Tribepad is a recruitment software provider, serving some of the UK’s best-known organisations. ‘We want to give recruiters the power to find the right people’, Neil Armstrong, the company’s chief commercial director told Recruitment Tech in a video interview at RecFest.
‘From applicant tracking to background checks’
Tribepad was founded in 2008 by Dean Sadler, with the aim of building the recruitment technology he wished he had when he was recruiting himself. Subsequently, the platform that now has 21 million users in 16 languages was born. “One in seven UK job seekers have applied for an opportunity using our tech”, the company states. “Tech that makes the recruitment process better and fairer for everyone, so more people come to work smiling.”
“Nobody has enough suitable candidates.”
“We’re a talent acquisition platform”, Neil Armstrong told Recruitment Tech’s Martijn Hemminga at RecFest. “So that means applicant tracking, system onboarding, video interviewing and an integrated eco system to connect with key partner technologies. From candidate assessments, background checks to recruitment marketing solutions. The big problem recruiters have at the moment is handling volume of unsuitable candidates while trying to find the suitable candidate. So nobody has enough suitable candidates.”
Focus on humanising the experience
According to Armstrong, the onus lies on technology to take the administrative burden away from recruiters — thus enabling them to spend time on more valuable thins. “It’s all about making sure recruiters can focus on humanising the experience — and getting to the top talent as quick as possible”, he said. Armstrong sees two key reasons why companies have opted for Tribepad’s solution. “One is it delivers a fantastic user experience fit for the candidate.”
“I think in terms of what makes Tribepad’s special, it’s very much about that focus on candidate experience and creating a fairer recruitment process.”
“That also applies to the hiring manager”, he continued. “And it’s got all the power that the recruiters need. The second reason is from an ED&I point-of-view. So we’ve got the power to build a fairer recruitment process built-in as standard. So that’s accessibility right at the front end, end-to-end ED&I reporting and anonymous application tools to make sure it’s a really fair recruitment process. I think in terms of what makes Tribepad’s special, it’s very much about that focus on candidate experience and creating a fairer recruitment process.”
Power to find the right people
Tribepad’s primarily UK-based, but has steadily seen growth in terms of international users. In all, the company estimates it currently has 21 million users in 16 languages who use the platform. “We have clients in America, Europe and Australia generally. We work with organisations with at least 250 staff, you know, focusing on the volume recruitment side. So our larger customers include Tesco, the BBC, Pizza Hut, Subway, and even the Church of England.”
“We want to give recruiters the power to find the right people through the best recruitment, marketing solutions and programmatic advertising building.”
As far as a roadmap for the next 12 months goes, Armstrong is excited. “We’ll have a real focus on our partner ecosystem, and integrating with the best tools. But we’ll also really focus on improving the ED&I even more to drive fairer recruitment outcomes — and crucially solving that sourcing problem. Everybody’s looking for candidates in a candidate scarce market. So we want to give recruiters the power to find the right people through the best recruitment, marketing solutions and programmatic advertising building.”
