Purpose-built software, business psychologists and cross-market behavioural data, from first school encounter to evidence-based hire.
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Application volumes are rising but motivation is invisible
AI-assisted applications are making authentic assessment harder
Social mobility pressure is real - and most hiring processes were not built to address it
Three-sided behavioural data from 1.1 million candidates shows exactly where processes break down. Most platforms only see one side of the market. We built on all three.
Our portfolio covers the full early talent journey, from first school encounter through to hire and beyond. Most clients start with the product that solves their most pressing problem. Some use the full suite. Every product is designed to work standalone, and every product is designed to connect. The more stages you cover, the stronger the evidence record you build.
The employers young people aspire to work for are chosen long before they start applying. By 14, those decisions are mostly made. Show up after that, and you are picking from a much smaller pool.
Candidates who complete Immersive Work Experience arrive at application better informed, more motivated, and already assessed. The employer brand does the work before the application queue opens.
Converts engagement into ranked evidence of motivation and learning agility. An intent score - built from four behavioural-science constructs, not clicks and page views - ranks candidates before shortlisting begins. Faster, fairer, and defensible under audit.
Screen hundreds of candidates consistently and fairly, with every response scored against the individual’s own natural communication style, not a population norm.
An early talent ATS that finds the right candidates before they find you, with eligibility logic, automated chasing and multi-channel communications built in from the start.
The Talent Portal is the only ATS with ESFA eligibility logic built in.
Explore Talent PortalStart with the product that solves your most pressing problem, or use the full suite. Every interaction, at every stage of the journey, builds the same evidence record, so nothing is lost between stages.
Convert engagement records into validated motivation and learning-agility evidence so high-volume shortlisting becomes faster, fairer and easier to defend.
Search candidate interests, profiles and early engagement data instead of waiting for CVs to arrive after demand has already peaked.
Run structured video screening with candidate context in view, so reviewers compare observed behaviour rather than disconnected answers.
Manage applications, candidate records and next actions in one operational view, carrying evidence forward from first encounter to final decision.
Behavioural data captured during Immersive Work Experience feeds directly into Talent Assess. Every candidate surfaces with validated motivation and learning-agility scores. Auditable, explainable and adverse-impact tested.
Find motivated candidates by their interests and location. Inbound-optional.
Run consistent, reviewable screening with the candidate context already attached.
Keep applications, candidate records and next actions in one operational view.
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Join the Roundtable CommunityThe Talent People started as GetMyFirstJob, built to help young people leaving education. That heritage gives us something no point-solution vendor has: a decade of behavioural data from all three sides of the early careers market. We know what candidates actually want and what employers actually need. And we know where the two diverge, which is where most early talent processes fail. We are a certified social enterprise, backed by Nesta. That shapes what we build and who we build it for.
No competitor in this market has operated at all three sides simultaneously for this long. A platform built solely for employers sees what employers measure. A platform built solely for candidates sees what candidates experience. The gap between those two views is where talent is lost and where processes break down. We built on all three sides by design. That data compounds every year.
Most platforms see one side of the early talent market. A few see two. We built on three.
A decade of data from employers, from candidates, and from education providers, gathered simultaneously. Each group sees the market differently. We see what all three see at once.
That cross-market view is what our products are built on. It is why we understand where processes break down, and where the right intervention changes an outcome.
Cross-market data from employers, candidates and education providers, compounding since 2014.
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