How it Works

NotchUp provides an easy to use Web-based portal that hiring managers, recruiters and HR professionals can use to specify the job skills and requirements they are looking for, give online feedback to an initial set of "calibration candidates", and then start scheduling phone screens or interviews with interested passive candidates.

1. Tell us What You're Looking For

You fill out a simple, Web-based form to describe your job position, desired skills and requirements, and your company.

Defining Required and Desirable Skills

Talent Scouts in our network use this information to find the best possible matches of high quality, passive candidates by leveraging their professional and social networks, as well as using NotchUp's proprietary Web search tools. We pay Talent Scouts based upon accuracy of how close of a match their candidates meet your requirements.

2. Give us Your Feedback on Calibration Candidates

Most hiring managers have a set of rules governing the kind of candidates they do or do not want to meet with. That could include particular schools, companies, or past job positions that you either are looking for or want to avoid. The NotchUp Calibration step helps you refine your search specification to our Talent Scouts before we perform a full search round.

Calibrating Initial Candidates

With a simple thumbs up/down user interface, along with a short note for candidates you've turned down, the NotchUp Talent Scout network now has more detail to find the precise profile of candidates you are looking for. You also save time by avoiding face-to-face meetings with recruiters and can perform the calibration step from any Web browser on your schedule.

3. View Your Candidates

After giving us your feedback with the Calibration round the NotchUp Talent Scout network goes to work for you. We assign a group of the most appropriate Scouts to start searching for the best matching passive candidates for your position, based upon the profile and feedback you've now given us.

NotchUp's PeerRank Process

There's nothing more frustrating as a busy hiring manager than reviewing profiles of candidates that do not meet your requirements. NotchUp has developed a sophisticated candidate review process, PeerRank, that uses the collective knowledge of the entire group of Talent Scouts working on your account to both order candidates we send you prioritized by best match, as well as filter out candidates that do not meet your specification. We pay Talent Scouts for performance and accuracy, with the best Talent Scouts getting assigned more work and higher pay over time.

Viewing Prospective Candidates