What companies say about candidate quality on cord

September 8, 2026
Quality is the thing companies on cord bring up most. Rather than take our word for it, here is what 25 of them said about the people they hired.
“At least 90% of the candidates that show up after a search fit perfectly for the role.”
Magda Puczyńska, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Vonage · Read the story
“The people that come from cord always tend to be a lot more relevant than the people that come from LinkedIn.”
Mark Mckeeganey, Talent Acquisition Manager, Insurwave · Read the story
“Compared to traditional recruiting methods like LinkedIn or recruiters, the quality of candidates is just top class.”
Marc Stolz, COO, Olvin · Read the story
“On candidate quality, it's the best that we have.”
Tom Miller, Talent and People Lead, Learn Amp · Read the story
“The calibre of candidates on cord has really stood out.”
Rob Curley, Head of People, Atomic · Read the story
“What I like about cord is you can screen for quality yourself.”
James Stonehill, Co-Founder & CTO, Clerq · Read the story
“We've got better quality candidates set up more quickly with cord.”
Matthew Brown, Chief Technology Officer, Arthur · Read the story
“As soon as we got on cord my candidate pool increased, and these were all the right people.”
Gabrielle Coriolan, HR & Office Manager, Searchland · Read the story
“Our priority was speed and quality, and cord facilitated that.”
Luke Stepney, Head of Talent, Octopus Money · Read the story
“I've recommended cord for the access to active job seekers, the ease of filtering, and the quality of candidates on the platform.”
Noam Cohen-Brener, CTO, Tendable · Read the story
“Right now this is a really untapped channel, which is why we're able to find a much greater proportion of quality people.”
Josh Treon, Founder & CEO, Nomio · Read the story
“We were really impressed with the quality of candidates that we saw.”
Sophie Holt, Global Strategy Director, Explori · Read the story
“Quality of candidates on cord has been excellent.”
Nikki George, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor, Mott MacDonald · Read the story
“I find there are a large number of high quality candidates on cord.”
Douglas Lindsay, Director of Engineering, Two · Read the story
“As a cord user of pretty much a decade, I knew exactly what we'd be able to get: vetted, strong candidates who are responsive.”
Nick Mortimer, Talent Lead, Legal 500 · Read the story
“The quality of all of the candidates we interviewed through cord turned out to be great.”
Diego Susa, Head of Engineering, Unleash · Read the story
“The quality is very high. It made a real difference, and made us more confident we'd find the right person on cord.”
Vicky Webster-Garvey, Customer Success Lead, SEOTesting.com · Read the story
“The quality of candidates that have come to us and applied for jobs through cord has been so high.”
Jack Bailey, Talent Sourcing Specialist, Jet2.com · Read the story
“One of the reasons we wanted to use cord was the high quality of candidates we were looking for.”
Casey Walker, Head of Talent Branding, Contino · Read the story
“There are so many active candidates on cord that you get lots of good responses really quickly from high quality candidates.”
Jake Pedlingham, Tech & Product Talent Acquisition Partner, Currencycloud · Read the story
“In terms of price point and candidate quality, you smashed it.”
Channy Limbu, Head of Talent & People, Flexciton · Read the story
“The main thing is the quality of the candidates.”
Chloe Hawker, Recruitment Partner - Technology, Allica Bank · Read the story
“Our experience on cord has been really strong.”
Duncan McKay, CEO & Founder, Aistetic · Read the story
“We can see what kind of talent is out there, and how many people there are on cord looking for a specific role.”
Jimmy Rushworth, Head of Digital Transformation, Thrive Tribe · Read the story
“There has to be a focus on quality over quantity.”
Jack Adkins, Talent Acquisition Manager, 10x Banking · Read the story