Evoke Talent is a specialist technology recruitment partner, focused on helping high-growth companies hire exceptional engineers.
We work closely with founders and engineering leaders to deliver high-quality, long-term hires – not quick fixes.
Founder
Conor Smith
FOUNDER
With over a decade of experience in tech recruitment, Conor has built and scaled engineering teams for leading start-ups and scale-ups worldwide. A former top-billing consultant at a global recruitment firm in the UK, he moved into the US market to focus exclusively on high-growth, VC-backed companies.
Conor now specialises in hiring engineers for some of the most exciting start-ups in the US, supporting founders and CTOs through critical growth phases with high-quality, long-term hires.
What makes us different
Diversity & Inclusion
- Passionate about driving change within the technology market
- Focus on removing unconscious bias from hiring processes
- Inclusive management training
- Building diverse talent pools
Technology
- Investing in industry-leading technologies
- Utilizing video as part of the early hiring process
- Software to be able to technically test engineers
- Using the most advanced CRM database technologies
Data Driven
- Providing reporting and analytics during the hiring process
- Data-driven internally to measure performance
- NPS scores
- Measuring key hiring metrics such as time to hire to constantly improve performance
Open-Source hiring
- Giving you access to the messages we are using to represent your business
- Pair sourcing gives you the opportunity to watch and review our sourcing methods
- Providing you with real-time analytics around what effort has gone into your search
- Have a say in what goes into our communication and advertising in the market
Partnership approach
- Honesty on where our strengths lie, even if this means turning down new business
- Time and resources spent on understanding your mission, product and requirements
- Consultative advice on salaries, hiring process, DEI strategies and benefits
- Consistent communication and feedback during the hiring process
Quality over quantity
- Every candidate submitted will have had at least one 30 minutes profiling video or telephone call
- You will not receive cvs for the sake of receiving CVs as we have no internal KPIs around CV sends. We have been doing this a long time, we know where high-quality engineers are working
- Communication skills and cultural fit for your business will play a key part in our profiling
Our values
CARE is at the center of everything we do, because we do care. Self care, candidate care and client care.
Consistency
Authenticity
Responsibility
Empathy
Got questions?
If you are interested in finding out more about Evoke’s products and services, have any questions about the technology market or you’re looking for your next position with an exciting tech business, please do get in touch.