We bring the human touch back to recruitment

TalentAdore removes bottlenecks in recruitment one by one. This frees up time to focus on the moments that matter and create an exceptional candidate experience.

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Who we are

Our company and mission

TalentAdore is a global HR technology company that brings the human touch back to recruitment.

Our AI-assisted platform has helped close to100k HR professionals to create better candidate experiences, streamline their hiring operations, and engage every applicant –including also those who were not selected.

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‍Who we are

We are pioneers in
AI-powered recruitment

Our first game-changing technology was AI-assisted personalized feedback to each job candidate. For the first time in the world, candidates would no longer receive generic rejection letters or, at worst, radio silence. TalentAdore holds a patent for this innovation.

Our approach turned out to be in the sweet spot of modern recruiting. It became apparent the world needs a disruptive recruitment solution that incorporates augmented human touch.

Thus, we launched TalentAdore Hire, an end-to-end recruitment software that takes candidate engagement to the next level.

Now, our AI has evolved into a fully-fledged assistant: Taika. TalentAdore Hire is currently used in over 40 countries globally.

TalentAdore's history

Our story

TalenAdore's story started with an observation: a lot of time was spent in dealing with candidates, while most of the effort went to a waste bin after each recruitment process. That did not serve anyone's needs.

2013

The spark

Our co-founders Saku and Joni met at a philosophical seminar in Cyprus. Over one dinner, they shared the view that recruitment was broken – and decided to fix it.

2014

The beginning

Our co-founders left their jobs to build what they wished existed: a first-of-it's-kind system that made both candidates and companies benefit from the process. Bringing the human touch back to recruitment became the main purpose.

2015

First pilots on AI-assisted, personalised feedback

Via a series of pilots, the co-founders were able to validate that the challenge they were set out to solve was a real problem within talent acquisition.

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2016

First AI-powered recruitment system in the world

No one in the world had been able to launch natural language processing (NLP) based recruitment system prior to us. The innovation also received a patent, that is still being used in TalentAdore Hire today.

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2017

Talouselämä selects TalentAdote as top 10 start-up

Talouselämä, the weekly financial and business magazine, chose TalentAdore as one of it's top 10 most interesting Finnish start-ups in 2017.

2020

Built to last

The global pandemic tested every company. We doubled down on support, adapted to the new digitalised norm, and proved our platform could handle almost anything.

2022

From tool to movement

Hundreds of companies across Europe now use TalentAdore Hire. What started as a simple high-tech feedback tool, became a fully-fledged recruitment platform – and a philosophy that others follow.

2023

Fast 50 recognition

TalentAdore earned a spot on Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 list, recognizing Finland's fastest-growing tech companies. Proof that our mission resonates.

2025

ISO 27001 certified

We achieved ISO 27001 certification, the international gold standard for information security. Because trust is not just a promise – it is proven.

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2026

The next chapter begins

We launched our refreshed TalentAdore brand and Taika – our reimagined AI Assistant. Taika is your true recruiting partner to chat and collaborate with, an entirely new way of interacting with a recruitment solution.

Our Values

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Human Touch

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Continuous Growth

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Accountability

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Loyalty

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Impactful Innovation

Our team

TalentAdore one-family

We have amazingly talented employees in customer success, R&D, sales, marketing, and business development.

Additionally, all of our advisors have top expertise in their fields and contribute their time every month. They cover e.g., HR, international contract law, artificial intelligence, startup entrepreneurship, digital communications, and go-to-market.

Our team members are ambitious doers with a go-getter attitude and the drive to excel. People are amazed at our ability to take on challenges and implement instant changes as a unified team.

We form one unified family, sharing the same passion and motivation to bring the human touch back to recruitment.

Meet our team

Our contact persons

Our emails are firstname.lastname@talentadore.com

Saku Valkama
Saku Valkama
CEO & Co-founder
Tomas Granö
Tomas Granö
Chief Revenue Officer
Oskari Valkama
Oskari Valkama
Head of Product
Bettina Berger
Bettina Berger
Head of Customer Success
Eliza Elskena
Eliza Elskena
Head of People Operations

Join our team

We have a team consisting of A-class players with a winning combination of experience and enthusiasm. Learn more and apply!

50,000+ HR pros trust us
See what they say

"You won't find better on the market. We haven't come across a system as versatile, easy to use, and candidate-friendly as this one."
Susanna Kalervo
HR Manager, Elis Textile Service
"TalentAdore is constantly evolving and bringing new updates. I like that."
Stina Ampuja
HR Business Partner, SRV
"I sincerely recommend TalentAdore to recruitment and staffing agencies, as well as to our clients of all sizes, who need their own in-house recruitment system."
Antti Soro
CEO, Eilakaisla

We make a difference in the world of recruitment

40+

team members

50k+

users across 40+ countries

89

overall CSAT score in 2024

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