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Socially Recruited highly commended at the Talent Tech Star Awards 2024

Socially Recruited highly commended at the Talent Tech Star Awards 2024

London, 28th May 2024: The AI powered recruitment platform SociallyRecruited has been highly commended at the TIARA Talent Tech StarAwards 2024.

The company was recognised in the‘Growth Award’ category and praised for showcasing impressive growth in revenue, candidate reach and engagement.

The annual TIARA awards recognise the best HR and recruitment solutions for employers and recruiters with all entries reviewed by an independent panel of judges.

Socially Recruited’s commendation follows news this week that the company has been named as finalist at the prestigious Alicia Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards.

The business has been shortlisted in the ‘Scale-up Entrepreneur of the Year’ category for London and will be hoping to emulate famous brands such as BrewDog and Clearscore by scooping an award later this year,

Ben Keighley, founder of Socially Recruited, comments: “We are always extremely appreciative of recognition from outside the business and we are delighted tohave received this highly commended accolade.

“We were in a very competitive category up against some other great businesses, so it’s fantastic to know that our growth journey stood out.

“The success we have achieved so far as a business is testament to the hard work of all our staff, and I look forward to working together as we embark on the next phase of growth.”

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About Socially Recruited 

Socially Recruited is an AI-powered recruitment platform which helps employers find the right people faster. It uses social media to target ‘passive candidates’, reducing the amount of time it takes to apply for roles and providing employers with a diverse pool of high-quality candidates.The firm’s technology identifies where and when adverts should appear, and tailors recruitment campaigns based on candidate profiles and which platforms are generating the most engagement. Socially Recruited advertises across thousands of websites, social platforms and apps including YouTube, Amazon,Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google, Gumtree, Sky Sports and TheSun.

 

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AI-powered targeting ✅ Predictive targeting trained on 1 billion hiring data points 🟡 AI job matching, resume scoring and application optimisation
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Job pages & employer branding ✅ Fast-loading, branded, mobile-first job pages 🟡 Easy Apply flow
Candidate experience (CX) ✅ 45-second mobile-first apply 🟡 Easy Apply with in-app screening and SMS capture
ATS integration ✅ 50+ ATS integrations with two-way sync + XML 🟡 ATS integration and XML job feed
Analytics & insights ✅ Real-time dashboard and campaign analytics 🟡 Campaign data and industry benchmarks
Data & machine learning ✅ 8+ years of ML, 1 billion hiring data points 🟡 AI matching across core platform
Platform architecture ✅ Single platform purpose-built for performance recruitment marketing 🟡 Search core plus acquired social (Seiza) and automation layers
Legend: ✅ full / native capability · 🟡 available but narrower or different in approach · ❌ not offered


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