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Affordable Hiring for Startups

As a founder with a game changing idea your days are packed, pitching investors, building product, chasing growth. But hiring? It’s a time sink, and traditional recruiters don’t get your hustle. Let Day One step in with our platform that delivers pre-vetted early career talent in minutes, not months. Need a customer support star or a digital marketing whiz? Our skills-based, anonymized hiring ensures fairness, giving every candidate a shot to shine. With Day One, you save time and money, building a team that shares your vision. Focus on changing the world, we’ll handle the heavy lifting.
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Why choose Day One?

No HR team? No problem. Our lightweight platform lets you hire fast and fairly, even on a tight budget. Build your dream team without breaking the bank. Day One’s web based platform delivers verified early career talent to startups, saving time and money compared to using recruiters or job boards.

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Save Money

Try for Free or purchase the Essentials subscription (£999/year) plan which cost 70% less than agency fees (~£6k/hire).

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Hire Fast
Get matched to verified talent in minutes, saving 14 days per hire.
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Diverse Talent
We source talent from grassroots to graduates for inclusive hires.
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We Source, We Verify, You Hire

We do the heavy lifting so you can focus on hiring top early career talent:

We Source: We partner with training providers and universities to source diverse talent, from grassroots to graduates, giving startups access to dynamic hires.

We Verify: We assess candidates upfront with AI interviews, skills tests, and Strengthscope analysis, ensuring SMEs get role-ready talent.

You Hire: You make the final call, while we streamline the process for enterprises, integrating with your HR workflows.

How It Works

Our web-based “Source, Engage, Hire” process is effortless:

  1. Create Your Profile: Share your startup, SME, or enterprise story via our web platform—no software needed.
  2. Define Your Opportunity: Specify roles (e.g., sales, cyber, tech) and required skills online.
  3. Get Matched Instantly: Our algorithm delivers pre-vetted talent, ready for interviews.

“UK SME, backfilled a cyber role in 48 hours, saving 60% vs. recruiters.”


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Platform Features

  • Instant Matching: Access pre-vetted talent in minutes via our web platform, from customer support to graduates.
  • AI Interview Screening: Save 30 minutes/candidate with unbiased scoring.
  • Skills-Based Assessments: Verify skills (e.g., Microsoft, cybersecurity) to save £75/candidate.
  • Strengths Analysis: Via Strengthscope, see top 7 strengths.
  • Fair Hiring: Anonymized matching ensures diverse, inclusive hires.
  • ATS Integration: Works with your HR tools (e.g., via Occupop) without replacing them.


Less risk, more results

Avoid costs up to
3x salary

With verified candidates, you can avoid the costly impact of a bad hire. Our talent are productive and committed, ready to hit the ground running. Within their profiles, candidates show their strengths and skills upfront to prevent workplace pollution and increase employee engagement. We're here to support you every step of the way. It's hiring, without the hiccups.

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Demo - Excel Activity

Skills based hiring

Save £75 and 2 hours per candidate in assessment centres

It's time to focus on something other than experience- skills. We verify what talent can do, from their Microsoft proficiency to role specific requirements. With us, you know a candidate can add value, from Day One, taking the guesswork out of your process and saving you time assessing skills.

Fair and equitable hiring

Opening talent pools- priceless

Want to open your talent pools but don't know where to begin? We're all about fair and equitable hiring practices, and you can join us, all at the click of a button. We don't believe bias be anywhere near the hiring process and are committed to providing you with talent from everywhere, allowing you to focus on what sets them apart- who they are and what they can do.

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Demo - AI Interview

AI interview screening

Save £1.50 and 30 minutes per candidate

Streamline your recruitment process with our AI interview. Unbiased scoring, an insightful viewpoint and realistic avatars all form this innovative solution. Let us ask the general questions, leaving you time to focus on what matters most in your first interview with a candidate- saving you time and effort.

Soft skills and strength analysis

Save £12k a year

Employers value soft skills as being a top priority- but how do you know what strengths a new hire has? Enter our collab with Strengthscope. Now you can see a candidate's top seven strengths, so you can hire talent that fit seamlessly into your organisation.

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Some FAQs

What happens after I shortlist Talent?

Once shortlisted, you will be able to send a connection request to anyone who you want to talk to or interview.

Can I pay monthly?

You cannot purchase Day One for just one month, an annual subscription is required. However, you can pay on a monthly payment plan.

What does Day One ready mean?

We've told you that the talent you get matched with are Day One ready, but what does that mean? Well, candidates have to complete a strengths analysis task, an AI interview and show they have all the productivity skills they would need to operate efficiently in a digital role.

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