[AlexeyMK]

Interesting! This is similar to what we're working on at threesat.com, though focusing on new grads. I'm an engineer myself, so the "advice" part is covered.

My intuition is, you still have to charge companies rather than talent for the service on a contingency basis, because the model is established and because as a candidate the market is strongly enough on my side that this approach works.

Curious to see how you do, though. There's definitely more room to take a cut from the talent side if they're working as consultants/contractors, a la 10xmanagement.com.