hackajob

Thread was one of the first startups I properly admired when we were just kicking things off at hackajob. They built this brilliant recommendation engine to help men dress better - so obviously I was an early adopter back in 2016!! So getting the chance to sit down with their co-founder, Ben Phillips, for the DevLab podcast felt pretty surreal. Thread had a fantastic outcome with their acquisition by M&S, and Ben’s now a Chapter Lead there. We got into what it’s actually like to build tech at a scale most engineers never get close to, how culture shapes genuinely great teams, and why curiosity still beats rigid process when you're building products for millions of people. And in the clip below, Ben hits on a point every engineer needs to hear. If you’re not using AI today, or at least playing with it to see what it can do for you, you’re going to be behind the curve before you know it. Ben is genuinely one of the most thoughtful engineering leaders I’ve spoken with - this episode is 100% worth a listen. Links in the comments 👇

Q3 was a record breaking quarter on hackajob 🔥 🚀 Always love pulling together slides for our monthly all hands session. We move at breakneck speed and it can be easy to forget how much our team achieves in a 3-month period. Some highlights from Q3: Qualified candidates grew 78% QoQ. This is our north star metric as it captures intent from both sides - companies want to interview the candidate and the candidate wants to interview with the company 💚 The first ever non-tech hire was made on hackajob 😱 more on this later 👀 Highest new business quarter of the year so far 📈 (though fully expect Q4 to smash through that) And of course, releasing our triplets, Archer, Chase & Thena, to the world 🥹 I've never been this bullish on hackajob as we head into Q4. We've got a team firing on all cylinders, products that genuinely solve modern challenges in hiring and a crazy amount of momentum behind us. Onwards 🚀🚀🚀 (Yes we run an offset Feb-Jan financial year AMA 🙃)

Meet archer, chase and thena — your ai agents for inbound, sourcing and screening. faster hires, higher quality applicants, and less time wasted.

This week, meet Chase 🗣️ There are a lot of sourcing agents being released… most of which are just a UI layer on publicly available data. Whilst that’s useful for research, it isn’t sourcing in our opinion. Chase is different. He’s the first AI recruiter we’ve seen that not only identifies relevant talent, but actually engages candidates, qualifies them and presents you with a shortlist of interview-ready talent 🤯 Built for teams that are time-poor and don’t have the bandwidth to spend hours proactively sourcing, Chase is already holding tens of thousands of conversations with candidates every week. How he works: 🧠 Takes a live brief to learn what you're hiring for - beyond the job description 🔎 Sources and qualifies candidates from exclusive communities and passive networks 💡 Shares real market insight to guide your must-haves and nice-to-haves And the most important part: delivers interview-ready talent straight to your calendar 📅 The result? Meet qualified, interested candidates without managing the process. Only your expertise required for interviews, not your time for sourcing. Watch me break down how Chase works 👇

This week, meet Thena 🔎 If you're in TA, you know this pain: "I spend 50% of my week reviewing applications that are completely irrelevant." Thena changes that. She's your AI-powered resume screening assistant - reviewing every applicant with the full context of your hiring brief, not just ATS keyword matching. What makes her different: 🎯 Reviews with recruiter-level precision, understanding nuanced requirements beyond keywords 💪 Surfaces your strongest applicants first so you never miss top talent 🤝 Explains every recommendation - you stay in control 📉 Cuts manual review time by 70% That's not just faster. It's time back for strategic work. For keeping candidates engaged. For actually hiring people. Thena integrates directly with your ATS - no platform switching, no extra admin. Link in the comments for a demo of Thena👇

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