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Customer story
Tech recruitment agency — South Africa
A firm placing tech talent had outgrown Excel. Clients expected fast, defensible shortlists, but getting to a shortlist took about 25 days and closing a hire about 60—too slow for the growth they wanted. Lykos Hire replaced parallel spreadsheets with one workflow: CVs, role requirements, and fit signal in one place. Recruiters could explain rankings to clients without living in browser tabs.
Key takeaways
- About 25 days down to about five to shortlist; about 60 days down to about 20 to hire after Lykos Hire.
- About 25% of each recruiter’s month returned compared with spreadsheet-led work.
- One place for CV, role requirements, and fit instead of opaque spreadsheet scoring.
- More throughput per recruiter without adding headcount; anonymized South Africa tech firm on the site.
The situation
Spreadsheets slowed every step: about 25 days to identify and 60 days to hire. More applications meant more manual screening and brittle records, and little shared structure on role criteria or performance-linked fit.
What we focused on
They brought Lykos Hire online quickly, imported existing candidates, and ran hiring through its built-in applicant workflow instead of duplicating everything in sheets. Screening and ranking automation moved recruiters toward shortlisted candidates and client-facing time.
CV, role bar, and structured fit lived in one system instead of scattered cells.
What improved
Time to a workable shortlist dropped to about five days; time-to-hire to about twenty days on their clock. After the first month they reported about 25% of each recruiter’s monthly time returned, fewer copy-paste mistakes, and sharper submissions to clients.