The best IT candidates are a bit like smashed avo on a Sunday morning: if you hesitate, it is gone. 🥑 Strong people usually have several conversations going at once, and the first good offer often wins.
Where hiring time disappears
- Waiting for a hiring manager to review CVs
- Scheduling interviews across busy diaries
- Extra rounds “just to be sure”
- Approvals for the offer
- Feedback that takes a week to arrive
A 10-day hiring plan
- Day 0: brief agreed, interview slots blocked in diaries
- Days 1 to 2: first vetted profiles received and reviewed within 24 hours
- Days 3 to 5: first interviews, with feedback the same or next day
- Days 6 to 8: final interview or technical assessment, references started in parallel
- Days 9 to 10: verbal offer, written offer the same day
Speed without cutting corners
- Pre-approve the budget so offers do not wait for sign-off
- Use structured scorecards so decisions are quicker and fairer
- Run references and checks in parallel, not after the offer
- Combine rounds where you can, for example technical plus team fit
👉 Our process is built around this timeline: first profiles in 24 to 48 hours, shortlisting in 2 to 4 days, offer and onboarding in 1 to 3 weeks. Start a search.
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