Why hiring works differently on Candor.
Candor was built because the hiring industry has been broken for decades. Companies spend £thousands per hire — on agency fees, recruiter tools, and time-consuming processes — and still hire the wrong people. Candidates ghost. Offers get declined late. Culture mismatches become expensive exits.
The root cause is simple. The incentives are misaligned. Job boards are paid to show candidates jobs. Recruitment agencies are paid per placement, regardless of fit. Recruiter platforms are paid to give you more names, not better ones. Nobody is paid for the quality of the match.
On Candor, you pay to pitch. Candidates earn to engage. Everyone is incentivised to make good matches.
That single mechanical shift changes everything downstream. Pitches become more considered. Candidates respond more honestly. Hiring becomes about fit again — not volume.
Four things you will not find anywhere else.
Candor is built differently at a structural level. These are not features — they are fundamental principles that the platform enforces on every single pitch.
Verified talent only
Every candidate on Candor has been verified. Skills demonstrated through real tasks. Experience backed by evidence. No inflated CVs. No exaggerated titles.
No agencies, no noise
Only verified internal recruiters and hiring managers at named companies can pitch. No headhunters. No mass messaging. Direct-to-hire only.
Quality over quantity
Because you pay per pitch, you pitch with intent. No 500-CV shortlists. No recruiter drowning in applications. A small number of genuine conversations with the right people.
Real response rates
Because candidates are paid to read and respond, they actually do. A pitch on Candor is read within 48 hours by over 85% of recipients. Try getting that on The Giant.
Three tiers. All transparent.
You choose the plan. The plan never upsells you. No forced add-ons. No sales call required. Cancel anytime. Upgrade when you need more — downgrade when you do not.
- 20 pitch credits per month
- Salary transparency enforced
- Basic culture profile
- Standard matching algorithm
- Email support
- Best for: up to 3 hires per month
- 75 pitch credits per month
- Full culture verification + reviews
- Freelance project pitches included
- Priority matching — pitches surface first
- 1 sponsored community problem per month
- Dedicated support channel
- Unlimited pitch credits
- Dedicated account manager
- Custom salary benchmarking data
- 3 sponsored problems per month
- ATS integration + hiring analytics
- Candor Verified Employer badge
No subscription? Pay per pitch.
Good for one-off hires. No commitment.
The Candor Verified Employer badge.
Verified Employer status is earned — not paid for. Companies that maintain high candidate ratings, zero ghosting incidents, and genuine salary accuracy receive the badge. It appears on every pitch you send.
Candidates accept 3x more pitches from Verified Employers.
The badge is a direct signal to candidates that you are a company that follows through. Better pitch acceptance. Higher offer conversion. Lower cost per hire. This is the ROI on behaving well.
The honest bits.
Candor does things differently. That means some companies will not like what we are doing. Here are the most common objections — and our honest answers.