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Supercharge your tech hiring with Haystack's tech talent marketplace - find tech candidates easier, faster, and smarter
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100s of employers, from startup to enterprise, use Haystack to hire tech talent
Tech hiring giving you a headache?
Tech recruitment is stuck in the dark ages. Candidates are being constantly bombarded with spam and noise, and employers' inboxes are full of irrelevant applicants.

We've flipped traditional tech recruitment on its head. Driven by our award-winning tech hiring platform, 100s of employers, from startups to enterprises, are connecting with and hiring tech talent easier, faster and more cost-effectively.
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Drowning in irrelevant applicants? We match your roles to highly relevant tech talent, meaning the applicants you receive on Haystack are 2x as likely to convert to interview when compared to other platforms.  
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From Data Scientists, to your next CTO - we've got you covered.
Smarter tech hiring with Haystack

21 days

average time to hire. Get matched instantly to verified tech talent and start engaging tech candidates that are ready to interview.

400%

average hiring ROI when benchmarked against industry standard recruitment fees.

56%

of tech hires made via Haystack are for Senior or Leadership level positions.
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A snapshot of our candidates

We've built a platform that the tech community trusts. They use us to discover unique opportunities - free from the noise, hassle and spam of other platforms.

150,000+

UK-based candidates currently available

40,000+

active candidates on Haystack this month

32%

of users identify as women or non-binary

42%

of Haystack candidates are senior or lead level

40%

of users are from BAME backgrounds

Built for hiring managers and talent acquisition teams

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Dunelm chose Haystack as the "Golden Solution" to their tech hiring challenges

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Raytheon partnered with Haystack to reposition itself within the tech community

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Employers rated us 4.9 out of 5 on G2

"Haystack is a game changer. It provides instant access to high quality, targeted and engaged candidates. We made two successful hires the first time we used Haystack."

Chief Operating Officer at Multivitamin Group
Dan Blackman
Chief Operating Officer
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"All of a sudden we've gone from not having access to a talent pool, to actually having a vast number of tech candidates at the ready for us to approach, talk to and engage with. It’s been a golden solution to something that was really a problem for us."

Martin Wilkinson
Talent Acquisition Partner
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“Haystack enabled us to discover hard-to-reach tech talent that weren’t on other platforms or the books of recruiters. We were able to control how our brand was positioned with the tech community and get our roles directly in front of highly relevant candidates.”

Director of Software Delivery at NBS
Phil Scott
Director of Software Delivery
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"Honestly, Haystack is just a breeze. Stop wasting your time with recruiters. Stop wasting your time on Google. Just go straight to Haystack. They know what they're doing, the quality of the developers is unmatched from what I've seen anywhere else, and they are the friendliest bunch."

Charlotte Oswald
Technical Development Director
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"I'm a big fan of Haystack. I like that engineers have control on the platform, so they're more likely to engage if they know they aren't going to get bombarded by recruiters which I think is key. Haystack is by far the most cost-effective tool we've used and has given us a very healthy ROI."

Talent Acquisition Lead at Goodlord
Sam Mullaly
Talent Acquisition Lead
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Traditional hiring tools are past their sell-by date with the tech community. 46% of Mid to Senior level users on Haystack told us they exclusively use us as their primary source for tech opportunities.
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92% of Haystack users told us they'd refer a friend.
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1000s of techies with skills like these use Haystack every day to discover their next opportunity
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“I would 100% recommend Haystack. When I’ve been talking to people who are looking for new roles, I’ve said to download Haystack.”
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Hired by EPAM Systems
Ray Blair, Lead Software Engineer
"Haystack definitely exceeded expectations and was much more streamlined than using a job board, or going through a recruiter."
Ollie Reeve, Senior Web Developer
Hired by The Verve Group
Ollie Reeve, Senior Web Developer
"I applied for the job and literally the next day Tom from Fuzzy reached out. It was 30 days from starting on Haystack."
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