Intrro Helping Companies Digitally Transform Hiring Process

Cloud-based Intrro, an employee referral platform that uses machine learning to automatically surface the best candidates from your employee networks to open roles at your company, has announced that with the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been a upsurge in the number of requests from large resilient organizations seeking to digitally transform their human capital departments and recruitment processes during this crisis. The team has been working closely with HR departments to help them cope with the unprecedented challenge of hiring the best talent remotely, in an expedited manner and at a fraction of the cost.

“What we’ve discovered over the past month is that the cyclical changes will become structural. Large traditional organizations that typically used recruitment agencies and job boards previously, are clearly seeing what differentiates us,” said Nasser Oudjidane, Co-Founder and CEO of Intrro.

Adapting to the “new normal”

Sourcing and hiring remote workers can become challenging, especially if the firms are relatively new to this. What can be done to manage the impact of this, is to utilize robust technology tools that enable collaboration for both the hiring team and the candidate.

While the world is witnessing a new phase, with digital transformation being fast-tracked, adapting to remote work is not as simple as a binary switch to be flipped. Without reliable protocols in place, these virtually functioning team members are at risk of feeling out of touch and disconnected, which can impact morale and overall performance.

Intrro thrives in remote working environments as it fosters internal hiring collaboration and connects the company and the brand, with higher-quality culture-matching employees.

“We are pleased to have extended our services to many large enterprise customers world-wide as they are trying to cope with this new phase of digital transformation. The COVID-19 outbreak has left many of the organisations in desperate need for innovative solutions that can fill open positions faster and cheaper.  We firmly believe that network recruiting is the way forward, as you bring in the best talent who come with their own high-quality networks, creating an infinite machine that spins quality,” added Nasser.

The Intrro platform, which integrates with applicant tracking software systems and collaboration tools like Slack, enables employees and hiring leaders to refer, review and approve talent in real-time, and enables internally verified candidates to go through the recruitment process seamlessly.

During these challenging times, the talent war will continue to gear up exponentially, especially in the technology field and businesses are desperately looking for the most suitable candidates who can operate under ambiguity. Hiring someone you have never met in person is rapidly becoming the norm, and the COVID-19 crisis may be the catalyst for a quicker shift to the ‘new normal.’

“Hiring the right people cost effectively is as important now as ever. Making that decision without having met in person is a daunting prospect for some, however, if you’ve had this come from a verified employee referral, the chances of making a successful hire increase dramatically,” He continued.

“By leveraging machine learning and natural language processing, we can instantly surface the top candidates, for a specific role, from your entire organization’s collective network. This saves an enormous amount of time. Once your employee validates the potential candidate, the HR team can reach out and (hopefully) schedule an online interview. We have worked with multiple clients in which we go from sourcing to interviewing in less than five days.” said Neel Jamie Shah, Co-Founder and COO.

Recently, Intrro successfully secured a pre-seed round of US$ 500,000 led by 500 Startups, Spartech Ventures and strategic angel investors. The company also featured in Forbes Magazine as one of “Seven HR Tech Startups Transforming A Very Human Industry”, for working with some of the world’s fast-growing companies.

Intrro was founded in May 2019 by Nasser Oudjidane and Neel Shah. The In5 incubated company, has regional offices in Dubai, London and Tbilisi.  The company is offering a free trial to companies aiming to digitally transform their hiring process throughout this crisis.

The platform fully integrates with the applicant tracking systems, to keep up-to-date as candidates move through the pipeline and simplifies employee referrals, allowing instant and easy engagements with the recruiting process.