Case studies

Recruitment case studies from Savanna HR

How we have closed leadership, specialist and team-scale mandates for EdTech, HealthTech, manufacturing, fintech and e-commerce companies, with the numbers behind each one. Client names are withheld; the methods and results are not.

Since 2014hiring for startups, enterprises and institutions
3,500+placements
AI + humanevery mandate runs on HireXL, reviewed by a recruiter

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EdTech · Team scaling · Employer brand

23 hires in 2 months for a funded EdTech company, while repairing its employer brand

23 · 98% · 96% · 1

A funded company selling degree and certification courses needed to scale fast, but its Google, Glassdoor and AmbitionBox reviews were putting candidates off. We fixed the reasons people were saying no while we hired.

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HealthTech · CTO · Leadership

Hiring a CTO for a Series-B HealthTech startup in 9 weeks

9 weeks · 185 → 1 · 38% → 19% · Daily

The company was little known, had 38% attrition, negative employer reviews and a final interview round that sent candidates away confused. Here is how we placed a CTO anyway, and what changed six months later.

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Manufacturing · Plant HR · Greenfield

Closing a remote Plant HR leadership role in 7 days, with only 3 CVs

7 days · 3 CVs · 24 hours · 0

A global manufacturer setting up its first India plant needed a Plant HR leader at a remote site with a large workforce of women from nearby villages. We closed it in a week by screening for intent before skill.

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Fintech · Startup core team

Building a newly funded fintech's core team in Gurugram

8 functions · 1 offer back-out · 2 weeks to backfill

Competitive mapping and red-flag screening in India's most contested talent market.

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E-commerce · AI engineering

AI engineering hiring for a beauty e-commerce company

Technology hiring case study

What AI did, and did not do, in an AI engineering search.

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