71 Gem Testimonials

"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."

“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."

"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."

"Gem provides a great barometer to know how many female engineers I’m reaching out to—and down the line, how many I need to reach out to if I want gender equity in my pipelines.”

"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."

“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.”

“With dashboards, I can easily visualize all my recruiting data in a way I've never been able to do before. It consolidates data from various sources, including our ATS, into a user-friendly interface that helps you make informed, data -driven decisions. Additionally, dashboards allow hiring managers to access this information, ensuring everyone stays aligned and informed.”

"I’m constantly using Gem to look for practices we can magnify and launch as best practices across the org."

"Talent acquisition is very lean at Mapbox. Two of us are technical recruiters, and we have one sourcer. With the growth we anticipate, we have to figure out ways to organize, automate processes, and strategically engage passive talent. That’s where Gem comes in for us."

“Our equipment goes inside your laptops, your smartphones but we’re not a household name. We weren’t getting the number of applicants we needed in this hot market because of that brand awareness challenge. And our recruiters were trying to source, but they’d get so caught up in other daily urgencies that they’d send off a single email, and that was it.”

"Being able to utilize AI to narrow down and rank hundreds or even thousands of applications with a click of a button will be a game changer! This will allow us to find the perfect candidate more efficiently than prior to partnering with Gem AI."

“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.”

“Send-on-behalf-of is a way of leveraging hiring managers’ names and, in some cases, their reputations, to see if we can get more responses; and they don’t have to do any of the work. Then I get to go into Outreach Stats and see: is this a strategy worth replicating? What ultimately piques talent’s interests."