The relationship that Kandidate has with the companies is so strong and so close that the whole process is streamlined, engaging and really quick. I was really pleased to be part of Decoded and hired for the amazing new role.
Tess, Head of Mentorship at Decoded
What I enjoyed most was communication with my Talent Partner. She always responded promptly when I reached out to her or followed up on our calls. This helps to put candidates at ease during the recruitment process.
Sophie, People Manager at PayFit
The job search with Kandidate was pleasant and productive leading to later stage interviews quickly. My Talent Partners were highly professional and took the time to understand why I was interested in certain roles, which helped find the role I was eventually hired for.
Thomas, CX Sales Coordinator
Dann signed up looking for a tech sales job, and was hired by Stuart as Business Development Manager.
Alasdair signed up looking for a tech operations job, and was hired by Uber as Operations Manager.
Lucinda signed up looking for a startup marketing job, and was hired by Pusher as Content Manager.
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We're a diverse group of experts with years of recruitment experience for the UK's top VC-backed startups and high growth companies.
3x Founder with 2 exits. Hired 40+ people as a General Manager at OneFineStay & Rocket Internet, before founding Kandidate. Head of Talent across multiple clients.
Krista comes from a background in media sales having worked on magazine titles like Elle and Harper’s Bazaar in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Rebecca has most recently worked onsite at Cleo and iTech Media and before this worked for 5 years in Silicon Valley at Yelp as their senior technical recruiter.
Katariina previously worked in the charity/social enterprise sector, and in her spare time still spends a few hours a week supporting an international human rights association.
Giorgio has placed 30+ candidates in 25+ FinTech and AI startups in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, and London. His specialties are Senior Sales and Customer Success roles.
John has previously worked for 10 years building his own brands and teams in fashion. He entered Kandidate with lots of experience on the client side of the hiring process and with an enthusiastic curiosity for the tech startup landscape.
Stina has helped 50+ candidates find jobs in dozens of tech startups in London, France, Germany and New York. She specialises in Marketing, Sales and Customer Success.
Sofiane has placed 30+ candidates at some of the most exciting London startups such as Perkbox, Ubeeqo or Healthy.io to name a few. He specialises in revenue-generating roles including SDRs, BDMs and Account Executives.
3x Founder with 2 exits. Hired 40+ people as a General Manager at OneFineStay & Rocket Internet, before founding Kandidate. Head of Talent across multiple clients.
Krista comes from a background in media sales having worked on magazine titles like Elle and Harper’s Bazaar in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Rebecca has most recently worked onsite at Cleo and iTech Media and before this worked for 5 years in Silicon Valley at Yelp as their senior technical recruiter.
Katariina previously worked in the charity/social enterprise sector, and in her spare time still spends a few hours a week supporting an international human rights association.
Giorgio has placed 30+ candidates in 25+ FinTech and AI startups in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, and London. His specialties are Senior Sales and Customer Success roles.
John has previously worked for 10 years building his own brands and teams in fashion. He entered Kandidate with lots of experience on the client side of the hiring process and with an enthusiastic curiosity for the tech startup landscape.
Stina has helped 50+ candidates find jobs in dozens of tech startups in London, France, Germany and New York. She specialises in Marketing, Sales and Customer Success.
Sofiane has placed 30+ candidates at some of the most exciting London startups such as Perkbox, Ubeeqo or Healthy.io to name a few. He specialises in revenue-generating roles including SDRs, BDMs and Account Executives.
3x Founder with 2 exits. Hired 40+ people as a General Manager at OneFineStay & Rocket Internet, before founding Kandidate. Head of Talent across multiple clients.
Krista comes from a background in media sales having worked on magazine titles like Elle and Harper’s Bazaar in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Rebecca has most recently worked onsite at Cleo and iTech Media and before this worked for 5 years in Silicon Valley at Yelp as their senior technical recruiter.
Katariina previously worked in the charity/social enterprise sector, and in her spare time still spends a few hours a week supporting an international human rights association.
Giorgio has placed 30+ candidates in 25+ FinTech and AI startups in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, and London. His specialties are Senior Sales and Customer Success roles.
John has previously worked for 10 years building his own brands and teams in fashion. He entered Kandidate with lots of experience on the client side of the hiring process and with an enthusiastic curiosity for the tech startup landscape.
Stina has helped 50+ candidates find jobs in dozens of tech startups in London, France, Germany and New York. She specialises in Marketing, Sales and Customer Success.
Sofiane has placed 30+ candidates at some of the most exciting London startups such as Perkbox, Ubeeqo or Healthy.io to name a few. He specialises in revenue-generating roles including SDRs, BDMs and Account Executives.
3x Founder with 2 exits. Hired 40+ people as a General Manager at OneFineStay & Rocket Internet, before founding Kandidate. Head of Talent across multiple clients.
