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How TechCorp Scaled from 10 to 50 Employees in 6 Months

Alex Mercer

Expert Author

Sep 15, 2024

Published

How TechCorp Scaled from 10 to 50 Employees in 6 Months

When TechCorp closed their $5M Seed round, they knew they had to move fast. They needed to hire 40 engineers, product managers, and marketers within six months. The problem? They had zero recruiters on staff.

The Challenge

Initially, the CEO and CTO were reviewing resumes manually from a shared inbox. They were losing exceptional candidates simply because they couldn't respond fast enough. "We were drowning," said Sarah Jenkins, CEO. "We'd find a great backend engineer, but it would take us six days to schedule a screen. By then, they already had another offer."

The Solution

TechCorp deployed an integrated ATS and Recruiting CRM to completely overhaul their workflow:

Automated Kanban Pipelines: They built custom stages for Engineering vs. Sales roles.

Instant Self-Scheduling: Candidates who passed the initial resume screen instantly received an automated email with a Calendly-style link to book time directly with the CTO.

Scorecards: Interviewers were required to submit standardized feedback forms within 24 hours of an interview or their Slack would be continually pinged by a bot.

The Results

TechCorp hit their 50-person headcount target a month ahead of schedule. More impressively:

Time-to-hire plummeted from 42 days to 18 days.

Cost-per-hire was reduced by 60% because they didn't need to retain outside staffing agencies.

Candidate NPS hit 92, with applicants consistently praising how swift and respectful the process was.

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