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Role-Based Hiring for Entry-Level Positions

Meet early-career talent ready to contribute from day one.

Day One helps you fill critical entry-level roles - fast. Our role-based hiring model connects you with pre-vetted candidates who’ve proven they can do the job through hands-on assessments, not just polished CVs. Meaning you get talent that’s already proven they can do the job. No recruiter fees. No ghosting. No noise.

Explore our most in-demand entry-level hiring tracks:

 

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Choose the role. We’ll handle the rest.

Before you even match talent, the candidate pool in the Day One platform has completed a series of role-based activities and assessments to prove their skills.

Customer Service

  • Candidates have proven their ability to support customers with empathy, clarity, and speed through a role-based simulation handling real-world service scenarios.
  • Inside a virtual CRM environment, they’ve assigned tickets accurately, responded to queries efficiently, and analysed key details to resolve issues.
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Data Analyst

  • Candidates have written SQL queries to extract insights, cleaning datasets in Excel, and building interactive Power BI dashboards.
  • Through hands-on labs, they’ve demonstrated technical skills in T-SQL, data modelling, and report creation, ensuring accurate, reliable data to support smart decision-making from day one.

Sales Development Representative

  • They have completed an activity to see how they handle live selling scenarios, such as engaging prospects confidently, and securing demos through effective conversation.
  • Talent have also stepped into a virtual CRM environment to show their operational sales skills, such as managing follow-ups and updating sales data to support the pipeline.
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Administration

  • Be assured talent can streamline operations and enhance team efficiency. They've showcased proficiency in Microsoft Office, modern productivity tools, and AI-powered applications.
  • These skills have been applied to real-world administrative tasks, including scheduling, document management, and communication, ensuring smooth workflows and timely project delivery.

Cybersecurity

  • Candidates have tackled real-world cybersecurity scenarios - investigated suspicious network traffic, identified vulnerabilities, and navigated incidents that mirror day-to-day security threats.
  • In a hands-on lab, they’ve demonstrated core technical skills - running uncredentialed scans, using Nmap for device discovery and port detection, and interpreting vulnerability data in GSA to assess risk.
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Human Resources

  • Candidates have tackled real-world HR scenarios: resolving payroll and onboarding issues, supporting recruitment and handling sensitive employee situations with professionalism.

  • In a hands-on lab, they’ve demonstrated key operational skills, using an ATS to manage documents, update employee records, support payroll and ensure data privacy in a fast-paced HR environment.

We Source. We Verify. You Hire.

Instead of spending weeks sifting through hundreds of irrelevant candidates, with Day One, you'll find verified talent with the skills you're looking for in a matter of minutes.
 
Faster hiring: skip the guesswork and focus on top performers.
Better hires: confidence that every new hire can handle real customer scenarios.
Stronger teams: build a scalable, reliable support function from day one.
 

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At Day One, we're the global leader in early careers. Our mission is to connect talent with entry-level roles based solely on skills, strengths and values, regardless of background, experience or social connections.