Qala.work is a skills-based hiring platform that connects companies with experienced and early-career candidates through fair, data-driven assessments. The platform eliminates traditional CV screening, offering unbiased video assessments that measure abilities rather than credentials, while reducing hiring time and costs. It is free for job seekers and accessible via mobile devices, addressing the long wait times and lack of feedback that plague 74% of young job-seekers.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional hiring methods rely heavily on CV screening, academic credentials, and prior experience, which systematically filters out capable candidates, especially early-career job seekers. This process is not only biased but also expensive and slow, costing companies an average of R50,000 and 30–60 days per hire, while 74% of young job-seekers remain unemployed for over a year and 31% never receive any response after applying.
Solution
Qala.work provides a fair, skills-based hiring platform that replaces subjective CV reviews with structured video assessments designed to measure a candidate's actual abilities, behavior, and cognitive potential. The platform screens applicants on behalf of companies, delivering interview-ready shortlists that are grounded in research and data-driven insights, allowing businesses to focus on their core operations. By prioritizing skills over credentials and enabling applications via mobile phones, Qala.work makes the hiring process faster, cheaper, and more accessible, ensuring every candidate gets a guaranteed chance to demonstrate their potential.
Target Audience
Primary customers are companies seeking to reduce hiring costs and time while accessing diverse talent pools, and job seekers—particularly early-career individuals and those who have been unemployed long-term—who face barriers in traditional CV-based hiring processes.
Features
- Unbiased video assessments that measure skills and potential, not academic background or schooling
- Data-driven insights on candidate behavior and cognition for comprehensive evaluation
- Pre-screening and shortlisting of applicants to deliver interview-ready candidates
- Mobile-friendly application process, enabling access without a desktop computer
- Research-grounded assessment design that showcases candidate potential
- Reduced time-to-hire and cost-per-hire compared to traditional recruitment methods