Refer a founder

Founders only pay on success

Full refund if the hire is terminated for any reason in the first 30 days

🎉 Earn $200 for referrals which result in a hire

Success Stories

How Lorikeet found their 1st engineer

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How Kumo Found their CTO

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Why refer to SkillsRobin?

We're specialised in connecting founders with their founding engineers and designers

Up to 12x cheaper than using a recruiter

Our pricing is transparent and fixed. No nasty surprises.

Founders save time on filtering

All our candidates are pre-vetted, based in ANZ, interested in startups, have a minimum 2 years of experience in their field or have an excellent references

Founders only pay on success

If the hire falls through in the 30 first days of employment for any reason, founders receive a full refund

 Refer someone who's hiring

Earn $200 for referrals which result in a hire

Bonuses are paid as Prezee gift cards, 1 month after the hire starts

How it works

Make the intro

Email hiring@skillsrobin.com to introduce the founder or hiring manager. Make sure they are in the email thread and we'll follow up directly.

Alternatively share our email address with them, and ask them to cc' in you!

We take care of the rest

We'll work with them to find right hire and notify you of the outcome

Collect your reward

You receive your referral bonus 30 days after the new hire starts (conditions apply*)

Ready to make an intro?

Email hiring@skillsrobin.com, with the founder and yourself cc'd into the email

 Refer someone who's hiring

Eligibility

To quality for the referral bonus:*

The founder or hiring manager must be a new SkillsRobin user — someone who has not contacted job candidates through the platform before
The hire must remain in the role for a minimum of 30 days
The SkillsRobin placement fee must be paid in full before the referral bonus is issued