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5 direct hires made and a positive response rate increased to 53%
"Signing up to cord is one of the better decisions we’ve made to grow our team - it pays dividends whenever we make a hire"
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direct hires made53%
positive response ratecord usage
5 direct hires
84 people sourced
6 positions
5 users
Greater London
About Thrive Tribe
Born in 2009, Thrive Tribe works with local communities to promote healthy living, with a core aim of making being healthy rewarding and achievable for all. As they continue to evolve as an organisation, they remain committed to empowering over 1 million people to change their behaviour and thrive.
They deliver award-winning healthy lifestyle and wellbeing programmes throughout the UK that make people happier and healthier, and are currently increasingly making the switch to delivering their services via digital channels.
View websiteView cord profileOur Goal
We needed to hire a lot of tech roles quickly as we were moving more into digital services.
Our Situation
A desire for control
Whenever we tried to hire via sites like LinkedIn and Indeed we found that we were inundated with unqualified speculative applications that, after the first reach out, wouldn’t message us back. The response rates overall were very low. On top of that, we’d get far too many Engineers sent to us via recruiters, meaning we’d have a large volume of CVs to sift through for Engineers which, ultimately, weren’t the right fit for us. It was wasting a lot of time, so we wanted to have more control in the hiring process, and this led us to cord.
Using cord
Simple and effective
With cord, I know I can set up a stream within five minutes, the second we wanted to put another role live. I review new engineers in my streams daily, looking through the profiles of new Engineers that have appeared. There’s a massive volume of varied and high-quality profiles out there, and yet I never feel overwhelmed. Filters like salary banding, location, and primary and secondary technical skills help narrow down my search. It’s easy for me to sift through these tailored Engineers and send out messages to the ones I like the profile of. It’s great to have a tool like this as well as the quality Engineers that come with it at our disposal.
Speeding up the process
cord’s messaging system is my favourite feature of the product. I love how I can get to directly communicating with an Engineer so much quicker than on any other platform. People on cord are actively looking for work, therefore the response times are very fast, which ultimately speeds up the entire hiring process. A direct message can quickly and seamlessly lead to an initial 15-minute screening call, and soon the Engineer is moved further down our pipeline. Being able to communicate with Engineers personally is really important for my hiring process. We want people who will feel at home in Thrive Tribe and who will help contribute to our mission, so it’s about finding that right culture fit with an Engineer, not just a technical skillset fit. I think cord really helps with that as you can get a much better feel for an Engineer through this informal and direct communication system.
Valuable two-sided communication
While the ability to instant message Engineers allows me to be proactive in my outreach, I also find myself receiving many inbound messages from people querying the roles I have live. It’s not purely one-sided, and I think that’s really valuable. 50% of messages are from people I find on a stream and like the profile, but the remaining 50% are from people reaching out to me.