How Creyos built a talent acquisition function from scratch and doubled its team with Workable

When Creyos brought on its first dedicated talent acquisition hire, the company had roughly 40 employees and no formal hiring infrastructure. Four years later, Creyos has more than doubled in size and runs a consistent, automated recruiting operation on the platform selected during those early days of growth.

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Who Is Creyos

Creyos is a technology company that has grown from a 40-person startup to approximately 100 employees over four years. The company hires across technical and nontechnical functions, including engineering and DevOps roles that demand precision in candidate assessment. The talent acquisition team has led all recruiting efforts throughout the company’s growth trajectory.

What Hiring Looked Like Before Workable

When Creyos built out its dedicated talent acquisition function, there was no established recruiting infrastructure. The company was using BambooHR primarily as an HR information system, stretching it to cover recruiting tasks it wasn’t designed for. There was no way for hiring managers to collaborate on candidates, no meaningful TA reporting, and no real applicant tracking capability.

Within a couple of months, the need for a dedicated ATS became clear. The TA team evaluated several options—including Greenhouse, Jazz, and Breezy—before landing on Workable.

Why Workable

Two factors drove the decision. First was cost. As a small company, several competitors required budgets that didn’t align with the organization’s stage. Workable offered the needed capability at a price point that worked, with room to grow as the team expanded. Second was ease of use. The interface was intuitive enough that the TA lead became confident operating the platform within a couple of weeks, largely through self-teaching.

Both factors have held up over four years. When onboarding new TA team members, the platform has proven quick to learn. “The team is picking up Workable so fast because it just is really easy to use,” the lead noted. The platform was selected with growth in mind from the start, designed to “assist the function and create as little friction as possible.” It has delivered on that commitment since day one.

How Workable Changed Hiring at Creyos

1. Automation That Protects Candidate Experience at Scale

With a growing candidate pipeline and a lean TA team, Creyos relies on Workable’s automated communication tools to ensure every applicant receives a response regardless of outcome. Rejection emails are configured by pipeline stage and adjust in tone and content based on advancement level. Someone who reached final interviews receives a different message than someone screened out early.

“It’s a huge time saver,” the TA lead observed. “Knowing that when I automate an action, if someone is rejected, they’re going to get informed. It’s important for our reputation as an employer that those things consistently happen with every candidate.”

2. Self-Scheduling That Keeps Interviews Moving

The team uses Workable’s self-scheduling feature for interviews, integrated with Google Calendar. Candidates book directly into available slots without coordination back-and-forth. For a TA function managing multiple open roles simultaneously, the time recovered from scheduling logistics goes directly toward higher-value work.

3. Reporting That Turns Pipeline Data into Leadership Conversations

Workable’s reporting suite has become essential to managing expectations and advocating for change internally. Time to hire and time to fill are tracked consistently, providing a baseline to measure against as the company scales. When a role proves difficult to fill, interview volume data gives the TA team concrete evidence to bring to leadership: if dozens of candidates have been interviewed without a hire, something needs to change—whether the job description, requirements, or salary band.

“If we can see that we’ve interviewed hundreds of people and still haven’t found the right person, maybe we need to adjust what we’re looking for,” the team noted. Offer rejection patterns carry similar weight. When candidates turn down offers due to better compensation elsewhere, Workable’s reporting documents a business case for salary band adjustments.

4. A Platform That Scales Without Getting in the Way

Perhaps the most understated measure of a hiring platform’s value is what doesn’t happen: delays, process failures, and breakdowns caused by the tool itself. Workable has not been that problem at Creyos. “I can’t recall a time where hiring has been impeded because of Workable,” the TA lead said. For a company that doubled its headcount in four years, that consistency has been foundational.

Business Impact

Creyos grew from approximately 40 to 100 employees over four years while building an entire talent acquisition function from scratch and maintaining a 37-day average time to hire throughout. The platform supporting that growth is the same one selected during the company’s early scaling phase, after evaluating more expensive alternatives that didn’t fit the organization’s stage.

Automation ensures every candidate receives a response reflecting company standards. Reporting gives the TA team the data needed for difficult conversations with leadership about market realities. And ease of use has meant that new team members become productive in days rather than weeks.

“For a startup scaling organization that needs quick action and ease of use, it’s the perfect tool.”