Why become a founding member
The crew forms once. Founding members are already in it.
A search finds the people who are available this month. A warmed market means the right people already know your name, have heard your leaders speak and have chosen to meet you when the role opens. That head start carries into your next site.
Searching when a role opens → knowing the market all year
You see the pool for every profile before you need it, and plan hiring around it.
Cold calls under an unknown name → candidates who know you
Outreach lands with people who have seen what you are building.
Candidates held by agencies → a pool you keep
Every candidate is yours, in your ATS, with their consent recorded, ready for the next site.
What founding members get
Six things, in every market you hire in.
The market map
Counted pools for the profiles you hire, in the cities you hire in, refreshed monthly with the method and date behind every number.
Forward warming
Campaigns that put your name in front of the mapped audience months before you hire, led by project news and your people, not job ads.
A seat at every crew night
Your leaders host and speak at the in-person evenings in your markets. Employers who are not founding members do not.
First introductions
Members who match your profiles, and who say yes, meet you before anyone else.
Candidates in your ATS
Delivered into your own applicant tracking system with a source tag, through our talent partner Avesco Talent Solutions.
A live view
Your executives and hiring managers see the pipeline by profile and city, read live from your ATS.
The first twelve weeks
From a yes to a measured result.
Every founding membership starts with one hiring push in one region, run in waves, with three checkpoints where scope can change.
- Weeks 0–1
Mobilise
Approved openings, seats and hiring managers confirmed. Sources and talent pools set up in your ATS.
- Weeks 1–2
Map
First counts for every profile and city, with a hand-checked sample. Scope confirmed against the real pool.
- Weeks 2–9
Warm
The first market is warmed, checked at week 6, then the second market follows with what we learned.
- Weeks 3–11
Hire
Hiring waves in each market, with turnaround targets visible in the live view.
- Week 12
Review
Results against targets, and the decision on the next markets.
Why founding, not later
Joining later means joining someone else's room.
Members will join at any time. Founding places will not stay open. These are the terms only founding members get.
First introductions in each market
When a member matches your profiles and says yes, you meet them before employers who join later.
The hosts members remember
The first crew nights in each region are hosted by founding members. That first impression is hard for anyone else to buy later.
First call in every new market
When we open a new region, founding members are offered a place there before anyone else.
The ground rules
The community stays neutral. That is why it works.
- Members join Data Hall Crew, not an employer. Founding members never receive the member list.
- Introductions are opt-in, one at a time. That is why early-career people trust it enough to join.
- A limited number of founding members per region. Enough for members to have a real choice, few enough that each one stands out.
- Your ATS stays your system of record. We connect to it. We do not replace it.