Success story: Timetohire
From search to signed: How Timetohire hired a Senior Front-End Engineer with Avery, in just 1 week
The challenge
Timetohire, a recruitment agency in the Netherlands, needed to fill a high-bar Senior Front-End Engineer role for one of their clients. The wishlist was clear: deep engineering experience, strong React and TypeScript skills, and the ability to start contributing from day one.
On paper, that’s straightforward.
In reality? Not so much.
Like most recruiters, Timetohire relied on LinkedIn to begin the search. And like most LinkedIn searches, anything not explicitly written on a profile… simply doesn’t exist. Strong candidates without the right keywords are filtered out before the search even begins.
They needed a faster, smarter way to surface people who could actually do the job, not just those who had the right buzzwords listed.
The Avery approach
Geert Nonnemaker, Recruiter at Timetohire, uploaded the job description into Avery and started sourcing. Within hours, he had a shortlist of roughly 80 potential fits.
Better yet: Avery generated tailored outreach messages based on the vacancy, the company, and each candidate’s career story.
No copywriting. No guesswork. Geert reached out to nearly all shortlisted candidates on the same day.
The breakthrough
Among those 80 candidates, one stood out. But here’s the twist: He didn’t list React or TypeScript anywhere on his LinkedIn profile.
Any traditional keyword-based search would have filtered him out immediately. Avery didn’t. Instead, the platform flagged him as a strong match. Under the hood, Avery recognized depth, trajectory, stack familiarity, and transferable engineering skills - even when the keywords weren’t explicitly listed.
Avery’s prompt read:
“These skills are not explicitly listed, but he has deep experience and transferable skills that make him a strong fit for this senior position.”
Trusting the signal, Geert reached out. That candidate became the top contender.
The results
What the recruiter says
“Avery really pushed me towards the right candidates. I sent a message written by Avery, didn’t even have to think about what to write. Just clicked send. One week later I had the call, and now he's joining our team.”
— Geert Nonnemaker, Recruiter at Timetohire
Why this hire was different
- Matching beyond keywords: Avery identifies real skills, not just written keywords, and catches candidates traditional search misses.
- Instant, intelligent outreach: Every message is personalized and written for you, enabling same-day sourcing at scale.
- Actionable recommendations: Recruiters get nudges toward high-quality, non-obvious candidates.
The result? Higher signal, lower noise, and hires that would’ve been invisible on LinkedIn.
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