Below is our recent interview with Susan Chy, CEO and Co-Founder of HappyHire:
Q: Could you provide our readers with a brief introduction to your company?
A: HappyHire AI is an AI-powered platform that automates and streamlines candidate sourcing, engagement, and nurturing. It continuously optimizes recruitment campaigns, helping you connect with top talent while improving performance over time.
Q: What makes you the best choice? How are you unique?
A: Candidate qualification goes beyond just finding potential hires—it’s about ensuring they are the right fit for your organization. While sourcing candidates is an important first step, our research shows that the real challenge lies in identifying those who truly align with your needs. Simply put, it’s not just about finding candidates; it’s about vetting them effectively to ensure they possess the skills, experience, and cultural fit that make them the ideal choice for your team. HappyHire focuses on this critical aspect, making the hiring process more targeted, efficient, and successful.
Q: Who is your ideal client and why?
A: HappyHire’s AI-powered platform is perfect for businesses of all sizes looking to optimize their hiring processes.
- Solo Entrepreneurs & Small Teams: For startups or small teams, HappyHire dramatically cuts down on the time spent manually sourcing, vetting, and engaging candidates. It automates outreach and handles follow-ups—allowing founders to focus on growing their business instead of being bogged down by hiring logistics.
- Growing Businesses: As companies scale, the need for more structured and efficient recruitment becomes critical. HappyHire helps these teams meet higher recruitment volumes without sacrificing candidate quality. Our AI platform streamlines candidate qualification and ranking, ensuring that recruiters focus on top-tier talent while improving time-to-hire.
- Larger Teams & Enterprises: Large organizations with high-volume hiring demands benefit from HappyHire’s ability to handle extensive candidate pools while automating the vetting process for specific skills and experiences. By customizing scoring for each role, HappyHire ensures better-fit candidates, resulting in higher retention, improved productivity, and a more engaged workforce.
No matter the size of the team, HappyHire optimizes the entire recruitment journey, ensuring companies hire the right talent faster, improve candidate quality, and achieve better long-term outcomes.
Q: What can we expect from you in next 6 months? What are your plans?
A: At HappyHire, being customer-obsessed drives everything we do. We started by mastering candidate qualification, and we’ve already gone above and beyond by implementing advanced features like candidate scoring, ranking, email verification, and continuous campaign optimization. Our integrations with LinkedIn Recruiter, Sales Navigator, and GitHub are just the beginning—we’re expanding to include even more sourcing platforms and applicant tracking systems to ensure our users have all the tools they need. We’re relentless in enhancing the hiring process, constantly innovating to help our customers hire faster, smarter, and with better results.
Q: What is the best thing about your company that people might not know about?
A: At HappyHire, we may be a lean team, but we bring powerhouse expertise. I’ve led talent acquisition at high-growth companies like JUUL and Revolut, helping them scale rapidly with top-tier talent. Jake, with over a decade of experience at leading tech companies and a PhD in AI, brings unmatched technical depth. Together, we combine our domain mastery to solve hiring challenges and build innovative solutions at lightning speed. Our ability to execute quickly without sacrificing quality is what sets us apart.
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