Candidate insights
Data-led insights on candidate behaviour and preferences when looking for work
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Candidate insights
Retention & attraction: what motivates candidates to leave and join your business
Advice from surveying 1,100 experienced candidates on why they're leaving their current role, and what they're looking for in potential employers

Candidate insights
How top companies build an award-winning candidate experience
A Q&A with cord’s Hiring Awards winners on overcoming the challenges of building an exceptional candidate experience, the most effective initiatives they’ve implemented, and actionable advice for any company to follow.

Candidate insights
Large-Company Spotlight: Building an award-winning candidate experience
A Q&A with cord’s Hiring Awards winners on overcoming the challenges of building an exceptional candidate experience, the most effective initiatives they’ve implemented, and actionable advice for any company to follow.

Candidate insights
Scale up Spotlight: Building an award-winning candidate experience
A Q&A with cord’s Hiring Awards winners on overcoming the challenges of building an exceptional candidate experience, the most effective initiatives they’ve implemented, and actionable advice for any company to follow.

Candidate insights
Start up spotlight: Building an award-winning candidate experience
A Q&A with cord’s Hiring Awards winners on overcoming the challenges of building an exceptional candidate experience, the most effective initiatives they’ve implemented, and actionable advice for any company to follow.

Candidate insights
How offering remote working increases your chances of hiring
An analysis of the gap between remote positions on offer and the remote working demand from candidates, and how this can help your hiring process.

Candidate insights
Engineer interviews: Building a process that attracts great candidates
Lessons from over 300 engineers on how to reduce your interview drop-out rate

Candidate insights
The sourcing playbook: Lessons from 20,000+ outreach messages
Data-led insights on the behaviours that lead to the highest response rates from sourcing messages