What companies say about response rates on cord

September 4, 2026
Response rates on cord run high. Rather than take our word for it, here is what 25 companies said about theirs.
“Our typical response rate on cord is around 57%, which is around 20 to 30% better than our response rate using traditional methods such as LinkedIn.”
George Morgan, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Airwalk Reply · Read the story
“Our response rate on cord was around 50%, that's 50x what we were getting from LinkedIn.”
BK, CEO, airx health · Read the story
“The response rates on cord are around 70%, which compared to other platforms and traditional recruitment methods is phenomenal.”
Casey Walker, Head of Talent Branding, Contino · Read the story
“We tend to be above an 80% response rate on cord.”
Frøya Fuglestad, Lead Talent Acquisition Partner, RVU (Uswitch.com, Money.co.uk, Confused.com, Tempcover) · Read the story
“On cord, we heard back from 75% of the people we reached out to.”
Asha Haji, Co-Founder, Framework · Read the story
“Our response rate is at 90%, which is really great.”
Tim Threshie, Principle Talent Partner, Amido · Read the story
“Our response rate is around the 55% to 60% mark, which is really high.”
Jack Adkins, Talent Acquisition Manager, 10x Banking · Read the story
“Candidates were pre-vetted to be able to work in London, and around 75% of the people I messaged got back to me.”
James Alden, co-founder, Climate Edge · Read the story
“The response rates we typically get from candidates on cord are around 50%.”
Niall Caton, Talent Acquisition Partner, Regulatory Genome Development · Read the story
“Over 50% of people that I've blindly reached out to do respond.”
Eli White, CTO, smarTours · Read the story
“Most of them, probably 80%, responded within a few hours.”
Eirini Chatzidaki, JUXT · Read the story
“Quite often the same day. Everybody we ended up hiring was responding within 48 hours.”
Ryan Fife, Head of R&D, Looper Insights · Read the story
“If I'm reaching out to passive candidates, I get about a 50% response rate.”
Gordon Ashworth, COO and Co-Founder, SalesDesk · Read the story
“We have a response rate of around 41%, which is really promising.”
Hannah Rigby, HR and Talent Acquisition Manager, Fruugo · Read the story
“We're averaging about 75% positive responses to our messages, which compared to other avenues is two, three times as high.”
Luke Victor, Talent Lead, Cleo · Read the story
“We had a positive response rate around 60%.”
Todd Galloway, Head of Product & Digital Production, B Live · Read the story
“We are above 80% in response rates.”
Noam Cohen-Brener, CTO, Tendable · Read the story
“You're normally getting response rates anywhere between two and three hours and 24 hours, which is really good.”
Jake Pedlingham, Tech & Product Talent Acquisition Partner, Currencycloud · Read the story
“On LinkedIn I get a response rate of 10 to 15%, because you never know if they're actually looking. On cord it's around 55%.”
Jacob Tourjeman, Director of People and Operations, Ordaos Bio · Read the story
“The response rate that we get on cord is around 40%, based on the stats that we have seen.”
Kate Edery, HR Director, OpenAsset · Read the story
“I get twice as many replies on cord as I do on LinkedIn.”
Josh Groseclose, Senior Tech Recruiter, Aspiration · Read the story
“It's almost like you're WhatsApping someone. You send a message and 20 minutes later a developer or a product manager replies back.”
Nermin Kadiric, Senior Tech Talent Partner, Healios · Read the story
“On cord, the average response rate tends to be much higher than any other platform we use.”
Oscar Machado, Head of Talent Acquisition, loveholidays · Read the story
“On cord we get the most engagement from candidates of any platform.”
Andrew Winnicki, CTO & Co-founder, Omnevue · Read the story
“The candidates on cord are just a lot more engaged and open to opportunities.”
Dex Kord, Talent Acquisition Manager, Simprints · Read the story