Flint Healthcare case study summary
Flint, a healthtech startup that places internationally-trained nurses in US hospitals, needed a Healthcare Recruiter urgently. Three months of searching and 400+ LinkedIn applicants had produced no qualified candidates, and at $20,000+ per hire, traditional agencies weren’t sustainable.
lemonly evaluated over 16,000 candidates, interviewed the top 25, and introduced 4. Flint made the hire in under 3 weeks, at a total cost of $8,149. Flint has since filled more than 5 additional roles through lemonly.
Kenton Jarvie, CEO of Flint Healthcare: “lemonly has taken all the effort out of hiring. Next time I need to fill a role I know it’ll take days – not months.”
Case Study
16,000 candidates.
1 Healthcare Recruiter.
Flint Healthcare · Healthtech, Vancouver
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<3 weeks
to hire
$8,149
total cost of hire
lemonly helps companies like Flint find the talent they’re looking for.
The full market
lemonly’s AI considers thousands of candidates – a typical recruiter hand-searches 60 to 100.
Humans in the loop
lemonly’s recruiters interview the best candidates before you meet anyone.
One flat fee
Never a percentage of salary.
The Problem
Flint needed a Healthcare Recruiter – like, yesterday.
Someone who could navigate US immigration, coach candidates through a turbulent process, and hit aggressive placement targets. A rare profile: empathy, commercial drive, and relational, high-touch recruiting. Three months of searching and 400+ LinkedIn applicants had turned up no one – and at $20,000+ per agency hire, the usual route wasn’t sustainable. That’s when they came to lemonly.
3
months searching alone
400+
applicants, none qualified
“I run a 40-person startup. We need great talent – but every path to finding it either takes months, eats my calendar, or runs up $20,000 in recruiter fees.”
Kenton Jarvie · CEO, Flint Healthcare
The Approach
lemonly didn’t start with a job description.
It started by figuring out who Flint was actually looking for – the person, not the title. From there, lemonly’s AI scanned over 16,000 profiles from across the web – LinkedIn, blogs, personal sites – assessing each one against Flint’s specific requirements. Not keywords: an understanding of who each person really is. lemonly’s recruiters then interviewed the top 25 and handed Flint just the top 4.
16,000+
candidates evaluated
4
introduced
“They told me they’d assessed over 16,000 profiles for our role. I don’t even know where you’d find 16,000 healthcare recruiters – but clearly they did, because the ones they surfaced were spot on.”
Kenton Jarvie · CEO, Flint Healthcare
The Screen
lemonly found the needle in the haystack.
Rachel
Healthcare Recruiter
Matches the brief
- 5 years in target-driven roles
- Client and candidate pipeline experience
- Relational, high-touch working style
- Based in Canada
Rachel's bonuses
- Psychology degree
- Promoted twice in three years
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lemonly
The Search
Howlemonlyfoundthehiddengems.
16,000+
Candidates evaluated
4 of 4
Interviewed by Flint
<3 weeks
Time to hire
The Result
Hired in under 3 weeks – after 3 months of searching alone.
Every candidate lemonly introduced was interviewed, and the shortlist was so strong that Kenton’s hardest decision was choosing between them. Since that first urgent hire, Flint has filled more than 5 further roles through lemonly.
“lemonly has taken all the effort out of hiring. Next time I need to fill a role I know it’ll take days – not months.”
Kenton Jarvie | CEO, Flint Healthcare
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