Kestrel Search

Case study

Building a 14-person platform team in five months

Embedded engagement post Series B

Self reportedPayments scale-up (anonymised)Jan 2020 – Sept 2020client engagementTechnology

Outcome

All 14 roles filled within five months with strong offer acceptance and no early attrition.

Challenge

Two agencies had produced 60 CVs and one hire in four months.

What we did

Rebuilt the scorecard, cut the loop from six stages to four, and sourced directly against it.

What the client said

“She ran our hiring better than we did, and told us plainly when our interview loop was the problem.”

Diarmuid Kelly · VP Engineering · Payments scale-up

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This work demonstrates: Embedded recruitment