Rehva Tech, a specialized headhunting firm, built their reputation on finding exceptional talent through meticulous manual research and personalized outreach. After thriving during 2019-2022, the challenging market conditions of 2023-2024 forced them to reassess their processes and find more efficient ways to deliver results for their clients.
As CEO and Headhunter Director, Antonio Vieira knew that their success depended on sourcing quality - 80% of their business comes from headhunting rather than job postings. However, their traditional manual approach was becoming increasingly time-consuming and yielding diminishing returns, especially for technical roles where precise skill matching is critical.
We were spending hours with 10 Chrome tabs open, manually connecting with candidates on LinkedIn, and 80% weren’t even responding. We needed a solution that could maintain our high standards for candidate quality while making our sourcing and initial outreach more efficient.
By implementing FidForward’s intelligent sourcing platform, Rehva was able to simplify their candidate identification process, improve their outreach effectiveness, and discover new ways to access candidate information. All while maintaining the personalized approach that made them successful.
FidForward has been especially valuable for technical roles. It’s an incredibly assertive tool for identifying the specific skills we need. The platform’s intuitive design made adoption easy for our team.
Rehva’s manual sourcing process was labor-intensive and increasingly inefficient. The team would spend significant time using LinkedIn filters and keywords, juggling multiple browser tabs, and manually reviewing countless profiles to find candidates with the right technical skills.
Before FidForward, our process was extremely manual. We’d have 10 Chrome tabs open, trying to filter through LinkedIn results, and often struggling to identify candidates who truly had the technical expertise our clients needed.
FidForward’s intelligent search functionality transformed this process by providing more precise candidate matching based on actual skills and experience. The platform’s ability to identify technical competencies has been particularly valuable for Rehva’s specialized searches.
FidForward is helping us especially with technical roles. It’s a very assertive tool in identifying the specific skills we’re looking for. What used to take hours of manual searching now happens in minutes, with better accuracy.
This efficiency gain has been crucial during the survival years of 2023-2024, allowing Rehva to maintain service quality while operating more cost-effectively.
While Rehva has always prided itself on personalized candidate relationships, their initial outreach process needed improvement. With 80% of manual LinkedIn connection requests going unanswered, they needed a more effective way to make first contact.
We’re using FidForward extensively for profile searches, and now we’re increasingly using the outreach mechanism for first contact. But we still prefer manual conversation after that initial connection - that’s where our relationship-building expertise really matters.
FidForward’s automated outreach capabilities have helped Rehva improve their response rates while maintaining their commitment to personalized recruitment. The platform handles the initial contact efficiently, allowing the team to focus their human touch on the conversations that matter most.
This hybrid approach—automated first contact followed by personalized relationship building, which has allowed Rehva to scale their outreach without losing the personal connection that differentiates them in the market.
The platform has an awesome UX. It was very intuitive for our team to adopt. We didn’t encounter any real challenges during implementation.
One of the unexpected benefits Rehva discovered with FidForward was access to more comprehensive candidate information, including contact details that weren’t readily available through traditional sourcing methods.
Being able to access phone numbers and emails of candidates has been an unexpected benefit. This additional contact information gives us more ways to reach quality candidates who might not be active on LinkedIn.
This expanded access to candidate information has proven particularly valuable in a competitive talent market, where having multiple contact channels can make the difference between connecting with a candidate or losing them to a competitor.
The comprehensive candidate profiles provided by FidForward have also enhanced Rehva’s ability to present well-researched candidates to their clients, reinforcing their reputation as a thorough and professional headhunting firm.
The implementation of FidForward has fundamentally improved Rehva’s operational efficiency without compromising the personalized service that defines their brand. The platform has enabled them to weather the challenging market conditions of recent years while maintaining their high standards for candidate quality.
Looking ahead, Rehva sees significant potential for expanding their use of FidForward beyond LinkedIn sourcing.
We want to go beyond other platforms like Google and GitHub. We’re also interested in integrating with less well-known ATSs like Recrutei - these local integrations would give us access to different candidate pools.
This vision of multi-platform integration reflects Rehva’s commitment to comprehensive candidate sourcing and their recognition that FidForward can serve as a central hub for their diverse sourcing needs.
The platform’s role in Rehva’s success during difficult market years demonstrates its value not just as an efficiency tool, but as a strategic advantage that enables smaller firms to compete effectively against larger competitors.
FidForward has helped us maintain our competitive edge during the survival years. It’s allowed us to work more efficiently while still delivering the personalized service our clients expect. The platform’s intuitive design and intelligent sourcing capabilities have made it an essential part of our toolkit.
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