Win more work. Find talent. Monetise your bench.
Get qualified project leads, contract top-tier consultants at the lowest markups in market, temporarily staff unutilised resources on Pear projects, compare your fees with others
Four ways to work with Pear
Staff your projects
When you need to augment your team, our ex-MBB team taps our vetted network to find the best experience, capability, and culture fit - then delivers a sharp shortlist to review.
- Shortlist in 48 hours (prepared by ex-consultants)
- 4-week risk guarantee – if the fit isn't right we swap out and waive our margin for that period
- Pricing that improves as you use Pear more (volume rebates)
Win new work
We route qualified leads to the right-fit consulting firms based on their expertise and experience.
- Highly qualified opportunities matched to your firm
- Structured RFPs with clear scope
- Get consultants with no Pear markup if you win the job
Monetise your bench
Temporarily make your under-utilised consultants available for staffing on Pear projects and reduce bench fixed cost risk
- Toggle availability at your convenience
- Vet the opportunity before committing
- Set your terms and boundaries
Monetise your network
Refer a client/ project to the Pear ecosystem. When that client engages support through Pear, you earn referral credits.
- A percentage of referred project fees
- Transparent ledger visible to all parties
- Automatically tracked
Why we built Pear this way
The consulting firm growth trap
Bench economics don't scale
To scale, firms hire ahead of demand – and utilisation swings hit margin fast.
Quality talent takes too long to find
When a client says "start Monday," you're stuck sifting through a long CV list from a recruiter, or cold-calling your network – slow and painful.
Real leads take time to generate and convert
Even great firms spend disproportionate time on BD: pitching, follow-ups, and chasing unclear briefs.
Procurement friction kills momentum and profitability
Each new client triggers procurement onboarding and vendor setup - weeks of investment before work starts.
Your network is only monetisable by you
Your client needs more help, but you're not the right fit—stretch and risk your reputation, pass and lose the relationship, or refer out and get nothing back?
The operating system for modern consulting firms
More (and better) leads
Pear captures client problems, constraints, and decision criteria upfront; then routes qualified 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 any of our clients or another consulting firm and get paid for it.
You get: Higher utilisation rates for your in-house 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 more time spent on what's important.
No client 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: The right to "sell-with" and "deliver-with".
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.
Fees benchmarks
See how your rates, win rates, and client satisfaction compare to anonymised market benchmarks. Data to inform your positioning.
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 or 'randoms'.
Procurement heavy lifting done
Use Pear's existing MSAs with clients to bypass lengthy client onboarding. Or pass through your own MSAs/ contracts - we support both.
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.