Ei Solutions — now known as Telescope — recently celebrated the hiring of two new full-time employees after attracting many qualified candidates using Vouch. In fact, they generated greater engagement than many much larger companies on the platform.
So how did a small, unknown startup manage to engage so widely?
We spoke with Mathias Wahl, Co-founder and CTO, to find out how they succeeded.
1. Reward the network properly
Mathias acknowledges that recruitment is a time-consuming process — you need to create interest among candidates and then spend time on the interested parties to find out if they're the right fit. He believes it was crucial to use Vouch to simplify the initial part of the process.
"First and foremost, the concept of Vouch is brilliant. You get a concrete incentive and a user-friendly platform that makes you check your own network and recommend candidates you know.
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"We particularly noticed this when we reached out to our own network and asked if they knew anyone who might be relevant. Using a product that made it easy to reward people for helping us made it more comfortable to ask — while also making more people take the time to think about who might be a good fit.
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2. Keep the job post active
To reach as many people as possible, Ei Solutions made an effort to keep the position visible and engage on LinkedIn. In addition to posting on the company page, all employees were encouraged to share it on their personal pages — which generated a lot of activity.
"We regularly shared the job posting and made sure to keep it active. This ensured a steady stream of new tips from our own activity.
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It was easier to activate the network and passive candidates this way than with other recruitment channels.
3. Write a job ad that doesn't sound like a job ad
Creating appealing job ads can be challenging, but Mathias points out that it was one of the success factors in attracting the best candidates.
"It's important to work a bit on the wording and not make a completely generic job ad.
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To emphasise that versatility and startup mentality mattered more than ten years of experience, they didn't just say "developer" — they called it a "technology jack-of-all-trades."
"The designers at Vouch helped us with an illustration of a tech jack-of-all-trades for marketing our position, highlighting that the role wasn't completely conventional. It worked well.
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And then the platform's own network kicked in
Vouch can be used not only to activate your own networks but also to reach a growing network of users and visitors on vouch.no.
"Vouch offered a pool of potential candidates, significantly simplifying the process. This foundation freed up an incredible amount of resources. The ad worked within the Vouch network even when we weren't actively searching or activating our own network.
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