In 9 months of adoption:

• 50+ contractors hired across Back-end, Front-end, Full-stack, SRE, and Data Entry roles
• 1,500+ engineering and IT team hours saved
• Zero fraudulent candidates reached final interview rounds
• Interview process streamlined by 2 full stages
• Average time-to-hire reduced from 30+ days to 14 days
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"Ropes catches fraud we'd miss, cuts vetting from hours to minutes, and delivers proof points that actually help us hire faster. It's become essential to our contractor strategy." - Jason Schock, VP of Engineering

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About Netchex

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Netchex is a leading HR, payroll, and benefits software company serving thousands of businesses across the United States. Their comprehensive platform streamlines workforce management with integrated solutions for payroll processing, benefits administration, time tracking, and compliance management. After being acquired by GrowthCurve Capital, Netchex had clear growth and value creation targets, with high-quality contractor talent becoming a strategic initiative for 2025.

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Gerda Vellore, Talent Acquisition Partner, and Jason Schock, VP of Engineering, spoke with us about how Ropes enabled them to rapidly assess 1,000+ candidates sourced from external staffing vendors while maintaining their quality and authenticity standards.

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Netchex Relies on Staffing Services for High-Volume Contractor Needs

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Like many growing technology companies, Netchex maintains relationships with multiple staffing vendors to source contractors across various critical roles. These contractors support core product development, infrastructure scaling, and new feature initiatives that drive their competitive advantage in the HR tech space.

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"We work with several trusted staffing partners to fill contractor roles quickly, but the challenge was always ensuring we received authentic, qualified candidates without spending weeks in evaluation cycles," explains Gerda. "The volume of candidates was overwhelming our engineering team's capacity to properly vet everyone."

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Reducing Risk and Accelerating Hiring with Ropes

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By implementing Ropes assessments through their staffing vendor network, Netchex transformed their contractor evaluation process. Rather than conducting lengthy technical interviews with every candidate, their staffing partners now provide pre-vetted talent validated through custom job simulations tailored to Netchex's specific tech stack and project requirements.

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"Before Ropes, we were spending 15-20 hours per week just on initial technical screens for contractors. Now our staffing partners send us candidates who've already proven they can do the work," notes Jason. "The fraud detection piece gives us confidence that we're not wasting time on candidates who misrepresent their abilities."

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The Ropes platform's integrity monitoring capabilities caught multiple instances of AI-assisted interviews and credential misrepresentation that would have otherwise reached final rounds, protecting both Netchex's engineering resources and their relationships with staffing partners.

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Looking to the Future

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The investment in Ropes has delivered measurable ROI in less than a year. As Netchex continues scaling their engineering organization, they now have a reliable platform to ensure high-quality, authenticated candidates from their contractor suppliers. Their IT and engineering teams have gained the human capital needed to accelerate product development and ship features faster.

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"What started as a solution to catch fraudulent candidates has become our competitive advantage in contractor hiring. We're filling roles faster than ever while maintaining our quality standards - that's exactly what we needed to hit our growth targets," concludes Jason.

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