{"id":46238,"date":"2018-09-28T00:11:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T23:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/?p=46238"},"modified":"2018-10-01T17:02:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T16:02:57","slug":"jack-beaman-and-novo-abakare-syft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/jack-beaman-and-novo-abakare-syft\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Beaman and Novo Abakare: Syft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Beaman, 30 and Novo Abakare, 32
\n<\/strong>Company: <\/strong>Syft
\n<\/strong>Web: <\/strong>syftapp.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The UK is on track for one  million temporary temporary workers in 2020, after a 40% surge<\/a><\/u> in short-term recruitment over the past decade. Yet the problems facing the recruitment of agency workers continue to blight the industry.<\/p>\n

Employers complain that temporary staff don’t show up, while the workers themselves complain about low pay and a lack of basic rights. A sector which is dominated by huge international firms has been painfully slow to fix these problems.<\/p>\n

But Syft is determined to change the game, leveraging the power of mobile technology to provide a better, more reliable means of recruiting temporary staff. Co-founder Jack Beaman says his own memories of working as a temp during university, and the frustration at his measly pay packet, provided the framework for his vision.<\/p>\n

Beaman and business partner Novo Abakare have built an app which has already attracted 13,000 job seekers since launch last year, and placed staff at blue-riband locations such as Harvey Nichols, The Ritz and Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium.<\/p>\n

By slashing agency fees, Syft drastically reduces the employer’s bill while also ensuring more take-home pay for workers. All employees are vetted, ensuring trust in the system, and the developers have built in a Uber-style ratings system for staff, which has helped reduce the no-show rate to just 1.7% – less than a tenth of the industry average.<\/p>\n

Those who claim work through Syft also receive a raft of benefits, including free phone insurance and discounted gym membership. This has helped ensure a high retention rate, as well as rapid growth via word-of-mouth.<\/p>\n

Beaman and Abakare are currently launching their sixth office in Cardiff and eyeing up a Series B in 2019. They are also planning to launch a charity in tandem with their network of employers, aimed at getting homeless people back to work.<\/p>\n

The long-term dream is to be the world’s largest temporary recruitment provider – without losing the values that make them stand out in the recruitment jungle.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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