About Cure Recruitment
Cure Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency in Australia focused on placing technology roles across APAC. Based in Melbourne and Perth, the company helps organisations hire software engineers, product professionals, UX specialists and more. Co-founders Conor and Andy lead a hands-on team known for strong client relationships and deep knowledge of the local tech talent market.
Industry: Recruitment
Country: Australia
Company size: 2 – 10 employees
Use case: Candidate sourcing and identifying business development opportunities
The challenge
Winning new business is just as critical as placing great candidates. But in a competitive tech recruitment landscape, identifying growth-stage companies and sourcing relevant talent fast isn’t easy.
“Business development is one of the toughest parts of recruitment. We needed a way to stay ahead of the competition, segment the market, build contact lists and reach the right people before anyone else.”
Conor Lydon
Director, Cure Recruitment
They also needed tools to better support clients’ diversity hiring goals – particularly in building gender-balanced shortlists and sourcing niche-skilled candidates in specific locations.
The solution
Firmable is now a core part of Cure Recruitment’s software stack. The team uses Firmable’s sales intelligence and B2B data platform to:
Find new clients and business development opportunities: Cure creates signal based lists to identify funded, growing, or hiring companies, and pinpoint the right decision-makers fast. These insights give recruiters an edge when starting conversations.
Source diverse and relevant tech talent: Recruiting the best person for the job starts with data. Firmable lets Cure layer in location, experience, gender, and skills to build balanced shortlists.
“We’re able to check for inferred gender in terms of candidates and give a balanced amount of people to our clients. It’s about getting the best person for the job but also ensuring there’s equity in the process.”
Director, Cure Recruitment
The results
Cure Recruitment has seen significant improvements across a number of areas:
Improved sourcing workflow: Cure Recruitment is scaling more efficiently and able build more accurate shortlist through better local filters.
Smarter outreach: With accurate mobile numbers and both work and personal emails for candidate outreach, Cure Recruitment are able to quickly connect with the right people.
Better business development: Firmable has helped Cure Recruitment stay ahead of the competitor by getting to the right people first based on hiring signals.
