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Client
ClearScore
Sector
Fintech
Location
Global
Join Talent <> ClearScore: A shared commitment to excellence
ClearScore is a leading platform in the fintech space with 26 + million global users, operating across the UK, South Africa, Australia, and Canada. With ambitious growth targets and limited internal TA capacity, they partnered with Join Talent to scale hiring rapidly and strategically across key business hubs.
Results.
Our embedded team operated as an extension of ClearScore’s internal TA function, delivering hiring outcomes while strengthening recruitment infrastructure and stakeholder confidence. Join Talent supported ClearScore’s expansion journey, adapting to shifting priorities and delivering strategic value across global locations. Our partnership is built on trust, adaptability, and a shared commitment to excellence.
12 months
12 months of support provided by Join Talent across UK, Canada, South Africa, and Australia.
£477k
£477k cost avoidance vs cost of filling via recruitment agencies.
94%
94% offer acceptance across all markets.
12 months
12 months of support provided by Join Talent across UK, Canada, South Africa, and Australia.
£477k
£477k cost avoidance vs cost of filling via recruitment agencies.
94%
94% offer acceptance across all markets.
Overview.
The goal:
Ensure continuity and strategic oversight of ClearScore’s TA function during maternity leave while scaling hiring across global locations and enhancing recruitment capability.
To achieve this, Join Talent seamlessly reintegrated a Talent Acquisition Lead alongside a Talent Partner to take ownership of all recruitment activities and strategy across the group — alleviating pressure on the internal team and meeting increasing hiring demand.
Ensure continuity and strategic oversight of ClearScore’s TA function during maternity leave while scaling hiring across global locations and enhancing recruitment capability.
To achieve this, Join Talent seamlessly reintegrated a Talent Acquisition Lead alongside a Talent Partner to take ownership of all recruitment activities and strategy across the group — alleviating pressure on the internal team and meeting increasing hiring demand.
Embedded Leadership
TA Lead embedded to oversee recruitment strategy and operations across all regions.
Strategic Enablement
Design and implementation of early careers programmes, work experience initiatives, and internship frameworks.
Cultural Integration
Deep alignment with ClearScore’s values, ways of working, and evolving business priorities.
Process Enablement
Support for hiring manager alignment, feedback loops, and candidate journey consistency.
“Join Talent have been an exceptional partner to ClearScore. Their team enhanced our candidate experience through new survey insights, reinforced partnerships, and provided outstanding leadership across the TA function. The results speak for themselves, with significant hiring success and measurable cost savings.”
Louise Jones, Group Chief People Officer – ClearScore
Embedded Growth Experts.
As a proud international start-up and scale-up success story in our own right, Join Talent is a boutique EOR, talent acquisition augmentation and embedded insourcing specialist on a mission to help some of the world’s most exciting businesses scale and grow with intelligent TA delivery strategies. Founded in 2018, with our team of over 250 supporting clients on an international stage.
We are the world’s leading specialist in embedded & augmentation partnership – a sector that is proving a hugely positive disruptor to the complex and heavily engineered traditional RPO sector.
Our growth has always been underpinned by a constant drive to deliver client-centric support, a focus on continuous product innovations. Our team are driven by passion and purpose to deliver excellence for our clients.
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