Inbound as a source of hires, AI-generated feedback summaries, and Ashby’s Series C

Welcome to the eighth edition of Ashby Talent Digest, a community newsletter surfacing recruiting insights, podcasts, events, and more from across the web.

Insights Corner: Proportion of Hires from Inbound Applications

This month we analyzed 230K applications that reached the offer stage from January 2021 through March 2024 to benchmark Offer Acceptance Rate (OAR). One key takeaway: The most hires come from inbound applications, growing even faster since Q1 2023. This shows the increasing importance of building in capacity to review applications and having accurate job descriptions to encourage the best-matched candidates to apply. Check out the full report on our blog!?

New on Ashby

We recently added the ability to create AI-generated feedback summaries for candidates – directly from the candidate profile.

This instantly creates a high level summary of feedback at any point during the interview process.?

Just like our existing AI features, we’ll provide you with citations so you can see source content when needed. This feature helps organize feedback into “Strengths” + “Areas to review” and offers a quick way of getting up to speed on candidates.?

Other noteworthy additions:

• Cancel scheduled interviews while archiving candidates
• Send approval reminders for offers, openings, and jobs
• Interviewer warnings for referrers and repeats
• Redesigned scheduling communication workflow?

Recent Guests on the Offer Accepted podcast?

Aline Lerner + Michael Mroczka

Safeguarding Interviews from ChatGPT Misuse : In this episode of "Offer Accepted," host Shannon Ogborn talks with Aline Lerner , CEO of interviewing.io , and Mike Mroczka , a Software Engineer and Dedicated Coaching Interviewer, about protecting technical interviews from AI-driven cheating. Aline shares insights from her nine years at interviewing.io , emphasizing valuing skills over resumes, while Michael underscores the benefits of real interview practice. They discuss the impact of AI tools like ChatGPT on hiring practices and the need for innovative, rigorous interview techniques to maintain integrity and accurately assess candidate capabilities.

Melissa Grabiner

PTO Peace of Mind and more Insights from a Seasoned Recruitment Leader : In this episode, host Shannon interviews Melissa Grabiner of OneDigital , who shares her HR and talent acquisition insights. Melissa discusses her management philosophy focused on work-life balance and mental health, emphasizing strategies to reduce burnout with streamlined PTO planning. She provides valuable insights for managers on supporting team members and ensuring they feel valued. Additionally, Melissa highlights the importance of efficient hiring processes, strong recruiter-manager partnerships, and a positive candidate experience. Tune in to learn Melissa's strategies for maintaining high employee satisfaction and her thoughts on the future of recruiting in a shifting job market.

ICYMI Webinars

Driving Hiring Success through Enhanced Candidate Experience

Join us for insights from Dustin Laycock , Senior Recruiting Manager at Zello , on driving hiring success through enhanced candidate experience. Learn why candidate experience is crucial, programs to boost it, and the tools and metrics Dustin uses to excel in this area. Watch the replay now!

How to Leverage Existing ATS Data for Sourcing Efforts

Join our team in partnership with Talent Collective to discover how to harness existing ATS data for sourcing high-quality candidates. Host ? Krista Scarborough Tan ? and guest Elizabeth Smith will share strategies for maximizing your talent database, including best practices and why sourcing within your existing data is crucial. Watch the replay to uncover these valuable insights!

Recruiting Takes from Around the Web

• Ashby lands $21.5M to automate key aspects of recruiting : Happy to share that we have raised our Series C! This will enable us to do more of what we already do, just faster and better.
• Candidate Reasons for Interest in an Opportunity : BrightHire CEO Benjamin Sesser walks through an analysis of 2,500+ interviews to explore candidate motivation trends.?
• The Real Reason New Hires Don’t Stick Around : Hebba Youssef interviews Rhona Barnett-Pierce on the IHIH podcast about recruiting and interview processes that may boost retention down the line.

Partnership Updates

Our Partnerships team continued extending our integration functionality. There are now 130+ integrations in the Integrations Marketplace , and the list is growing weekly! Here are the ones we’ve added since our last update:

• Compa [Offer]? – Compa provides offers-based compensation market data for leading enterprise companies. When you connect Ashby, you get access to real-time compensation data based on system of record verified offers. Paired with multisource matching, leading comp teams get unrivaled data accuracy, similarly to surveys, but completely automated and faster.?
• Juicebox (YC S22) [Sourcing] – Juicebox is a leader in AI-powered talent sourcing. With their flagship product, PeopleGPT, recruiters can use natural language to find qualified talent–no more Booleans required.
• Camino [Post Hire] – Camino is an employee onboarding platform that helps overburdened People Teams provide excellent onboarding experiences for new hires. No more repetitive onboarding tasks. Camino automates buddy assignments, onboarding plans, surveys, and other common onboarding tasks.
• Endorsed [Sourcing] – Endorsed is an AI-powered recruiting assistant that enables hiring managers and recruiters to finish applicant review in minutes. Endorsed boosts close rate on top applicants, enhances applicant experience, and frees up time to work one-on-one with top candidates and perform more strategic tasks. Endorsed saves users up to 30 hours for every 1,000 applications reviewed.
• Ribbon [Other] – Recruit AI is an AI interviewer that allows teams to interview candidates with in-depth questions via natural conversation. The Recruit AI + Ashby integration allows interviewed candidates to be automatically sent to a job and stage within Ashby.

Check out Ashby University and Ashby Release Notes for more information about these features, and reach out to [email protected] with any questions and feedback.?

Ashby Customers Hiring for People Ops/Recruiting Roles

Looking for a new role? Here are open jobs hosted on Ashby that are live as of this newsletter release:

Director of Technical Recruiting and Recruiting Operations at Crusoe (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Head of People at Iterative (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam)

Technical Recruiter, Engineering at Ramp (USA - New York or San Francisco)

Head of Talent Acquisition at Method (USA - New York, NY, Austin, TX, Washington, D.C.)

Senior Recruiter at First Round Capital (San Francisco, CA, USA)

Principal Recruiter at Jerry (Various US Locations)

Recruiter, GTM & G&A [EMEA] at Vanta (Dublin or London)

Manager, Talent Acquisition (EMEA) at Airwallex (UK - London)

Talent Sourcer, GTM- Dutch/German speaker at Deel (Remote - EMEA)