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hackajob
Tech Talent Marketplace
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- B2B
- Marketplace
- Recruitment
- London, UK
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Company mission
To allow companies to scale their tech teams today, whilst building their talent of tomorrow.
13% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Hackajob’s tech job matching marketplace uses only a candidate’s previous experience, coupled with its own skill-measuring tech challenges, to match companies in need with talent. In doing so, it removes a great deal of bias in the recruitment process, while simultaneously ensuring that only competent candidates apply for a role.
Though it's been around since 2014, hackajob has really refined its model over time, building out its focus on tech-specific hiring challenges. These efforts have led to strong growth for the company, securing major customers such as Sainsbury's, Vodafone, and Capital One. It now has a presence in the UK and Romania, as well as most newly in the US.
This launch in the US has proved a timely move, as companies begin to cast their nets globally to source the right people. Fresh funding will be used to accelerate US expansion to take advantage of favourable market conditions, with the demand for technical talent higher than ever. In addition, it has developed interesting new AI features focussed on diversity, equity, and inclusivity - such as employing generative AI to remove bias from job descriptions.
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Benefits
- Shared Ownership - join our journey and become a valued co-owner of hackajob, sharing in our success
- Hackajob Passport - opportunity to work from anywhere in the world for 2 months each year
- Professional Development - access to comprehensive training, coaching, and a supportive environment that promotes growth and progression
- Personalised Equipment - choose between a Mac or Windows device and receive a one-time budget to create an optimal work-from-home setup
- Parental Leave - 6 months of fully paid parental leave, then 75% pay 6 to 9 months and 50% 9 to 12 months for primary caregivers; secondary caregivers get 6 weeks fully paid that can be used all in one go or split across the 1st year
- Medical and Dental Coverage
- Pension Scheme
- Team Activities - quarterly team social budgets to support spending time together, and we frequently organise company-wide events
- Vacation - 27 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays (we also close over the Christmas and New Year period, and you get your birthday off)
- Remote-first - experience the freedom of remote work while still fostering team connection through one day per month in the office (on the flip side, if you need an office to perform at your best, we got you)
Company values
- We obsess over delivering a best-in-class experience for candidates and companies
- We hire exceptional people and empower them to do the best work of their careers
- We are relentless in our pursuit of building a category-defining company
- We hold each other accountable to our standards. There are no passengers
- We think, act and operate as owners. We live off the land
- We embrace change as the only constant in our world
- We don’t forget to have fun throughout the journey
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
May 2023
$25m
SERIES B
Oct 2018
$6.4m
SERIES A
Total funding: $32.8m
This company has top investors
Leadership
Mark Chaffey
(CEO)Was hackajob's co-founding COO, becoming CEO in 2018. Before co-founding the company in 2014 they studied Management at King's College London.
Razvan Creanga
(Chairman)Became Chairman in 2019 after five years as CEO. Previously founded / co-founded a number of startups including food 3D printers 3D Ventures, and entrepreneur & investor platform BackersClub.