Introducing Pluk

Startups succeed or fail based on the people they hire. So, how do you hire the best people for your company?

93% of 43 respondents we polled on LinkedIn said referral or in-network. This echoes what we heard in 100+ conversations with founders, hiring managers, and heads of talent over the last 8 months. And, large scale studies confirm: referral hires stay 70% longer and close faster. When Cursor's Head of Talent Adam Ward talked about how Cursor built a talent-dense team, he shared how mapping teammates' networks and relentlessly pursuing candidates through warm intros was key.

We all know the best hires come from our network. And yet, rarely do teams treat it like a real pipeline. We post on LinkedIn, throw the occasional referral party, and hope.

But hiring from your network is work. You have to comb your network and reach out to mutuals asking for an introduction. You expend social capital and face a potential rejection from someone you know. Hiring from your network also takes time. You have to plant seeds and nurture relationships.

That's why we built Pluk: an AI agent to turn your network into a true hiring pipeline. Simply add Pluk to Slack and it finds all the candidates in your team's network for open roles and helps facilitate intros. It works for a single user or a team.

Pluk finds the great candidates in your team's network.

Connect your LinkedIn and Pluk searches your network (1st and 2nd degree) for people who fit your role. That works on your own. And when teammates connect theirs too, Pluk searches all of your networks combined.

Pluk makes it easy for your teammates to reach out.

When you find a great candidate connected to a teammate, thumbs up the candidate. Pluk starts a group DM with you and the teammate, asks if they know the person and if they'd be a fit. If they say yes to both, Pluk drafts the message for them to send. Then Pluk monitors for replies.

Pluk is free to add to Slack and takes 5 minutes to set up.