Matchfield's Origins (5 min read)

Matchfield Origins, where we've come from, and where we want to go.

Traditional hiring can be slow, arduous, and expensive. Isn’t there a better solution? 

It's undoubtedly a question at the center of Matchfield's origin story. A recruiter will do the job of sourcing candidates for you, but usually at a high cost. Or you can use a job board, free or at a low price, but it could take eons to separate the wheat from the chaff. 

Matchfield was created to help cut through the inefficiencies of traditional hiring practices. While still keeping in mind the needs of talent acquisition and HR professionals. It took trial and error over ten years to get Matchfield running. But with the help of clients and candidates like you, Matchfield is proud to be a growing recruitment web app in North America.

Welcome to Matchfield’s origin story. Read how we were created to help fill recruitment industry gaps and learn how Matchfield can direct you to more meaningful work. 

A need for transparency in recruitment 

Let’s take you back to 2009. The world was coming out of recession, and the job market was getting hotter. After three years of a dwindling market, staffing firms were beginning to bounce back. 

A big part of this growth was due to firms adopting new services and repositioning their company to attract new clientele. However, what stayed the same was recruiters still hiding the candidates from the clients. Recruiters would not show the candidates or their qualifications to their clients. A client had to agree to a first interview to see the candidate’s information. Many find this inefficient and a waste of time if the candidate is not a correct fit. Hiring managers were getting sick of the recruitment industry being stuck in old and opaque ways. Matchfield’s founder, Jeremy Henderson, wanted to change that. 

The advent of the iPhone and different app technology from 2007 to 2009 drove the need for more automated and independent services. People didn’t want to rely on a third party to get their services done. A demand for accelerated recruitment was starting to bubble. Could sourcing highly qualified candidates with a few clicks of your fingers be possible during this time? The initial idea of Matchfield was a recruitment app that would deliver candidate profiles inside a curated dashboard to clients. 

Unfortunately, like the iPhone, the market was not quite ripe enough in 2009 for Matchfield to achieve its needed attention. Matchfield was then put on the back burner of development. 

Until…

An increase in digital and recruiting apps 

Let’s jump forward to 2016. Suddenly, the iPhone and its apps were dominating the market. Industries were becoming further automated, and third parties were being left behind. The growth of digital and recruitment apps increased the need for further trust and transparency in the recruitment process. 

Hiring firms were beginning to look at creating recruitment apps, and Matchfield needed to act fast. The market aligned with Matchfield’s mission; thus, Matchfield’s official product was born. 

Over time, Matchfield caught the attention of the Ian Martin Group (now known as Raise), one of North America’s leading employment agencies. Matchfield’s transparency and innovative design were appealing to the Ian Martin Group. Matchfield was then acquired as a subsidiary with them. Being with The Ian Martin Group allows us to grow our product while remaining true to our initial mission of being a transparent hiring web app. 

However, creating an app that resembled a job board was not Matchfield’s goal. We wanted to keep you and your professional needs in mind when hiring. We asked ourselves: how could we keep a job board's speed and agility while still keeping a recruiter's skill and expertise? 

Putting meaning behind recruiting apps

Automated hiring and recruiting apps like Matchfield provide ease, acceleration, and scalability that a recruiter or job board couldn’t offer you. What makes Matchfield different from other web apps is we don’t give a dashboard of candidates without knowing our users. 

Whether working with CEOs, entrepreneurs, line managers, HR Managers, or candidates, we deeply explored their individual needs. Then we rolled up our sleeves and got to work to help make hiring a more leisurely journey for you. 

Here are the goals we work to abide by: 

• Provide our clients and candidates with transparent information. This transparency includes how we present qualifications, sources, and the number of candidates you receive on your curated dashboard. 
• We connect people to meaningful work. Matchfield covers a wide range of industries but specializes in Engineering, Life Science, and the Food and Beverage industry. We pride ourselves on providing skilled workers to build structures, create life-saving medicine, and feed communities. 
• Continue to innovate a dated and inefficient staffing industry. We’ve worked with professionals like you who may view the staffing industry as slow, expensive, and challenging. We provide a flat fee that follows a pay-per-month subscription—all at a fraction of typical recruiting costs. 

Matchfield strives to be the most transparent and innovative recruiting app. To do that requires us to work closely with candidates and clients like you. We have a team of leading industry experts and talent advisors who make it their mission to connect you to meaningful work. 

Where Matchfield wants to go

We recognize our clients and candidates are the ones who will allow us to reach our potential. 

Matchfield’s goal is to continue to serve transparency in the recruitment industry. We also make it our mission to:

• Connect Engineers to the world’s most important infrastructure projects.
• Connect Life Sciences professionals to the world's most important drugs and devices.
• Continue to work in a wide range of industries such as Food and Beverages. 

Where you come in as a client or candidate of Matchfield is providing us with feedback, keeping updates with our job opportunities, and sharing your Matchfield experience with others. 

We want to build not just a list of job offers but a community of highly motivated and skilled professionals looking for meaningful work. 

The world works better when we hire with a higher purpose in mind. Book a demo with Matchfield today to test the product yourself. Whether you are a potential client or candidate, let’s get you on your way to finding meaningful work.