--- title: "Flint Healthcare Case Study – 28,774 Candidates, 1 Hire" lang: en canonical_url: "https://www.lemonly.ai/case-studies/flint-healthcare" last_updated: "2026-07-10" last_updated_source: jsonld summary: "After three months of searching on their own, Flint Healthcare came to lemonly. lemonly evaluated 28,774 candidates and found the right hire in under three weeks." --- # 28,774 candidates. 1 Healthcare Recruiter. > **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 28,774 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 Flint Healthcare · Healthtech, Vancouver × <3 weeks to hire $8,149 total cost of hire Scroll ## lemonly helps companies like Flint find the talent they’re looking for. The full market lemonly’s AI assesses 20,000+ candidates per role – about 100x the 213 a recruiting firm works per placement (Recruiterflow, 2026). 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 **28,774 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. 28,774 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 M. 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 FL-001 lemonly ### Devon B. Healthcare Recruiter Matches the brief - 4 years in target-driven roles - Client and candidate pipeline experience - Relational, high-touch working style - Based in Canada Devon's bonuses - Former varsity athlete - Built a client book from zero FL-002 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced ### Grace L. Healthcare Recruiter Matches the brief - 7 years in target-driven roles - Client and candidate pipeline experience - Relational, high-touch working style - Based in Canada Grace's bonuses - Personal immigration story - Ran her own coaching practice FL-003 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced ### Rachel M. 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 FL-001 lemonly ### Sam O. Healthcare Recruiter Matches the brief - 6 years in target-driven roles - Client and candidate pipeline experience - Relational, high-touch working style - Based in Canada Sam's bonuses - Early hire at a venture-backed startup - A track record of targets hit FL-004 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced ### Nadia H. Healthcare Recruiter Matches the brief - 8 years in target-driven roles - Client and candidate pipeline experience - Relational, high-touch working style - Based in Canada Nadia's bonuses - Five years as a fitness coach - Speaks three languages FL-005 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced The Search ## How lemonly found the hidden gems. 28,774 Discovered & Evaluated 484 Pre-qualified 81 Engaged 25 Interviewed by lemonly 4 Introduced to Flint 1 Hired 28,774 Recruiters 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 --- _Markdown version of [this page](https://www.lemonly.ai/case-studies/flint-healthcare) for AI agents and LLMs. More lemonly content: [llms.txt](https://www.lemonly.ai/llms.txt) · [full index](https://www.lemonly.ai/llms-full.txt)._