“The calibre of candidates we're able to source on Otta Pro and their responsiveness makes Otta a dream to use”,
Asil Choudhury, Talent Lead at Perlego
Perlego's ambition is to become the world’s online learning library, a single place where learners can instantly access all of the world’s academic content for less than the price of a single book. Perlego is on a mission to make learning accessible to all.
Perlego joined Otta Pro as the business was accelerating fast. The pandemic reduced access to traditional libraries, and sped up the adoption of Perlego’s digital offering.
In the last 18 months they’ve grown their headcount from 35 to 95 people, and Otta has played a part in this, helping Perlego to hire roles across the board, from a Senior Software Engineer to Product Designers and a Regional Lead.
“We've made numerous business-critical roles using Otta Pro since the beginning of the year.
We were early users before the Pro version, and the additional services like boosted jobs and advanced insights made it a no-brainer for us.”
Asil Choudhury, Talent Lead at Perlego
Asil Choudhury
One of the areas that stood out to Perlego was the advanced insights Otta provides. We helped provide data so Perlego could do a comprehensive internal salary review, and the data we provide now enables Perlego to post new roles with confidence that the salary they’re offering is competitive, and they will attract great candidates.
“Otta is my number one tool as soon as we begin thinking about the hiring of a new position. The salary insights help shape decisions from thousands of data points, way before the job description even goes live.
This ensures we're in line with market expectations and providing the most competitive offer we're able to as a business.”
Asil Choudhury, Talent Lead at Perlego
Another benefit Perlego called out is the efficiency of the sourcing tool. Because of Otta’s candidate-first focus and our laser-focus on jobs, we attract high quality candidates and we know who is active in the market, which means the response rates on Otta are best-in-class.
“The calibre of candidates we're able to source on Otta and their responsiveness makes Otta a dream to use!
Since we've introduced flexible working & Visa support at Perlego, we've been able to attract top talent from Hong Kong, South Africa and Argentina.”
Asil Choudhury, Talent Lead at Perlego
Chiara Ettl, Region Lead, Perlego
Chiara Ettl was hired as a Region Lead (DACH & Northern Europe) at Perlego after being messaged through Otta’s sourcing tool, and found her new job in record time! Chiara loved the feeling of being in control of her job search.
“I was using Otta for literally just 1 day before I found this role! The team reached out to me the day I signed up.
It was really quick, and I felt like I was in control of my job search, not leaving it to the mercy of random agency recruiters calling me when I was at work, who promised the world and rarely delivered.”
Chiara Ettl, Region Lead at Perlego
Chiara is very much enjoying her new role at Perlego, and is particularly thankful for how great her colleagues are, and the growth potential of the company.
“I have always had the sense from day one that I will be supported and encouraged in my career at Perlego. The growth possibilities seem endless at the moment.
The calibre of the companies wanting to work with us is super exciting. Lots of people want to work with us to truly democratise education.”
Chiara Ettl, Region Lead at Perlego
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