards leads, the ecosystem stays fragmented, value is left on the table.
The operating system for modern consulting firms
More (and better) leads
Pear's discovery engine captures client problems, constraints, and decision criteria upfront; then routes hot leads to best-fit consulting firms. No cold outreach. Less chasing. Streamlined RFPs.
You get: Higher-quality leads you can convert faster.
Right-fit talent, on demand
Get Pear-vetted consultants matched on skills, cultural fit, domain depth, ways of working and available to start so you scale without bench risk. No CV laundry lists. No weeks of screening. No gambling on "seems good".
You get: Confidence you can mobilise an A-Team and start next week.
Monetise your unutilised bench
Growing your own talent means risking low utilisation and impact your margins. Pear allows you to staff your consultants with company or another consulting firm and get paid for it.
You get: Higher utilisation rates for your in-house top-tier consultants.
Back-office leverage
Contracting and procurement rails - MSAs, SOWs, NDAs, rate cards, e-signatures, invoicing, etc - designed to cut admin drag and reduce time-to-cash. Use Pear's rails end-to-end or plug into your own.
You get: Reduced admin drag and faster conversion cycles.
No procurement hassle
Contract through Pear's pre-established MSA with our clients to help you get in faster (and stay compliant).
You get: Faster time-to-start with reduced legal overhead.
Joint GTM with complementary consulting firms
At times, to increase your chances of winning new work or get an extension you need to access supplementary capabilities or augment your own capabilities. Pear helps you find the partner.
You get: AI driven capabilities to find you the right "sell-with" and "deliver-with" partner.
Referral economics that reward you
When you bring a client to Pear and that client engages another consulting firm or independent consultant through Pear, it's tracked transparently and you're compensated through referral credits - agreed upfront and visible to all parties.
You get: An ecosystem that rewards the relationships you build and protects the value you originate.
Built for how consulting firms actually work
Talent matching
Search and match on hard skills, domain depth, role fit, availability, ways-of-working and personality traits. Shortlists in 48 hours, not weeks.
Quality leads
Clients articulate problems through Pear's discovery flow. Qualified opportunities get routed to consulting firms with matching expertise.
Admin rails
MSAs, SoWs, NDAs, rate cards, e-signatures - all templated and ready. Use Pear's vendor-of-record rails or plug your own.
Referral ledger
Transparent tracking of who sourced which client. Automatic credit when work is completed by other consulting firms. Visible to all parties.
Benchmarking
See how your rates, win rates, and client satisfaction compare to anonymised market benchmarks. Data to inform your positioning.
Four ways to work with Pear
Staff your projects
When you need to augment your team for a specific engagement, search our network, review matched candidates, and staff vetted talent - with contracting handled.
- Shortlist in 48 hours
- Verified, continuously assessed credentials on every candidate
- Pricing that improves as you use Pear more
Win new work
We route hot leads to best-fit consulting firms after companies articulate their problems through Pear's guided discovery process.
- Highly qualified opportunities
- Structured RFPs with clear scope
- Quality Assurance mechanisms to boost client confidence
Monetise your bench
Allow other consulting firms and clients to use the top-tier consultants on your bench who are underutilised.
- Set your terms
- Frictionless availability management
- Vet the opportunity
Monetise your network
Refer a client to the Pear ecosystem. When that client engages any consulting firm or independent consultant through Pear, you earn referral credits.
- A percentage of referred project fees
- Transparent ledger visible to all parties
- Automatically tracked
Why consulting firms choose Pear
We understand your economics
Our founders built and ran consulting firms. We know the bench problem, the feast-or-famine cycles, the procurement friction. Pear is designed around your reality.
Talent quality you can trust
Every consultant on Pear is vetted - ex-top-tier credentials, human-confirmed referrals, structured feedback from past engagements. No surprises.
Procurement heavy lifting done
Use Pear's vendor-of-record status to bypass lengthy client onboarding. Or pass through your own contracts - we support both.
Unbiased
Pear is the unbiased orchestrator. We start from the client's problem and work backwards from that. Keep allocation rationale transparent, with governance and audit trails to ensure the best-fit consulting firm gets the job.
Ecosystem that compounds
The more you engage, the more value you unlock - better matches, more referral credits, stronger benchmarking data, deeper network effects.
Don't just take our word for it
"I had a unique situation of staffing a consultant for an Uzbek telco strategy project. Pear found me the perfect fit - an ex-BCG, ex-Telstra consultant from Uzbekistan!"
"I had spoken to so many AI consultants via recruiters before coming to Pear! They got it right on the first time - these guys know what they are doing."
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about partnering with Pear.
Pear partners with top-tier consulting firms and boutique consulting firms whose founders are ex-top-tier management consultants. We focus on firms with deep expertise in strategy, transformation, operations, and digital - not generalist staffing agencies.
Pricing is transparent and shared upfront. Depending on how you engage Pear (talent augmentation, qualified opportunities, referral flows), fees are structured as clear platform and success components. The more you use Pear, the better the economics for you. And our mark-up on talent is 50-75% lower than what competitors to ensure the project economics always work for you and your clients.
If you bring a client to Pear and another consulting firm or independent consultant wins work within 12 months, you earn a percentage of the fees per client per year. Credits are tracked automatically and visible to all parties.
Structured checkpoints at kick-off, mid-point, and close-out that verify scope clarity, deliverable quality, and stakeholder alignment. It adds credibility with clients and catches issues early. Helps you minimise scope creep and maximise impact.
Yes. You can use Pear's vendor-of-record rails or pass through your own contracting. We support both approaches depending on client procurement requirements.
Couldn't find the answer to your question? Email us at hello@pear.it.com and we will get back to you within 24 hours.