What companies say about using cord day to day

September 8, 2026
Sourcing on cord takes minutes a day rather than hours a week, and nobody needs training to do it. Here is what 25 companies said about actually using it.
“In total we spent no more than 10 to 15 minutes on cord a day.”
Jack Morrow, Senior Talent Partner, Trayport · Read the story
“On average I spend 10 minutes a day, sometimes a half-hour slot.”
Alistair Britten, Tech Talent Specialist, Marshmallow · Read the story
“We spend 15 to 20 minutes on cord getting out new messages and responding to messages.”
George Morgan, Senior Recruitment Consultant, Airwalk Reply · Read the story
“Typically I'd spend 20 to 30 minutes a day on cord, and realistically you wouldn't need much more than that.”
Nick Mortimer, Talent Acquisition Manager, Troi · Read the story
“I could spend 15 minutes on there a day.”
Jack Bostock, People Operations, Lightricks · Read the story
“It's super intuitive. You can go from never having used cord to being at my level in about 15 to 20 minutes.”
Asil Choudhury, Talent Lead, Perlego · Read the story
“On a day to day basis it is 15 or 20 minutes at the start of the day, which makes it really easy for our team.”
Sam Buss, Tech Talent Lead, Gousto · Read the story
“From an employer perspective, cord is by far the easiest platform to use.”
Rami Kalai, Co-Founder & CEO, Compose · Read the story
“The platform is very intuitive and easy to use, and everyone complimented cord on that.”
Joana Azevedo de Freitas, Recruiting Manager, IntellectEU · Read the story
“cord has decreased the amount of time I need to spend getting interviews set up.”
Matthew Brown, Chief Technology Officer, Arthur · Read the story
“The information people put into cord makes it much easier for us to find the right skill set.”
Steph Wingrove, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, Dexory · Read the story
“All the integration support from the cord staff, the activity of the users, the pre-generated templates, the scheduling tools, all of it in one place and very easy to find.”
Andrius Petkus, Tech Talent Acquisition Specialist, Socios.com · Read the story
“The way cord operates with its streams, and how easy it is to navigate the messaging system, is why it's such a useful platform.”
Jack Lanham, Talent Acquisition Manager, Kingfisher · Read the story
“What's really helped our efficiency on cord is the message templates.”
Luke Stepney, Head of Talent, Octopus Money · Read the story
“I liked being able to create lots of templates, which make it easy to reach out to candidates, as well as the searching functionality.”
Olivia Knoedt, Head of Engineering, OpenSC · Read the story
“You've got active candidates showing up in an easier way than on LinkedIn.”
Magdalena Cieślak, Recruiter, Medidata Solutions · Read the story
“When we are searching on cord I can easily see when someone was last active.”
Shahzad Younas, CEO and Founder, Muzz · Read the story
“I'd strongly recommend cord for the simple reason that you get that human feel.”
Doug Lindsay, Principal Engineer, Two · Read the story
“It was really quick to get that contact backwards and forwards, and booking them in for interviews was really easy.”
Hannah Rigby, HR and Talent Acquisition Manager, Fruugo · Read the story
“When someone came to us, it was quite easy to see whether they were worth considering for that specific role.”
Jack Bailey, Talent Sourcing Specialist, Jet2.com · Read the story
“It was very easy to see all the messages you've received, and then get conversations booked in.”
Felicity Atherton, Talent Partnerships Associate, Radically Digital · Read the story
“It's super clear and easy to use.”
Alys Martin, Head of People, Zappar · Read the story
“Best of all, cord is just an easy way of communicating.”
George Durchov, Talent Acquisition Specialist, Global Relay · Read the story
“I'd recommend cord for efficiency and cost.”
Rob Tominey, CEO, Further · Read the story
“There's definitely big time savings off the back of the AI.”
Rob Curley, Head of People, Atomic · Read the story