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A clear, well-tooled and measurable process changes everything. Proof with Staycation, structured in 8 weeks.

Advisory · Hiring process

Staycation

A Talent Acquisition process structured in 8 weeks

Staycation is a scale-up of around fifty employees making 15 to 20 hires per year, in full European expansion. Growth is fast, hiring needs are high, and a single in-house recruiter absorbs it all.

The starting point

  • Time-to-hire too long. Roles stay open, business teams wait and compensate.
  • Uneven candidate experience. Each team hires its own way, with a direct impact on the employer brand.
  • Lack of standardisation. No shared interview structure or criteria, with a real operational impact.
  • No data to steer. Impossible to know where the process leaks, or what a hire costs.

The goal we set together: a structured, measurable and scalable process that guarantees an excellent candidate experience despite the pace.

The assignment, in 4 phases

Wk 1-2

Audit

Review of current practices, interviews with hiring managers, TA stack analysis, market best practices adapted to the context.

Wk 3-5

Design & Build

Complete hiring workflow and interview kit: job description template, interview guide, scorecard. Standardised yet flexible.

Wk 5-7

KPIs & Dashboard

Time-to-hire, conversion per stage, candidate sources, cost per hire, offer acceptance rate, quality of hire.

Wk 8

Release

Workshops with managers and HR, interview simulations, full kit handover for lasting adoption.

What was delivered

  • A structured interview process: TA screening, hiring manager interview, technical use case with debrief, final culture-fit interview, collective decision and offer.
  • A complete interview kit on Notion: job descriptions, interview guides and scorecards, ready to use for every team.
  • A steering dashboard on the Ashby ATS and Notion for the Talent Acquisition team, shared with hiring managers and the board. Key indicators tracked continuously to see what improves and what sticks.
  • A hiring roadmap template to plan upcoming roles and steer the recruitment budget.
  • Trained teams, to adopt the new processes.

Results

What it changedMeasured on the hires run with the new process.

−40%
time-to-hire
92%
trial-period validation
×3
manager satisfaction
8 wks
from audit to handover

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