London's labour market runs at velocity. The city pulls talent from across the UK and EU, compressed into zones where cost of living consumes 35–45% of salary across most professional roles. Tech, finance, professional services, and media dominate hiring volume. Time-to-hire stretches: competition for mid-to-senior talent is acute, and candidates expect structured, respectful processes. Raffi, an agentic AI recruiter, handles the screening work that usually stalls pipelines. When candidates apply to your role, Raffi conducts structured interviews, flags qualified candidates in rank order, and surfaces the rejects with clear reasoning. This compresses feedback loops and cuts time-to-offer by filtering out misalignment early. In a city where top talent has options, speed and clarity matter. London hiring teams face a specific tension: remote work norms have widened the talent pool (candidates now filter for flexibility first, location second), but on-site or hybrid mandates narrow it again. Raffi integrates with Workable and Google Calendar, so interview scheduling and candidate tracking fit your existing workflow without friction. The result: fewer human hours spent on initial screening, faster feedback to candidates, and a clearer view of who is actually ready to move forward. If your team is cycling through applications but bottlenecking at the first interview stage, Raffi removes that friction point.
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Raffi calls every applicant for a 10-15 min structured interview. Not just the top 5 résumés — every one. Result: nobody good slips through.
Conversational AI interview, rubric-anchored scoring, transcripts you can read. You get a top 3-5 shortlist while competitors are still scheduling first-rounds.
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London's 2026 hiring outlook splits by sector. Tech and AI-adjacent roles remain in shortage, though growth has moderated from 2023–24 peaks. Financial services continue steady hiring despite regulatory headwinds. Media and creative roles face tighter margins and selective hiring. Professional services (consulting, legal, accounting) remain consistent hirers. Average time-to-hire for mid-level roles sits around 35–45 days in London; senior roles stretch longer. Candidate supply is adequate for junior and mid-market roles but constrained for specialized skills (ML engineers, senior product managers, compliance experts). Salary expectations remain above UK regional average; candidates routinely expect flexibility (remote or hybrid), not absolute office presence. Attrition pressure is moderate; candidates job-search more actively than they did in 2021–22, suggesting employers must close offers faster to lock commitment.
London hiring demands speed without sacrifice of fit. Candidates expect clear communication on process, timeline, and role flexibility within 48 hours of applying. Remote and hybrid roles filter differently: you'll see higher application volume but also higher drop-off if you signal inflexibility on location. Salary positioning is critical. London salaries run 20–30% above UK regional average for equivalent roles; candidates know this. Misaligned compensation signals rejection before interviews start. Commute patterns vary sharply by neighbourhood; candidates in Zones 1–2 rarely commute beyond 45 minutes; further out, candidates expect flexible or remote work. Top sectors (fintech, AI, media platforms) move faster than traditional corporates; they set baseline expectations for interview turnaround and offer speed that all London employers now compete against.
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Yes. Raffi operates in 30+ languages and supports candidate calls in any timezone via self-booking — there's no per-city integration. If you can post a role from London, you can run Raffi from London.
Raffi is calibrated against the major AI-in-hiring frameworks (EU AI Act + NYC Local Law 144) and discloses AI use to every candidate before the call. For London-specific work permits and right-to-work checks, those happen outside Raffi — we screen, you verify eligibility before extending an offer.
Transparency is your advantage. Post a salary range grounded in London market data (Payscale, Levels.fyi); position non-salary benefits (equity, flexible hours, development spend) early in the job description. Candidates in London evaluate total package, not base alone. Speed of process also signals respect—reject slowly and you lose people.
Depends on your sector and role. Tech and fintech candidates expect flexibility as default. If your role demands on-site time, say so clearly upfront; candidates will self-filter. Hybrid (2–3 days) is now table-stakes for most London professional roles. Remote-only roles widen your pool but introduce timezone friction if you're mostly UK-based.
35–50 days is realistic for mid-level roles; senior roles often stretch to 60+ days. Bottlenecks typically hit at first-round screening (volume) and reference/offer negotiation (candidate caution). Raffi cuts the screening phase by 60–70%, which alone shaves 10–15 days from your cycle.
Agentic recruiting is recruiting done by an AI agent that takes action on your behalf — not a chatbot or résumé summarizer. Raffi calls every applicant for a structured 10-15 minute interview, scores them against your rubric, and hands you a ranked top 3-5. The work happens autonomously.
Most agencies charge 15-25% of first-year salary as a placement fee — a $90k hire runs $13-22k. Raffi is SaaS at $199-599/mo plus per-action credits, typically landing under $10k/year for a team hiring 12 people. Same shortlist quality, no placement contract.
About 25 minutes to onboard, post your first role, and have Raffi ready to interview applicants. No engineering work, no integration project. Connect your work email, paste a JD, you're live.
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