cord
5 direct hires and upgrading our response rate to 54%
"cord makes our life easier by giving us people that are active and responsive"
5
direct hires made through cord54%
positive response rate from Engineerscord usage
5 direct hires
21 positions
6 users
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About IntellectEU
IntellectEU is an international technology company focused on digital finance and emerging technologies. Since 2006 they have been focused on financial messaging and integration, being a SWIFT service partner. Building on their rich experience in financial services and technology, they founded their DLT and blockchain tribe in 2014.
View websiteView cord profileToday, they’re working with all leading blockchain providers (R3Corda, DAML, Hyperledger, VMWare, IBM) in the banking, insurance, capital markets, and telco space.
Our Goal
We joined cord to help us hire quality people for our Senior Engineering positions
Our Situation
Slow with Seniors
Traditionally we’ve used Linkedin to look for people, and although hiring for any position is a challenge, we’d find it particularly difficult when looking for more Senior Engineers. Often the people we find are not ready to switch roles. We needed a tool that would help us identify and contact relevant people for our harder-to-hire roles.
Using cord
Active people, clear profiles
On cord, Engineers are active and ready to switch roles - we can even see whether they were recently logged in to cord, which improves the likelihood of us getting a positive response back from our outreach. As well as being able to see whether someone is active, we are easily able to see key indicators of whether they might be a good fit for us like primary and secondary technical skills, salary expectations, previous experience and seniority level. These easily viewable make the initial stage of sourcing simple.
Fast and responsive
Once we’ve found someone that matches what we’re looking for, we can quickly reach out using a pre-built message template - we usually get a 54% response rate to our outbound messages which is much higher than we’ve been used to on Linkedin. We also get people reaching out to us directly which removes any searching needed on our part. The quick nature of cord and the speed of response we get from engineers has allowed us to get people through our hiring process in 3-4 weeks.
Passive, upgraded
Even though the majority of people we speak to on cord are active and ready to switch roles, we do still decide to include passive people in our search. We’ve found that even the passive pool of people on cord are much more responsive than people who are passive on Linkedin. This has opened up the opportunity for us to be really specific with who we’re searching for, so that we can find the perfect person.