Debut’s founder and CEO Charles Taylor, aged 27, first identified the opportunity for innovation after becoming frustrated with the ineffective graduate recruitment model. His negative job search experience has since resulted in one of the fastest growing recruitment businesses in the UK, with technology and innovation at its core, providing a simple, smart solution that benefits all parties.
This third seed investment is from a combination of venture capital firms and Angel investors including LocalGlobe, London’s leading seed-focused venture capital firm that has backed some of the UK’s biggest success stories, like Zoopla, Graze and TransferWise, Supercell and Playfish backer Initial Capital, Deliveroo investor Entree Capital, and Paul Forster – former CEO & co-founder of Indeed.
Graduate employment, revolutionised
Debut has fast become the recruitment method used by most the UK’s leading graduate employers, including EY, Microsoft, Barclays, Capgemini, Rolls-Royce, L’Oréal, and General Electric. The app has transformed the way employers can identify talented individuals that are right for them within a few click and a matter of seconds, removing the need for time-consuming and expensive recruitment and selection processes.
Further revolutionising the recruitment process, the app also offers mobile games designed in collaboration with employers to test skills and abilities in candidates or to provide them with insight into the company. During individual sessions, students spend up to two hours playing in-app games.
Using these different recruitment features, and having access to data and analytics, companies can reach and hire candidates who may not have been inclined to apply. The IT Services Provider, FDM, is currently averaging a hire a week through…