2019 - AI Alchemy

The world has been shifting towards AI and automated processes. Over the last decade, the development team have been hard at work creating our “Human like” Technology, Humatec. She automatically finds users exactly what they're looking for.

Bringing together artificial and human intelligence to search the crowded market and deliver back the quality results is what users are seeking.

Quality over Quantity

- Early 2018

We began introducing our pre-screened / verified profiles to help job seekers stand out from the crowd and for employers to find quality candidates. And guess what? It's now one of our main and much-loved features, enabling people to get noticed and find quality in the noise that surrounds the recruitment industry.

Giving back

- Early 2016/2017

After the rebranding, we became much more recognized - our methodology and platform delivered a unique way of job searching for candidates and recruiting for recruiters. During this time, we launched our Apply4U subscription services for both candidates and recruiters.

Our launch was so successful that we were invited by UCFB to present a Job Search Seminar at Wembley Stadium.

Rebranding

- Early 2015

After many years, the market was finally changing and shifting towards the Apply4U wayfinding jobs for the best talent.

As we mentioned, our founder has always been a forward thinker, so he began rebranding of Apply4U, improving its design and functionality of the job site.

2012/14 - The Recognition Era

As the London Olympics 2012 was nearing closer, Apply4U was selected as a preferred recruitment partner for the staffing of the event. But it didn’t stop there!

We were then nominated for and won 12 “Best for Recruitment” Awards including Gold Award for “Best National Jobsite 2013/14” along with specialist industry recruitment.

2009/10 - Digital Debut

Our initial website and concept were officially launched in 2009 in collaboration with Tre Azam from the BBC's The Apprentice - Series 3. Tre took a keen interest in Apply4U and helped with our rebranding.

Our team grew, our business grew and most importantly, our client base grew! Some of our clients included The Guardian, CareerBuilder, Charterhouse, Robert half and many more recruitment agencies. We grew so much that we were approached by Venture Capitalist, owned by James Caan from Dragon’s Den.

The Recession

- Early 2008

Everyone remembers the 2008 recession and financial crisis and of course, the first sector it hit was the recruitment sector. Companies made hundreds of redundancies and everyone was looking for a job but there were no jobs available.

Fortunately for us, our founder was always forward-thinking and always planning ahead, foreseeing what's to come allowing Apply4U to remain firm and continue to grow (let's hope this doesn't go to his head).

2007 - Where Concepts Take Flight

A groundbreaking idea sparked in Irfaan Hussain's mind: what if we turned the recruitment process on its head? Instead of candidates searching for jobs, what if we found jobs tailored for the best candidates?

Irfaan identified a gap between recruitment agencies and job boards - one would focus on quality but charged a huge agency fee whilst the other would focus on quantity and be cheaper but be a lot more time-consuming and not guaranteed to deliver - inevitably, technology was used to bridge this gap!

2000 - Laying the Groundwork

Irfaan Hussain, a Computer Science graduate from the University of London, transitioned into recruitment at Totaljobs Group, securing clients like Atkins, Orange, PIPC, IDT, T-Mobile, and Egg.

Headhunted by CareerBuilder, he became the UK's first employee, playing a key role in building the recruitment solution and bringing on FTSE clients including Accenture, Bupa, Bloomberg, Network Rail, Unilever, AXA, and Abbey.