Listen to this articleBelow is our recent interview with James Knupfer, CEO and Founder at Candidly:
Q: Could you provide our readers with a brief introduction to Candidly?
A: Absolutely! Based in Toronto, Candidly is a unique skills-based job-matching platform that connects employers to Software Developers with pre-verified programming skills.
Developers using Candidly build an anonymous profile by adding their programming skills, and are encouraged to verify these skills by taking short, custom challenges at their own pace. Using a proprietary multi-source algorithm that analyses each challenge taken, Candidly provides employers with confidence in the developer’s skills that increases as more challenges are completed. Skill profiles are accurately matched with employer’s needs, prioritized by those with the highest skills confidence.
Q: Who is your ideal user and why?
A: We’re specifically focused on supporting those Software Developers who are being unfairly overlooked for jobs. The reality is that hiring managers are consistently finding themselves inundated with job applications, and bias has inadvertently been introduced into the screening process as they attempt to deal with these volumes. As a result, capable candidates who have the skills to do the job are being discounted as they do not have the “right” qualifications, work experience or any other irrelevant factor. We’re here to give those capable candidates equal access to job opportunities.
The ideal organization would be those tech companies that are actively promoting diversity and inclusion, as these efforts are most effective when objectivity is maintained from the very first interaction with a potential employee.
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A: We make it simple and easy for developers to showcase their skills to attract companies that are looking to hire.
Rather than spending hours customizing their resume for each job application, we encourage our developers to invest time building their Candidly profile; and our bite-sized challenges make it incredibly easy for them to do so anytime, anywhere. Their profile is then matched to every future job opportunity that requires their skills.
This approach means that developers now have the ability to create job opportunities for themselves. The better their profile, the higher they rank with employers searching for their skills, and the greater the likelihood that interested employers will invite them to apply for jobs.
Finally, as profiles are anonymous, developers are matched with employers based solely on their programming skills, opening up opportunities for which they might have otherwise been overlooked.
Q: What are the main benefits for companies?
A: Employers are literally able to source, screen and invite developers to apply for roles in minutes.
Hiring managers can instantly access our database of on-demand developers and effortlessly search for those with the pre-verified programming skills they’re looking for, ranked by the confidence we have in their skills.
Our developer profiles provide a comprehensive view of the candidate’s skillset and, should they be interested in inviting the developer to apply for a role, hiring managers can conveniently book an interview within the platform, or integrate it with their existing application tracking tool.
Our skills-based approach brings much-needed accuracy to the screening process, reduces hiring times considerably, and removes bias to provide visibility of all capable candidates.
Q: What’s the best thing about Candidly that people might not know about?
A: Candidly is not just a recruitment platform, we’re a career coach. We welcome people from all walks of life and with any level of programming ability, and provide them with detailed, real-time feedback and insight on their skills. By coupling this with the market data that identifies which skills are in demand, we enable them to make informed decisions on their professional development and give them the ability to prioritize those skills that give them the best chance of securing employment.
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Q: What can we expect from Candidly in the next 12 months?
A: We’re currently working on enhancing our predictive algorithm which will augment our internal data with national job data, skills data, and technology trends; enabling us to predict future hiring trends and forecast the availability of skills. Not only will this help inform organizational technology and hiring strategies, but it will support developers when deciding how best to improve their skillset
The ability to provide this level of foresight to both companies and Software Developers will be a game changer in hiring as we assist in aligning the supply and demand of tech talent.
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