About Decidr

When leading AI-tech start up Decidr secured investment,they found themselves with ambitious growth plans – including 10 critical hires in just 3 months.

As hiring needs grew and headcount climbed, so did their need for a trusted People & Talent partner. Someone who could embed within the business, understand the realities and challenges of a founder-led start-up and set them up with a smart, scalable hiring strategy. They needed a flexible partner who could own take ownership of the full hiring journey - from attraction and engagement through to onboarding – all while helping to shape a culture that could keep pace with Decidr’s evolving needs.

Our embedded talent model offered the perfect solution - bringing deep industry expertise, hands-on support, and the flexibility to tackle high-growth challenges head-on.

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The problem

Decidr’s reliance on traditional recruitment agencies was proving costly, cumbersome and the candidate quality was inconsistent. This risked slowing down growth and threatening their market opportunity. Here’s what they were up against:

• No internal TA or HR function, leaving hiring to already time-stretched founders and execs.

• Highly niche technical roles that needed deep sourcing expertise and knowledge of a competitive tech talent market.

• Recruitment agency hires kept missing the mark – they needed someone who could truly understand their needs and get hiring right.

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The solution

Decidr initially partnered with Solve for a initial 3-month period, but immediately recognised Solve’s value and business impact, and extended the partnership to an 11-month contract.

Our Talent Acquisition Lead embedded seamlessly into their team, supported by our offsite sourcing team and TA advisory team. Together, we worked to build and optimise their hiring approach from the ground up. Here’s what we delivered:

•       Activated Solve’s internal network and talent database of over 800k candidates to kick-start sourcing.

•       Designed and implemented a centralised candidate tracking system in Airtable for full visibility across the hiring process.

•       Engaged our offsite sourcing team for additional hiring support to support volumes.

•       Conducted in-depth market mapping to identify and engage high-quality, niche talent pools.

•       Designed and implemented a consistent end-to-end hiring process.

•       Created job descriptions, recruitment packs and candidate-facing collateral aligned to Decidr’s Employer Brand and values.

•       Delivered hiring manager workshops to upskill leadership, building confidence and empowering them to make better hiring decisions.

•       Introduced key hiring metrics and dashboards to track performance and enable data-lead decisions.

•       Collaborated to develop a compelling EVP aligned to Decidrs target audience

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The results

Our partnership went beyond hiring exceptional talent. We helped Decidr lay the foundation for long-term, structured, scalable hiring success.The results speak for themselves:

• 45 hires delivered (150% of the original target) including Software Engineers, Big Data Specialist, Growth Lead.
• 34-day average time-to-fill, exceeding the benchmark of 40 days.
• 82% offer acceptance rate, driven by targeted sourcing and strong candidate engagement.
• Built the foundational members of Decidr’s growing team.
• Developed and implemented a scalable recruitment process.
• Introduced performance tracking and hiring insights through customised dashboards.
• Helped shape their employer brand and early EVP.

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