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Highlighted company: Engine by Starling
£120,000 to £140,000 in the advert, a 100% response rate, and 429 conversations started by a team of two.

Time to hire: cord vs recruitment agencies
A recruitment agency quotes 4 to 8 weeks to fill an engineering role. Most of those weeks are interviews the hiring team runs itself.

Applications per hire: cord vs job boards
A general job board brings in hundreds of applications for a tech role. Across the industry, about one applicant in 200 gets hired.

Time to hire: cord vs LinkedIn Recruiter
LinkedIn Recruiter finds engineers quickly. At a 5% reply rate in software, getting enough of them to answer is what takes the time.

Highlighted company: Haven
A fully remote Lead Engineer role at £90,000 to £120,000, and 967 conversations started by one recruiter.

Highlighted company: Thought Machine
The most messaged role on cord, a 100% response rate, and a recruitment team that has been on cord since 2017.
Company spotlight

Highlighted company: Engine by Starling
£120,000 to £140,000 in the advert, a 100% response rate, and 429 conversations started by a team of two.

Highlighted company: Haven
A fully remote Lead Engineer role at £90,000 to £120,000, and 967 conversations started by one recruiter.

Highlighted company: Thought Machine
The most messaged role on cord, a 100% response rate, and a recruitment team that has been on cord since 2017.

Highlighted company: Bauer Media Outdoor
Five live roles, five published salary bands, and 338 conversations with engineers since February.

Highlighted company: Dunelm
One recruiter, 1,280 conversations, and a median first reply of 18 hours.

What companies say about their time to hire on cord
Twenty-five companies on how long it actually took them to fill a role.
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