“Our conversion rate from applicants to interview is significantly higher on Pro than other platforms, and candidates seem to be more engaged.",
Max Encke, Talent Operations Manager at Infogrid
Infogrid is helping protect the planet and improve the lives of billions of people by making every building a smart building. They started working with Otta shortly after their $15.5m fundraise, when they needed to grow the team significantly.
Max, now Talent Operations Manager at Infogrid, joined Infogrid as employee number 20, and was the first person in the talent team. Infogrid now is over 100 people and growing, with the talent team currently standing at 9 people a year later.
Since signing up to Pro, they’ve interviewed 137 people from Otta and have hired 7 people, including a Technical Lead, Senior DevOps Engineer, Software Engineer, Customer Success Manager and a Financial Controller.
"Our conversion rates from applicants from Otta vs other job boards is significantly higher, and candidates seem to be more engaged.
We signed up with Otta as an early Pro user, it's been good to see consistent updates to the platform in both usability and actual functionality."
Max Encke, Talent Operations Manager at Infogrid
Max Encke, Talent Operations Manager at Infogrid
One of the areas Otta stood out to Infogrid is our laser-focus on only working with fast-growth companies working on important missions. This is a big differentiator compared to other platforms that will work with any company, as it means Otta attracts the best, most mission-driven candidates.
“Otta is very much focused on fast-growth tech companies (which we're one of). Candidates who apply are generally already aware of what joining a startup/scaleup means, they have come to Otta because they are attracted to this type of company.
They often have a great understanding of Infogrid due to the extra info Otta provides.”
Max Encke, Talent Operations Manager at Infogrid
Rachel Whalley, Executive Assistant at Infogrid
Another benefit is that Otta helps companies recruit for all role types at startups, we’re not just another software engineering marketplace. Infogrid has been able to hire people across different areas of the businesses by leveraging all of the benefits of Pro.
Rachel Whalley was hired as an Executive Assistant after being messaged through Otta’s sourcing function. Rachel highlighted Otta’s candidate-first approach as what made Otta stand out.
“I loved the questions and the pointers - all information you could want about a company is right there, their Glassdoor rating, the gender diversity, etc...
And the guides on best to write your profile really lowered the bar to applying to jobs I loved.”
Rachel Whalley, Executive Assistant at Infogrid
Rachel is loving her new role at Infogrid, and is particularly proud to work for a company that has the potential for massive impact when it comes to climate change.
“The people at Infogrid are the nicest and best people I've ever had the privilege of working with, and I look forward to returning to work after a holiday!
The belief and mission to change the world for the better inspires me at work every single day, and unites all of us in a common goal!”
Rachel Whalley, Executive Assistant at Infogrid
"Seeing how we made our hires last year, it's scary to think, what if we didn't have Otta?"
Conrad Swift
TA Manager, Orbital Witness
"The candidate base is very diverse. Of the 20 hires we made, 50% have been people from underrepresented backgrounds."
Zak Forbes
Talent Lead, Codat
"Pro has unlocked high quality talent for hard-to-fill roles: we've hired Senior Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Product Designers - the list goes on."
Jonathan Gilbert
Talent Acquisition Director, Checkout.com
