What companies say about their time to hire on cord

September 8, 2026
Time to hire is where most companies notice the difference first. Here is what 25 of them said about how quickly they filled roles.
“Our average time to hire on cord is 18 days, from top of funnel to contract signed.”
Mert Amcaoglu, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Bark · Read the story
“The time to hire on the roles filled through cord is 26 days.”
Nick Mortimer, Talent Lead, Legal 500 · Read the story
“Our average time to hire is about 25 days across the board.”
Luke Victor, Talent Lead, Cleo · Read the story
“We closed a very niche senior data engineer role with cord in 30 days, which is very good for a role that senior.”
Maisa Mattedi, Tech Talent Partner, Panaseer · Read the story
“The time to hire for both of those was less than 30 days.”
Gurveen Chana, Talent & Wellbeing Lead, Aqovia UK · Read the story
“He went all the way through to the end and we hired him after two and a half weeks, which is super fast.”
Melissa Nickerson, Senior Operations Manager, Confiant · Read the story
“Nine times out of ten you get a response, certainly within 24 hours, sometimes within the hour.”
Mario Campbell, Senior Tech Recruiter, Playtech · Read the story
“Normally if you message someone they'll respond within a day, often within 15 to 20 minutes, so you can get conversations started really quickly.”
Tim Threshie, Principle Talent Partner, Amido · Read the story
“I don't normally get a response later than 24 hours from these candidates.”
Daryl Benson, Senior Talent Manager, FanDuel · Read the story
“The ones that are going to respond will do so within 48 hours, usually within 24.”
Lucy Devine, People and Community Lead, tiney · Read the story
“We tend to get responses within 24 hours.”
Frøya Fuglestad, Lead Talent Acquisition Partner, RVU (Uswitch.com, Money.co.uk, Confused.com, Tempcover) · Read the story
“I would describe cord as a speed dating platform with candidates.”
Diana Rodriguez, Talent Acquisition Manager, Slalom · Read the story
“Typically, working with cord it's much quicker to find suitable candidates for the roles we're advertising.”
Matt De'Ath, Head of Engineering, wi-Q · Read the story
“People tend to respond really quickly on cord, which speeds up the process for us.”
Finy Jochems, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, Mars · Read the story
“What's really important to us is the time to hire, which cord has really helped with.”
Becca Stevens, Talent, Hook · Read the story
“We can get conversations happening very quickly, and get our pipelines moving much quicker than more traditional routes.”
Brad Coombes, Talent Lead, MyTutor · Read the story
“I can work out very quickly whether that's someone I want to speak to.”
Gordon Ashworth, COO and Co-Founder, SalesDesk · Read the story
“It's then really quick and easy to set up that initial call.”
Luke Stepney, Head of Talent, Octopus Money · Read the story
“The ability to have a cost-effective platform that's so fast and efficient was really refreshing.”
Lloyd Major, Founder & CEO, Halo Solutions Ltd · Read the story
“We became far too reliant on agencies to speed that process up, and an agency comes with a fee for each hire. With cord you pay a yearly amount and make your hires within that.”
Hannah Rigby, HR and Talent Acquisition Manager, Fruugo · Read the story
“We try to make that entire process and experience really smooth and really fast.”
Sanjeev Ponnapula, Technical Lead, Zinc · Read the story
“The candidates coming through have the right depth of skill sets, and we can quickly evaluate and screen that.”
Duncan McKay, CEO & Founder, Aistetic · Read the story
“You can give people clear feedback while also being quick.”
Franklin Harinck, Corporate Recruiter, Payter · Read the story
“cord minimises the number of actions I have to take to be in contact with qualified candidates.”
Pierre Portejoie, Front End Lead, Surfe · Read the story
“Average time to hire on cord sits really quick, because of the communication.”
George Durchov, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Global Relay · Read the story