#35 - How to Reduce Your Candidate Onboarding from 7 days to 8 hours - Justin Plagis

Jun 27, 2023 |

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In this episode of The Recruitment Reality Podcast, I had the pleasure of talking with Justin Plagis from Packaly. Join us as we discuss how Justin and his team have scaled their business across multiple cities and countries. Following their € 2.6 million seed funding, their team has expanded their last leg delivery service into more than 125 cities! Listen to this episode to hear exactly how they have done this whilst remaining lean.

In this episode, we discuss:

🔸 The importance of pace in the gig economy
🔸 How to build a simple, cost-effective and efficient tech stack
🔸 How to reduce onboarding time from 8 days to 7 hours!

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