71 Gem Testimonials

“The difference between a great sourcer and a sub-par sourcer is in how much discipline someone has in following-up, in not wasting productivity cycles. Response rates on that initial outreach might be 15%, but they might be 50% on the follow-up. So the one thing I was looking for in a tool was automated follow-ups. We ran a free trial of Gem and the team loved it. Our sourcers were thrilled about things like send-on-behalf-of and Rules of Engagement. And I just saw productivity increase. So at that point, it was a no-brainer.”

"Now that we have top-of-funnel data, we have much better insights into which parts of the funnel to optimize. We can focus on what matters because Gem is in the background, contributing the numbers."

“Our very early wins with Gem were around content usage. It can take 18 touch points to land a candidate. Seeing how our content was converting in Gem allowed us to be more strategic which helped refine our employer brand strategy.”

"One of the hardest parts of recruiting your early team is knowing where to begin. Gem's open source resources for startup hiring are a big help for founders who want to build the right foundation and get off to a strong start. We recommend them day 1 to every new founder in the Accel portfolio."

“When Gem demoed their scheduling feature, I was very excited about the user-friendly candidate experience. They can now simply put their availability on a calendar and we can schedule them with our teams. There’s no more back and forth with the candidate and a nice, seamless internal process. Once the event is created both internal teams and the candidate receive automatic invitations.”

“When a req comes in from a client, I source directly from Gem—talent I’ve already looked at, vetted, and in some cases screened—and queue up my outreach from right within the platform. It’s like having my own more robust, more specialized, more streamlined LinkedIn.”

“When a prospective candidate responds and says they’re not looking right now, I ask if there’s a good timeframe in which to circle back with them. When I hear back I set a reminder for myself to follow up with them at that point. All of that happens right in the Gem extension: you can set a date and then add them directly to a nurture campaign.”

“Gem’s Talent Marketing has significantly improved our recruitment event process, enabling us to create an exceptional candidate experience and attract top-tier talent. This tool has optimized our event efforts and elevated our talent acquisition strategy.”

“Gem’s color-coding alerts me to who’s waiting on feedback, whom we need to take action on. I see that 5 candidates have made it to the reference check. I see how many days it’s been since our last touchpoint with every candidate. At a glance, I have an immediate sense of how an open role is trending.”

"Automation and efficiency are at the core of every great candidate experience. [Gem Scheduling] supercharges your team's capabilities in the flip of a switch."

"Immediately we saw that Gem could replace a lot of the products we were using. It was easily one of the better products I’d seen in terms of streamlining manual work: searching for phone numbers, emails, social media sites. And the cherry on top was that it integrated seamlessly into Greenhouse."

“I haven’t even been at Lyft a year and we’ve grown our sourcing function alone by 300%, because we have Gem doing a lot of the heavy lifting in the background.”

"Gem has been a remarkable partner for us at a financially approachable cost that’s positively impacting our residents’ lives through high-quality health care providers to serve them. And we wouldn’t be having the success we’re having from a financial standpoint, from a talent acquisition standpoint, if it weren’t for this partnership."

"Hiring is the #1 priority for every startup once they've raised money, and to do it well you need the right platform. YC companies have consistently raved about Gem, and we recommend it for all companies, whether they're hiring their first employees or at scale."

“We've tried everything and Gem is the first product to delight our hiring managers. Now, everyone's involved in the hiring process -- our entire company is an extension of the recruiting team."