‘Inquiry about applicant’s reputation in 10 seconds’ Specter has attracted initial investment from Base Investment and a number of angel investors.
Specter is an easy and fast talent verification platform. Companies facing hiring decisions can inquire about the reputation of applicants written by previous employers through Specter (www.specter.co.kr). It’s good news for employers and HR managers who are struggling with hiring as they can query their reputation in 10 seconds with just the applicant’s name and phone number. Of course, personal consent to read is an essential procedure.
Korea has become an era of frequent job turnovers, reaching 10 million employees annually. There are about 20 million wage workers, which means that almost half of them change jobs every year. The long-term service rate also fell to the lowest among OECD countries. With such a large number of turnovers, the company is bound to suffer from frequent hiring. As a result, job failures also occur frequently, and this blow is more serious in small and medium-sized workplaces.
According to a representative who runs an IT company, “I have been in business for over 20 years, and interviews are really limited. It is said that they are all sincere and that they did all of the projects. Specter gave a review, saying, “They hide the’Tin’ talents.”
The management explained that it is an attractive service for applicants. Everyone can relate that a word of good reputation is much stronger than ten words in an interview. In fact, a large number of applicants are mostly diligent. It is impossible to appeal all of these experiences within 10-20 minutes of the interview time. It is an uncomfortable truth that applicants who are skilled only in self-PR stand out more in interviews, although there is no fruit in the middle of this. In addition, it is a structure in which no one can read the reputation without personal consent, so anyone can receive a reputation with confidence.
According to an official on the Specter side, “Specter’s mission is to create a fair and beautiful recruitment culture in which people who really deserve to be treated rather than those who are good at self-PR only in interviews.”