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Charity Worktree help school-aged kids learn about new careers. Up until the COVID-19 pandemic, their local in-school programming was going smoothly. When schools shut down in 2020, the team worried their journey was over. They used Willo to get back on track and build new programs.

We strive to build great video interviewing tools at Willo. Now, we’re excited to have that functionality and feature set be available natively in Teamtailor’s ATS platform. 

We're excited to announce this latest round of funding to help us enhance the platform, expand into new markets and grow the customer success team. This round has been led by Guernsey-based early-stage tech investment firm 1818 Venture Capital, which also invested in our previous round.

While the ability to hire talent from all across the globe is one of the best things about remote work, it also comes with challenges of its own. To hire a good candidate remotely, you’d need to modify your hiring process to accommodate special remote qualities as well as judge a candidate in the usual way you would in an in-person interview.

Learn how this Dutch last-mile delivery start-up Packaly grew its team of bike couriers and scaled its recruiting efforts by 3x to meet increasing business demand.

The remote work revolution began even before the pandemic. A significant reason for this massive uptick is because of remote work’s ability to help organisations find top-tier talents and reduce costs. However, building remote teams has a few challenges that every organisation must understand to succeed.

Async interviews cut hiring time by 50% and costs by 30%. Discover 7 ways to screen candidates efficiently and make better hiring decisions faster.

After assessing 15,000 interviews, we took the most commonly asked 50 questions and spoke with our employer partners. We wanted to see if commonly asked questions, like the ones above, resulted in deep candidate insight. They all said better questions led to better interview answers and provided these tips for writing great interview questions.

Our customers have kindly rated the quality of our support 100%, our ease of doing business with 100%, and they also said that 97% of them would recommend us. Just wow!

Don’t get stuck with Zoom Fatigue. Try Willo: The Zoom Alternative That Offers Time-Saving Async Features

Video interviewing is not just for junior roles. It can, and should, be used for c-suite hiring. It’s more efficient, fits everyone’s schedules, and purpose-built for including multiple stakeholders.

We're humbled that Willo has been named a top video interviewing vendor by SelectSoftware Reviews.

Introducing file uploads and advanced sharing on top of Willo’s existing asynchronous video capabilities.

As remote work continues to hold around the world, companies need to think more consciously about diversity and inclusion (D&I) than ever. When you aren’t in an office together, it’s easy for already-marginalised communities to end up out of sight and out of mind.

We're proud to be an official video interviewing partner with Workable, the enterprise-grade hiring software for everyone. Whether you're hiring 2 or 200 employees, Workable is the platform you need in your life.

We are proud to be an official video interviewing partner with Greenhouse, the leading ATS for in-house recruting teams around the world.

Indeed is the #1 job site in the world, with over 250 million unique visitors every month. But with so many candidates it can become overwhelming to manage the volume of applications. This is where Willo comes to the rescue, use video interviewing to hear from every candidate so you can more quickly make a decision on who progress with.

Linkedin has over 690 million active users, with 90% of them open to a new job. It’s therefore an amazing platform for posting jobs and receiving quality candidates. Plus it’s free for most users so you have nothing to lose.

A diverse company isn't just good for job-seekers, it also benefits the business. First and foremost, video interviewing software positions your company as a tech-friendly, forward-thinking organization.

Given the uncertain state of the Covid infection rates, consumers will continue to forgo holiday travel and family-and-friend get-togethers this Christmas, with people giving more gifts to substitute for time spent apart.

Scottish tech start-up lands £250K investment after lockdown boom

How do you know what your customers think of your product or service? Traditionally you might have sent out a SurveyMonkey form or an email to your customers asking for feedback.

When business owners talk about talent growth, a funny thing happens: there’s often an implicit (or outwardly stated) concern that they can’t find talent in their region. In fact, data from Willo’s 2024 Hiring Trends Report found that skills mismatch is the second highest concern employers face when hiring and retaining top talent.

You might buy a software for one purpose; it doesn’t mean you can’t use it in other ways. ‍Take video interviewing software, for instance. Willo’s 2024 Hiring Trends Report found that 27.4% of companies have no hiring plans this year and 39.7% only plan to grow modestly. That’s a lot of organizations that have already invested in technology to power hiring, but may not be using it a lot this year.