The 6-module internal AI certification
Most firms send you a resume and hope the person keeps up with how work is changing. Opus certifies it first. Before any candidate is placed, they complete a 6-module internal certification built around one outcome: fluency working with AI tools in their actual role, not familiarity in theory.
Every Opus placement completes a 6-module internal AI certification before day one.
That certification sits on top of the vetting, not instead of it. Candidates first pass Opus’s 8-layer vetting process, which has screened more than 500 candidates, and only then move into the certification. You meet three finalists, all of them already vetted and certified.
A dedicated team member, not a freelancer handoff
Many talent marketplaces connect you with a freelancer and step away. Opus does the opposite. It manages each placement long term and covers local payroll, compliance, and benefits in one flat monthly rate, so your hire is a dedicated, full-time member of your team rather than a contractor juggling clients. That structure is the foundation of the 97% one-year retention rate and of the lifetime replacement guarantee that backs every placement.
- One dedicated person. Your hire works your hours, with US timezone overlap, and works only for you.
- No payroll admin. Opus handles payroll and labor compliance in the hire’s home country.
- Aligned incentives. Opus gets paid when the hire works out, which is why the replacement guarantee has no cap and no time limit.
The numbers behind the model
- 14 days average placement, first call to onboarded
- 97% of placements still in the role after one year
- 325+ companies have hired through Opus
- 6 modules in the internal AI certification
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