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Use case · High-volume hiring

Scale your hiring without scaling the phone screen.

High-volume hiring breaks the funnel that works at lower volumes. Recruiters lose afternoons to phone screens, hiring managers see candidates who shouldn't have reached interview, and quality slips when the queue gets long. ThriveMap replaces the phone screen with a short realistic assessment at stage one, so the candidates your team interviews are the ones who've already shown they can do the work.

The job to be done

Staff up at scale, without buying yourself a quality problem.

High-volume hiring is bottlenecked at the phone screen. Every additional 100 hires means another 1,000 candidates to screen, hundreds of recruiter hours, and a real risk that quality slips when the queue gets long. The job is to scale the funnel without scaling the bad hires it produces, in the same hiring window you already have.

What customers actually do

What customers actually do

They move the realistic assessment to stage one, in place of the phone screen. Every applicant works through tasks and scenarios from the actual job within minutes of applying. Recruiters only call the candidates who scored above a threshold; hiring managers only meet the strong fits. The funnel does its own screening.

GXO Logistics 96% reduction in time to fill warehouse operative roles
The maths

How much recruiter time could you reclaim from phone screens?

Annual applicants Candidates entering the funnel per year
Average phone screen length Minutes per candidate, including notes
m
Loaded recruiter cost Per hour, salary plus on-costs
£ /h

Illustrative figures based on a 65% reduction in phone screen volume, which is what a typical ThriveMap funnel removes (a mix of candidates who self-select out and those who score below threshold). Loaded recruiter cost defaults to mid-band in-house TA rates; adjust to your own data for a more accurate read.

Estimated annual saving
1,083recruiter hrs
£48,750 / year, at your stated cost
From removing the phone screen for the ~65% of applicants ThriveMap typically filters at stage one. Roughly half a full-time recruiter's annual hours, reclaimed.
For a more detailed analysis of your specific recruitment cost position, use the full Recruitment Time Saved calculator →

What changes in the funnel does its own screening.

01

Replace the phone screen at stage one

Every applicant works through a short realistic assessment within seconds of applying, before any recruiter time is spent. The candidates who finish have seen what the role involves and chosen to keep going. Some won't finish. That's the point: phone screens stop being where you discover poor fit.

20-30%
— of candidates self-select out at stage one, freeing recruiter hours immediately
02

Interview only candidates above the threshold

Set a fit-score threshold calibrated to your volume target. Below the threshold, candidates receive a polite decline. Above, they go to interview as a priority candidate, with the dimension breakdown visible to the hiring manager. Hiring managers only meet the strong fits.

1.8:1
— interviews per hire, down from a typical 3.1:1
03

Build a system that scales with you

Once the assessment is configured for your roles, it works the same way for 500 hires as for 5,000. Next year's surge doesn't require another round of recruiter hiring, another set of training contractors, or another quality compromise. The funnel scales with the operation.

~65%
— of phone screen time removed from the funnel, freeing recruiters for higher-value work
Before ThriveMap, our recruiters were spending a significant amount of time on traditional phone screens that only scratched the surface. ThriveMap changed that by offering assessments that provide a crystal-clear understanding of what the job actually entails, making it much easier to gauge true fit and commitment.

Plan your next hiring wave around the work, not the phone screen.

A 30-minute conversation about your roles, your volume, and how the assessment slots into your existing ATS. No pressure, no follow-up calls you didn't ask for.