I've spent over $100k on remote employees.
This is the first hiring process that feels NORMAL.
Job boards give you too many options (making filtering a nightmare).
Recruiters give you white-glove service, but you’re stuck with a middleman and a BIG bill.
This removes all of that friction:
- 350k pre-screened candidates 😲
- 12k into videos you can watch RIGHT NOW
- Search a role (with natural language) → get matches → watch 2-minute videos → shortlist → hire
I just searched for a chief of staff (you can read the prompt below) and got 500+ applicants that fit my criteria!
U.S. based. Ireland based. Kenya based. Just "based" all around hahaha
This is not a paid post. I get nothing from this.
Parker has been a great friend and Ive watched him build this for the past 18 months and am genuinely blown away by this.
Marketplaces are really hard but I think this thing has legs.
If you're looking for good people to help grow your business, you really need to check this out. Im going to test it out as well.
You can just do things!
Parker Cox (@carkerpox)
For 18 months we've been chasing one idea:
What if hiring gave you the best of both worlds instead of forcing a choice?
Because right now, a choice is all you get.
Job boards are cheap. That's the whole pitch. They're slow, frustrating, and the quality people are nearly impossible to identify in the pile. You get what you pay for.
Recruiters are better, in some ways. Vetted talent, curated to your needs. But they're slow, they're expensive, and they're not you, so the match is never quite right. An arm and a leg for something you could do yourself, if anyone gave you the tools.
Both have their place. But, both are full of friction.
The best of both worlds means the power of a recruiter with the choice of a job board, and technology stripping the friction out of every step between them.
That's what we built. Scout OS: a searchable marketplace of pre-vetted global talent.
Search a role, get matches, watch 2-minute intro videos, shortlist who fits, schedule interviews, hire, onboard.
Browse free. Pay only when you hire.
It goes public in August. Before that, we're launching the Founding 100.
100 SMB and mid-market companies who help us take Scout OS from good to great. Not spectators. Members use the platform for real, at least one hire in the first 90 days, so we get honest usage while it matters most.
After each hire, a short feedback form and a 10-minute call: what's missing, what you'd change, what you'd remove. We want the criticism most of all, though we won't turn down a compliment. And when new features land, the 100 see them before the public does, and their take decides what ships.
In return, the best offer we know how to make.
-Half off every hire, forever.
-No platform fee, ever.
-Double referral fees for everyone you send our way.
And a private Slack with the other 99 companies and our team, where what you say steers what we build next.
Almost 40 seats are already filled and we haven’t even announced it, until now. Applying takes one email, and we personally call every company we pick.
waitlist.pavago.co
— https://nitter.net/carkerpox/status/2083268301996830933#m