cord
2 hires and £20k in savings
"cord was recommended to me by a friend who hired most of his team using it"
£20,000
saved compared to hiring with recruitment agencies2
direct hires made through cordcord usage
2 direct hires
69 people sourced
2 positions
3 users
Berlin
About OpenSC
Co-founded by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) and BCG Digital Ventures, OpenSC is a social impact venture headquartered in Sydney. We are on a mission to create technology-enabled transparency for the benefit of the planet and the people that live on it. OpenSC is a certified B Corp.
OpenSC solutions help companies VERIFY claims about sustainable and ethical production in an automated, continuous, and data-backed way. To realise the value this creates, we TRACE products along the supply chain, and SHARE their story with consumers and business partners.
View websiteView cord profileOur Goal
We needed a tool that would help us find and message quality engineers without the hiring fees attributed to recruitment agencies.
Our Situation
Trying to find software engineers has been difficult for us for quite some time, we’d get inbound applications from people but the quality of candidates responding to our job ads wasn’t very good, it felt like we were receiving a lot of ‘fire and forget’ applications from people who weren’t necessarily relevant to the company. We didn’t hire anyone through LinkedIn.
Using cord
Active, Quality Engineers
cord’s search functionality is helpful to find relevant candidates. The built-in product features helped build specific streams for each of our roles. By using the different filters at hand, such as primary and secondary skills, work eligibility and salary expectations, we were able to target the right candidates which seemed to be a good fit for us at OpenSC. We also received inbound messages from candidates with quality profiles and who were seeking a purpose-led company like OpenSC. This was great for us as it is extremely important for us to hire people who are connected to our mission and really care about what we’re trying to do as a company.
Success automated
I found cord’s email updates featuring new Engineers that have just signed up really useful. Messaging people that match our requirements when they’ve just joined cord is beneficial as it increases the likelihood of us getting a positive response back as they’re actively looking for their next role. When I’ve found someone I want to message, I can send a templated message with an automated follow-up in just a few clicks.
Fair pricing
The cost of a recruiter is quite high whereas we pay a fixed subscription price on cord which is not proportional to an engineer’s annual salary, allowing us to reduce the cost of hiring and make multiple hires directly. The difference in cost is substantial.