We are now 8 months in and the response has been up and down, something you'd expect from a new 2 sided marketplace.
We are currently sitting just below 6000 candidates, 80 companies, and 180+ roles filled.
More importantly, our average fill time is 13 days, significantly less than the 40 days it takes on Indeed or the 60 days on Linkedin.
It hasn't been easy street for sure. There are time when I'm giving candidates their first 6 months free to get them on board because they fill a need the employers are looking for.
Vice versa, there are times where I give employers 3 months free to try it because they've been hiring in a space where we have an abundance of candidates.
On the positive side, we launched our communications and scheduling features, and are testing out stripe identify verification to provide a level of protection for employers against bad actors and fake candidates.
The 13-day fill time is probably the strongest signal here.
Curious whether the free periods are still mainly solving the two-sided liquidity problem, or whether some customers are now converting without needing the subsidy.