Candor is built for founders, by founders. We’ve started and scaled startups ourselves — we know finding exceptional talent takes endless hours you don’t have.
Sourcing at 10x speed
We deliver vetted candidates in days, not weeks, so you can get back to building as soon as possible.
Only the best
Stop sifting through irrelevant resumes. We screen for startup-ready grit, only sending you top performers.
Startup culture fit
We know what it takes to go from 0 to 1 and vet candidates who know and love the startup hustle.
Trusted by startups backed by the best
Close your open roles in 4 steps
Step 1
Kickoff
Share your open roles and culture. We’ll refine the job requirements to find talent who truly fit your vision.
Step 2
Sourcing
Within days, we source and send pre-vetted candidates who match your exact needs. Carefully screened for technical skills and culture-fit.
Step 3
Review
Browse rich candidate profiles on our platform, including detailed screening notes from our team. Move forward with top matches.
Step 4
Hire
Interview and make an offer with confidence, with support from our team throughout the process.
Step 1
Kickoff
Share your open roles and culture. We’ll refine the job requirements to find talent who truly fit your vision.
Step 2
Sourcing
Within days, we source and send pre-vetted candidates who match your exact needs. Carefully screened for technical skills and culture-fit.
Step 3
Review
Browse rich candidate profiles on our platform, including detailed screening notes from our team. Move forward with top matches.
Step 4
Hire
Interview and make an offer with confidence, with support from our team throughout the process.
Step 1
Kickoff
Share your open roles and culture. We’ll refine the job requirements to find talent who truly fit your vision.
Step 2
Sourcing
Within days, we source and send pre-vetted candidates who match your exact needs. Carefully screened for technical skills and culture-fit.
Step 3
Review
Browse rich candidate profiles on our platform, including detailed screening notes from our team. Move forward with top matches.
Step 4
Hire
Interview and make an offer with confidence, with support from our team throughout the process.
Step 1
Kickoff
Share your open roles and culture. We’ll refine the job requirements to find talent who truly fit your vision.
Step 2
Sourcing
Within days, we source and send pre-vetted candidates who match your exact needs. Carefully screened for technical skills and culture-fit.
Step 3
Review
Browse rich candidate profiles on our platform, including detailed screening notes from our team. Move forward with top matches.
Step 4
Hire
Interview and make an offer with confidence, with support from our team throughout the process.
Trusted by venture-backed teams who don't settle on talent
“Candor is like an extension of our own team. They consistently source extremely high quality candidates and communicate what we do to candidates as though they are in-house. Any company is lucky to work with them."
Austin Diamond CEO at Universal
"The candidates from Candor have been great and I wouldn’t have been able to find this caliber of talent on my own. They’ve allowed us to focus our time on closing sales and pushing the business forward, without sacrificing on building our team."
Jordan Shamir CEO at Yofi
“Working with Candor made our hiring process easy and took the most time intensive stuff about recruiting off my plate. We ended up closing a senior engineer two weeks after I drafted the JD. It moved way faster than if I was owning the process and Iʼm super stoked about the hires we made."
John Donner Co-Founder & CTO at Park
"Working with recruiters can often be difficult as an early-stage founder. So few really understand the unique needs of a startup and require too much handholding. Working with Kelsey (Candor’s founder) has been extremely refreshing - she’s in my same boat and get’s it. She gets her work done efficiently and has a unique ability to turn very vague requirements into a gameplan."
We vet candidates for two things: relevant role experience and startup culture fit. Startup culture fit includes experience in roles that are autonomous, fast moving, and ambiguous.
How much does it cost to hire with Candor?
We charge a placement fee for our services that's paid upon a candidate accepting an offer with your company.
What types of teams does Candor work with?
We work with founders and leaders at Seed, Series A, and Series B companies. We work well with founders who take hiring seriously and care about team culture.
Can you help with salary benchmarking and market insights?
Yes! Happy to provide salary benchmarks for your roles and any local nuance you need when hiring in a new market.
Where do you find candidates?
We source candidates through both targeted outreach and our own database.
What roles can I hire for?
Candor can help you hire fullstack, frontend/backend engineers, AI/ML engineers, data engineers, DevOps, mobile engineers, and more.
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