How GroTech runs the entire recruitment workflow in one place

GroTech Search helps high-growth companies across the Nordics and the UK find their first Go-To-Market hires. Founded by Tom Warner - a recruiter with 11 years of experience - the firm specializes in direct sales, customer success, account management, and technical sales. Increasingly, GroTech focuses on founding GTM roles: the first commercial people a startup brings on to build the revenue engine.

When you're placing candidates at that level, speed and precision aren't optional. Clients expect curated shortlists within 24-48 hours. That pressure demands a recruiting setup with zero friction.

From 6 tools to one place

Before Talentium, Tom's tech stack had grown into a patchwork of 6 disconnected tools - for sequencing, tracking, job ads, outreach, and candidate management. Nothing was connected to anything else. Recruiter was the primary sourcing channel, but its AI-driven search wasn't delivering the quality Tom needed. Meanwhile, warm contacts sat buried across platforms with no fast way to find them.

The market made things harder. With 700+ applicants flooding in on some roles, there was too much noise and not enough signal.

"I need to present candidates within 24-48 hours. Speed is important. The market is saturated - there's a lot of noise. I need to identify the right people fast."
- Tom Warner, Founder at Grotech Search

Why Talentium stood out

Tom first discovered Talentium through a LinkedIn post by Jonathan, a member of the Talentium team. As someone always evaluating new tools, he reached out directly - and what he found ticked the right boxes.

The biggest draw was reach. Talentium surfaced candidates Tom hadn't found through traditional sourcing or his direct network. That alone was hugely valuable - a truly new sourcing layer on top of what he already had.

But it wasn't just about reach. Talentium was simple. Clear instructions, hard and soft search requirements, easy to edit. Searches returned 50-100 manageable, relevant candidates almost instantly. Every single search surfaced people worth contacting.

"I like tech that is simple. Talentium is very user-friendly - very clear, very quick. Every search I've done, I've found relevant people to reach out to."

From sourcing tool to full ATS

What started as a sourcing experiment quickly became something bigger. Within 2-3 months, Tom made a strategic decision: consolidate his entire ATS workflow into Talentium.

The trigger was a tech stack audit at the end of last year. Nothing was connected. Tom wanted everything in one place - his candidate database, his shortlists, his sourcing, and his professional network - all working together. So he switched.

Today, Talentium sits at the center of GroTech's recruiting process. The first search happens inside Talentium, combining the internal network and external sourcing in a single step. Shortlists are built and managed in the same platform where candidates are discovered. LinkedIn integration keeps inbound applicants and outreach in sync. The old patchwork of Slack threads, LinkedIn pools, and manual notes is gone.

The shift isn't just operational - it's strategic. GroTech is moving from searching externally for every role to owning its own recruiting infrastructure, building a structured talent database that compounds in value over time.

Early results, strong momentum

Since switching to Talentium, GroTech has already seen clear improvements across the workflow:

✅ Consolidated 6 disconnected tools into one platform

✅ Every search surfaces relevant, contactable candidates

✅ Shortlists are built faster - sourcing and tracking happen in the same place

✅ A growing internal candidate database that gets more valuable with every search

✅ LinkedIn network fully integrated and searchable in seconds

A partnership that evolves

Tom joined Talentium at an early stage - and that's part of what excites him. The product has developed significantly in just a few months, and the pace of iteration keeps him engaged.

"We got a good product that's not finished. It's been 2-3 months and it's developed a lot during this time. I really like that."

His vision for the future: a true one-platform stop for the entire recruitment workflow. Today, GroTech still uses another tool for outbound sequencing. When Talentium has further developed sequencing, contact management, and outreach into the same ecosystem, Tom sees it becoming the only tool his team needs.

"Recruitment firms like GroTech live and die by speed and quality. Helping them consolidate their entire workflow into one platform - sourcing, tracking, shortlisting, and their own candidate network - that's exactly what we're building Talentium to do."
- Sebastian Hjärne, CEO at Talentium

For any recruiter or search firm that has built up a LinkedIn network over the years and wants to actually use it - fast - Tom's advice is simple:

"Give it a try. Regardless of how you work, it's hugely valuable. You can integrate your ATS and professional network - something every recruiter has built up - and access it all at huge speed."