Online Hiring Assistant Vervoe Launches in the U.S. with $1 Million in Funding

Vervoe reinvents the recruiting experience for startups and small businesses with an automated interview process

NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Vervoe, the online hiring assistant for startups and small to medium sized businesses, launched in the U.S. today with a funding round of $1 million.  

Co-founded by Australian entrepreneurs Omer Molad and David Weinberg, Vervoe seamlessly automates the interviewing process, allowing candidates to show their skills and style through online simulations. The pair developed Vervoe in response to their own frustrations with outdated hiring processes and models. Vervoe is designed to bring fairness and speed to the hiring process by replacing traditional interviews with on-the-job tasks created by experts.

Targeted at small to medium sized businesses without a human resources department or recruiter, Vervoe's goal is to enable companies to fill a position within a few days, instead of expending resources over multiple weeks. The platform provides companies with confidence that they are asking candidates the right questions, even for roles they do not have expertise in. Prior to launch, Vervoe has been working with a number of fast-growing startups as well as traditional businesses in the U.S. to solve their hiring needs, and its customer base is growing rapidly.

Vervoe solves the burden of hiring by:

• Interviewing everyone automatically, leveling the playing field and bringing fairness to hiring
• Keeping candidates updated with where they are in the hiring process, improving the hiring experience for the candidate as well as the employer
• Offering interviews with video, work samples and interview questions written by experts for a more comprehensive assessment
• Making the process more personal by allowing customizable interview questions, focusing on the candidates' journey

"Every CEO I spoke to nominates hiring as the number one reason for losing sleep. Building a team is the most sacred activity a CEO can do," said Omer Molad, CEO of Vervoe. "Having been through the pain ourselves, we felt so strongly that we needed to rise to the challenge and build a solution that business leaders would enjoy using.

"Other recruitment solutions are focused on getting better at driving candidates away with more screening and more filtering, whereas we believe every candidate should get a chance. We want businesses to have a simple solution to build their entire team, whether they're testing a candidate's technical skills or trying to understand how someone will contribute to their culture. Already we have helped the non-technical founder of a fashion startup hire a data scientist and a venture-backed augmented reality startup hire a developer, as well as working with more traditional businesses to hire sales reps, finance partners and graphic designers."

Vervoe recognizes that today it is less significant which university the candidate attended or how many LinkedIn connections they have. It strives to remove conscious and unconscious bias from the hiring process to make the recruiting experience effective and enjoyable for both employers and candidates.

For more information on Vervoe, please visit www.vervoe.com.

About Vervoe

Vervoe is reinventing the recruiting experience for startups, and small to medium businesses. Use Vervoe's task-based simulations to evaluate all your applicants' skills and style. Easily rank them through the platform, and only meet the very best at the end. No more tedious résumé screening and time-consuming interviews. With Vervoe, you can hire the right people in 4 days, not 40.

About Omer Molad, CEO and Co-founder, Vervoe

Omer is on a mission to reinvent the recruiting experience to make it effective, fair and enjoyable. Omer's experience building teams, and being a candidate himself, has led him to believe that people should be given a chance to show what they can do, not be judged on where they've been.  

As a Co-founder and CEO at Vervoe, Omer promotes Vervoe's mission, leads the company's strategy alongside co-founder David Weinberg, and is responsible for customers, capital and people. Prior to co-founding Vervoe with David, Omer led a corporate finance solutions team of 25 people at National Australia Bank, led an international emergency response program at Red Cross, and served as a platoon commander in Israel's Defence Forces.

Having been a leader in large corporations, the humanitarian sector, the military, and now a fast-growing startup, Omer has a unique perspective on workplace culture, motivation and what makes teams successful, and his articles on these topics have been featured in leading publications. Omer holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Law with Honours, and a Masters of Law. Omer lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife Erica, young son Leo and Rhodesian Ridgeback Ralph.

About David Weinberg, CTO and Co-founder, Vervoe

David is on a mission to reinvent the recruiting experience to make it effective, fair and enjoyable. David's experience building teams, and being a candidate himself, has led him to believe that people should be given a chance to show what they can do, not be judged on where they've been.

As a Co-founder, Executive Director and CTO at Vervoe, David drives Vervoe's innovation, leads the company's strategy alongside co-founder Omer Molad, and is responsible for product development and technology. Prior to co-founding Vervoe with Omer, David was the Principal Architect for Australia's Department of Defence, and worked for Juniper Networks in Silicon Valley as a Distinguished Engineer in the CTO Office, and as a Director of Corporate Strategy.

As well as recruiting for highly technical roles at large corporations, David knows what it's like to run a small business. At one stage he built a tiny bakery into one of Australia's leading suppliers of wholesale cakes, supplying most of the major national and international airlines and hospitals. David Holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science. David lives in Melbourne, Australia with his wife Sim, young son Harvey and Boston Terrier Billie.

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