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How cord helped me make 10 hires during lockdown
"You're speaking to the right people at the right time, and because of that candidates are so much more responsive, so much more engaged. I have to send 10x fewer reach-outs compared to other platforms."
10
direct hires made53%
positive response ratecord usage
10 direct hires
389 people sourced
20 positions
11 users
Greater London
About Perlego
Perlego is building the ‘Spotify’ of Textbooks. They are making learning much more affordable, and accessible for students and employees alike by taking on the mission of building a learning eBook subscription service that gives users unlimited access to over 450,000+ professional and academic titles, for less than the price of a single book.
With global expansion, a brand new office space, modern Tech Stack and their latest funding round closed, they're looking for multiple new hires on cord to come and join them on their journey.
Our Goal
We wanted to continue scaling our Engineering Teams during COVID-19.
Our Situation
Doing it all
I joined Perlego early in the year with the responsibility of doing all of the companies hiring - during a global pandemic. Thankfully, cord was already being used by our CTO and VP of Engineering, who were big fans of it. Continuing to use cord as part of my hiring process, I was able to make 10 hires throughout lockdown.
Using cord
High calibre, responsive candidates
You're speaking to the right people at the right time, and because of that candidates are so much more responsive, so much more engaged. I have to send 10x fewer reach-outs compared to other platforms. By having access to high-calibre, active candidates where I know that every other message will result in an interest in Perlego, my life is made so much easier.
From Novice to Recruiter in 15 minutes
It levels the playing field massively. cord allows someone that's not technical, who might not be familiar with boolean searches or x-ray searches, all the tools that recruiters use - to have a foolproof recruitment tool. It's super intuitive, you can pick it up from never having used it before to being a Recruiter in 15 minutes. Anyone who's used a computer and the internet will be able to pick it up very very quickly.