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Applied
Platform for debiased hiring
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Recruitment
- HR
- SaaS
- Social Impact
- Westminster, London, UK
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Company mission
To help organisations create a world where everyone feels a sense of inclusion, equity, and belonging.
Our take
CVs are generally poor indicators of a candidate's future success in a profession and unconscious bias leads to ethnic/racial discrimination in the hiring process. Applied is setting out to solve this problem by providing businesses with recruitment software that streamlines talent acquisition through a data-driven process.
Unlike traditional applicant tracking systems, Applied's software doesn't use AI and instead anonymizes candidates. It then uses proprietary algorithms based on the latest behavioral science research to find suitable candidates for vacancies. By adopting its solution, employers not only fill their vacancies with more suitable candidates, but they reduce the time spent on hiring, obtain a higher retention rate after one year, and create a great candidate experience, overall boosting their brand.
After its latest funding round, Applied plans to allocate resources to enhance its proprietary algorithms, facilitate international expansion, and grow its customer base, all in pursuit of its mission to eliminate biases in the hiring process. With clients such as Pfizer, ASOS, Penguin Random House, and Careys, Applied has already made strides in transforming recruitment practices for notable organizations.
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Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Work from home options
- Retirement benefits
- Wellness programs
- Additional parental leave
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Paid emergency leave
- Extra holiday
- Professional development
- Team social events
- Equipment allowance
Company values
- Create a fairer world: We want to empower the world to achieve higher levels of inclusivity and accessibility so that it underpins decisions from how products are designed to how employees are treated
- Trust is our foundation: Trust is built with feedback, processes, and inclusivity. Trusting others at Applied means amplifying others’ voices and backing their calls. We can’t achieve great social impact without it
- Own and drive change: Our ambition is audacious, so we take on big tasks, move fast, aim high, and continuously grow while we do it. Everyone owns the mission and can make a difference
- Be curious and true to evidence: Investigate beyond the data to find the story and what works. We want to be true to the evidence at hand to make decisions but we aren’t paralysed to take action in the absence of it
- Champion the user: We're changing the world and our users are central to that mission. We have to see the world from their perspective, find blindspots, and innovate for them. After all, they're our heroes
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2020
$3.5m
SEED
Oct 2018
$1.9m
SEED
Total funding: $5.9m
Leadership
Kate Glazebrook
(Co-Founder)Previously Education Policy Officer at UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education and a Research Assistant at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. After founding Applied in 2015, served as CEO until 2020. Alongside now serving as Chair, they are a Venture Partner at Ada Ventures and a Member of the Advisory Board at Tripple.
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Inspiring mission (2)
Opportunities to learn (1)
Autonomy (1)
Meaningful work (1)
Intelligent people (1)
People of all backgrounds are welcomed (1)
The team is varied and comes from incredibly diverse backgrounds- which means everyone is here to learn, develop, and build their skills by getting involved in anything interesting. There's room and encouragement to take initiative, and support to grow into roles that stretch and challenge you.
Product
Opportunities to learn
Jul 2023
Making a fairer world is one of the key values and it's lived every day- from how people treat each other to the big questions around making hiring inclusive, fair, and predictive. It's great to wake up in the morning and go do something that makes the world better for everyone.
Product
Inspiring mission
Jul 2023
The Applied team is diverse and inclusive, smart and hard working- people truly want to make a change in the world and push for better hiring practices and being good to each other.
Product
Intelligent people
Jul 2023
Our mission is a big one, and we have a lot to do to get there so people are allowed to just get on with it. Our hiring process is so trusted that new hires can get going making a difference right away. I loved this approach and that I am able to manage how I do my work in the way that suits me best.
Sales & Account Management
Autonomy
Aug 2022
Every day, no matter what challenges and obstacles have come up, I can close my laptop knowing I have worked towards making the world a fairer place by supporting our partner organisations with better hiring practices. Our candidate quotes and customer testimonials are genuinely moving.
Sales & Account Management
Meaningful work
Aug 2022
Trust is absolutely fundamental to how we work at Applied, everyone is remote. I feel more trusted here despite the remote aspect than I did in roles where I sat next to my boss so flexibility is just part of the setup. I can swim, take my dog out, sort chores as suits me with zero issue - I'm an adult and I care about my work so am trusted to build my days how it suits me,
Sales & Account Management
Flexible working
Aug 2022
As a parent, spending more time with my kids, being around for their special moments + being available for the odd emergency is one of the top things I value in life, and Applied not only enables that with it's flexible working policy, but also encourages it.
Finance, Legal & Compliance
Flexible working
Aug 2022
Doesn't matter what your background is - if you can demonstrate that your values and skills align with those of the team, then the job is as good as yours. Not to mention that once you're in, sharing your opinion (not matter how odd it is) is not only welcome, but encouraged.
Finance, Legal & Compliance
People of all backgrounds are welcomed
Aug 2022
Have yet to meet a team that's as congruent in its desire to do good in the world as this one. Being able to help businesses and candidates alike in making better quality decisions around hiring and removing the barriers that often marginalise segments of society, is just pure magic!
Finance, Legal & Compliance
Inspiring mission
Aug 2022
