cord
5 hires made and response rate increased to 60%
"We have made 5 hires from cord"
5
direct hires made60%
positive response rate from Engineerscord usage
5 direct hires
15 positions
6 users
Greater London
About Radically Digital
Radically Digital are a born-digital Tech Consultancy empowering companies to scale and overcome challenges. With offices in London and Lisbon, their mission is to utilise their enterprise-level expertise gained from solving challenges at global organisations to empower startup&scale-up founders in designing and engineering powerful digital products.
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We had a lot of new projects come in so we needed to build Engineering teams very quickly
Our Situation
Ramping up
Last year, we faced a significant challenge in ramping up our teams quickly due to an influx of new projects. We found that using LinkedIn to recruit was not as effective as we had hoped. The platform's excessive messaging often resulted in low response rates, and it was challenging to grab the attention of Engineers who were not actively looking for new opportunities. Additionally, we encountered difficulty finding suitable Engineers because many people on LinkedIn claimed proficiency in multiple programming languages, but in reality, they lacked the required skills for most of them. These challenges made the recruitment process more time-consuming and frustrating.
Using cord
Effortless routine
Insight and interest before interviews
Effective outreach
Filtering for success
I developed a routine of logging in every morning to check my messages. I made sure to respond quickly to Engineers I was interested in pursuing and decline those who weren't a good fit for our company. It was effortless to see all the messages I had received overnight and all the new Engineers who had entered my streams. It was easy and efficient to book Engineers for interviews and move them forward through the hiring pipeline. This streamlined process helped us to identify top Engineers quickly, move them through the recruitment process, and ultimately make hiring decisions in a timely manner.
Insight and interest before interviews
Engineers who use cord are active and engaged. They have the ability to view our company profile before messaging us, which means that they are already interested in our company and have some understanding of what we are all about even before the first interview. This is a significant advantage because it enables us to focus on building a relationship with the Engineers and assessing their suitability for the role, rather than spending time introducing our company and explaining what we do. By having access to our company profile, Engineers already have great insight into what we are looking for and what we can offer them. This helps to streamline the recruitment process and ensures that we are attracting Engineers who are genuinely interested in our company and the opportunities that we have to offer.
Effective outreach
cord's message templates proved to be a highly efficient tool for me during recruitment. I was able to send out approved outreach messages in bulk, saving me valuable time and streamlining my communication with potential hires. The templates were customisable, allowing me to personalise each message with the Engineer’s information from their profile, such as their name, tech stack, and previous experience. This personalised touch made a significant difference, leading to a higher response rate compared to using blanket catch-all messages. The message templates helped me quicken and improve my outreach, while still ensuring that I was able to include essential business acumen in each communication.
Filtering for success
cord's filtering system has been a game-changer for me in finding relevant talent. With the ability to search and filter Engineers by the skill set we hire for (TypeScript), we could build streams containing only Engineers highly trained in TypeScript. By having access to a plethora of quality Engineers we streamlined our recruitment process and hired qualified Engineers quickly. On cord, it's easy to categorise Engineers based on their skill sets, which is especially helpful because, on other tools, people tend to overstate their experience. With cord, I can easily see what an Engineer considers their primary and secondary skills, and understand where their strengths and passions lie. The Engineer profiles on cord provide lots of relevant information, making it easy to see if they're looking for hybrid or remote work, where they're based, what salary they're expecting, and what their previous experience is. Additionally, I can see some of their main interests, which helps me determine if what we can offer at Radically Digital aligns with what they're seeking. This information has been critical in making the best hires.