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Talented engineers, designers, and technical professionals are struggling to find work - not because they lack skills, but because the hiring system is fundamentally broken.
27M
Hidden workers excluded by ATS filters
88%
Employers admit losing qualified candidates
61%
Entry-level jobs require 3+ years experience
Harvard Business School calls them "hidden workers" - qualified candidates systematically excluded before a human ever sees their application.
We're not just building another job board. We're creating a fundamentally different approach to connecting talent with opportunity - one that's effective, fair, efficient, and economical for everyone.
Effective
Replace interviews (0.38 correlation) with paid trial contracts (0.54 correlation). See real work, not performance theater.
Fair
Match on actual skills, not keyword games. Surface the 80-90% qualified candidates that ATS systems filter out.
Efficient
Skip the 42-day, 7-round interview gauntlet. One week of real work tells you more than months of interviews.
Economical
Reduce the $50K cost of bad hires. Job seekers pay nothing. Employers pay only for successful matches.
Research shows job tryouts are the best predictor of job success. We're building a platform around this proven approach.
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Skills-Based Matching
We decompose jobs into real skills and match your full profile - not just keywords.
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Paid Trial Week
Work on real projects for a week. Employers deposit payment in escrow upfront.
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Mutual Evaluation
Both sides assess fit. You evaluate culture; they evaluate performance.
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Informed Decision
Continue to full-time employment or part ways - no guessing, no bad surprises.
Read the research: Why Trial Contracts Work
We've studied decades of personnel selection research. Here's what the data says about why hiring is broken and how to fix it.
Featured
Skills vs Keywords: Why ATS Matching Fails
88% of employers lose qualified candidates to exact-match filtering. Learn how skills-based matching surfaces the hidden 80-90% qualified candidates.
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The ATS Resume Problem
98% of Fortune 500 companies use ATS to filter resumes. Learn why qualified candidates are being filtered out before humans ever see them.
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Interview Fatigue: When 7 Rounds Isn't Enough
The average interview process takes 27.5 days. 57% of candidates lose interest. 40% are ghosted. Here's why the system is broken.
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The $50,000 Problem: Bad Hire Costs
Gallup 2024: Bad hires cost $25K-$50K each. Global disengagement costs $8.9 trillion annually. Interview performance barely predicts job success.
Solution
Why Trial Contracts Work
Job tryouts have the highest predictive validity for job performance - 0.54 vs 0.38 for interviews. Here's the science behind our approach.
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Tired of resume keyword optimization
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Exhausted by endless interview rounds
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Want to prove skills through actual work
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Looking for transparent, fair hiring
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Free to use - always
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Want to see real work, not interview performance
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Frustrated with $50K bad hire costs
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Looking for faster, better hiring
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Ready to try evidence-based approaches
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Hiring cost converts to real work
We're building a hiring system that actually works - for job seekers and employers alike. Be the first to know when we launch.
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