Proptech Startup

Role:

Chief Operations Officer

THE CHALLENGE

The CEO posted the position on LinkedIn himself and received over 300 applicants in the first week alone.  While initially excited with this volume, he would come to realize that applications are not necessarily congruent with qualified candidates.  

The hiring manager hand-selected 100 of the applicants for interview, he realized a sizeable portion of those applicants never responded to his outreach, and even the ones he did contact were not a match for the position.  After a week of interviewing the applicant talent pool, there were zero viable candidates.

OUR SOLUTION

SSC did a thorough intake ascertaining precise requirements this founder was seeking in their COO for this startup.  The search team professionally headhunted 90 candidates who appeared to have the ideal experience yielding a highly qualified shortlist of 5 candidates within 2 weeks.  The CEO ultimately narrowed the shortlist down to 2 finalists and stated he could have hired either candidate for the COO position.  Time to fill by SSC was 21 days.

“I mistakenly thought that 300 applicants via LinkedIn meant I would have 10 strong candidates to choose from. I now truly appreciate the value your firm’s headhunting approach provides to ensure my time is spent with a fully vetted shortlist of talent.”

— CEO/EIR, Stealth Proptech Startup