Krista comes from a background in media sales having worked on magazine titles like Elle and Harper’s Bazaar in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Rebecca has most recently worked onsite at Cleo and iTech Media and before this worked for 5 years in Silicon Valley at Yelp as their senior technical recruiter.
Katariina previously worked in the charity/social enterprise sector, and in her spare time still spends a few hours a week supporting an international human rights association.
Giorgio has placed 30+ candidates in 25+ FinTech and AI startups in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, and London. His specialties are Senior Sales and Customer Success roles.
John has previously worked for 10 years building his own brands and teams in fashion. He entered Kandidate with lots of experience on the client side of the hiring process and with an enthusiastic curiosity for the tech startup landscape.
Stina has helped 50+ candidates find jobs in dozens of tech startups in London, France, Germany and New York. She specialises in Marketing, Sales and Customer Success.
Sofiane has placed 30+ candidates at some of the most exciting London startups such as Perkbox, Ubeeqo or Healthy.io to name a few. He specialises in revenue-generating roles including SDRs, BDMs and Account Executives.
3x Founder with 2 exits. Hired 40+ people as a General Manager at OneFineStay & Rocket Internet, before founding Kandidate. Head of Talent across multiple clients.
Krista comes from a background in media sales having worked on magazine titles like Elle and Harper’s Bazaar in both Melbourne and Sydney.
Rebecca has most recently worked onsite at Cleo and iTech Media and before this worked for 5 years in Silicon Valley at Yelp as their senior technical recruiter.
Katariina previously worked in the charity/social enterprise sector, and in her spare time still spends a few hours a week supporting an international human rights association.
Giorgio has placed 30+ candidates in 25+ FinTech and AI startups in Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, and London. His specialties are Senior Sales and Customer Success roles.
John has previously worked for 10 years building his own brands and teams in fashion. He entered Kandidate with lots of experience on the client side of the hiring process and with an enthusiastic curiosity for the tech startup landscape.
Stina has helped 50+ candidates find jobs in dozens of tech startups in London, France, Germany and New York. She specialises in Marketing, Sales and Customer Success.
Sofiane has placed 30+ candidates at some of the most exciting London startups such as Perkbox, Ubeeqo or Healthy.io to name a few. He specialises in revenue-generating roles including SDRs, BDMs and Account Executives.
Kandidate is a curated talent matching platform, as opposed to an agency. Here are some key differences:
1. We offer complete transparency and provide job, company and salary details upfront. We don’t hide information from candidates or try to trick you into interviewing for a subpar role.
2. We have a wider network of partnering startups than agencies, meaning you have a higher chance of getting matched with a job through Kandidate. This is because we charge 2-3x less than agencies do and therefore attract startups that do not typically work with agencies.
3. We believe recruitment is about matching, not selling. We don’t employ any salespeople and never cold call. Instead, we use machine and human intelligence to identify high relevance job matches for our candidate members with 65% accuracy. What this means is that nearly 7 out of 10 interview invites we send out to candidates are accepted.
1. Over 50% of Kandidate candidate members secure an interview within 7 days of expressing interest in a particular job or company, which is considerably faster than with any job board. This is because companies trust the quality of candidates coming from Kandidate more than job board applications.
2. The job discovery experience is much smoother and efficient with Kandidate than on job boards. Our team handpicks high-relevance jobs for you based on your background, experience and preferences. Once we’ve identified a role which we think you’d be interested in, we’ll send an email interview invite that you can click ‘accept’ or ‘decline’. Apply once to Kandidate and you will never have to crawl through job board search results, or manually submit a job application again.
3. Unlike job boards, we only get paid by the company if a Kandidate candidate member gets hired. Cliche as it may be – but we only succeed when you succeed.
Kandidate works exclusively on commercial, non-technical roles for startups. Think Sales jobs, Marketing jobs, Operations jobs and Account Management jobs from Junior to Executive level. The majority of our roles sit within the 1-7 years of experience range.
Currently, we are best suited for candidates with two different backgrounds: those experienced in working at startups or larger tech firms, and those with no more than five years of experience from strategy consulting or investment banking.
Our startups require candidates to be able to work in the UK without sponsorship.
You can, of course, do so, however, we believe you have a higher chance of success by applying as a Kandidate candidate member. Here’s why:
1. Companies receive a high volume of inbound applications of varying quality, which means it will take time before your application reaches the decision-maker. Kandidate candidates are immediately shortlisted to the relevant decision-maker for fast-tracked consideration.
2. We get paid only if you get hired, so we’re financially motivated to optimise on your chances of getting hired. This includes interview prep tips to following up with the company throughout the process, to ensure your application doesn’t get ‘stuck’.
Currently, most of the roles at Kandidate are full-time, so we’re best suited to match candidates who are looking for permanent employment.
Most of the roles we work with are onsite. That said, many of our startups are remote friendly and offer flexible working options.