OUR CLIENT

Gauge offers innovative applications that enhance processes, engagement, strategy and cost effectiveness. Their solutions enable smart direct recruitment, real-time human capital insights, quick and accurate psychometric talent profiling and bespoke digital apps.

CLIENT'S NEED

When they first approached us, Gauge was a start-up with a business process in plan and needed a partner to implement the technical solution to make their plan possible. They wanted a user-friendly digital profiling tool that would enable professionals to better assess themselves and the way others perceive them. Their initial requirements concerned web design and the user interface, then the project's scope expanded, including the back-end aspects as well.

SOLUTION 

Gauge is based on an innovative and accurate profile analysis system which enables people to create talent profiles and to compare them to peers' profiles. Gauge.Me derives from a self-analysis formula dating back to 1942, based on the theories of Professor Prescot Lecky of Columbia University, for analysing personality traits. Using vector analysis, Gauge.Me takes these theories to the next level, by measuring output based on word selections rather than requiring users to answer questions.

FEATURES

• social media and smartphone friendly product which can be integrated across many sectors
• accuracy ratings
• possibility to incorporate recruiting agencies' brands in the application
• individual talent profiling
• candidates' ranking by multiple criteria
• Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google + plugins for profile sharing option to access and use Gauge.Me web services API and plug it into user's existing in-house system
• Gauge.Me can deliver branded standalone sites
• users can receive feedback through different channels like Facebook or through colleagues
• profile analysis and export to PDF
• intuitive support system
• unipolar psychometrics

We had a dedicated development team of three experts working on this project:

• 2 ASP.NET developers
• a front-end developer

We tried several hosting providers, to identify the best option for the platform's performance requirements, and in the end we settled for Microsoft Azure.

The project took about a year, using Agile methodologies and adapting to tight deadlines, as our client was making their way on the market and needed specific features to present to their potential customers on a short notice. We were able to support them by working overtime when needed and responding promptly to changing requirements.

The success of our collaboration lead to a long-standing partnership: we've since become the technical extension to their company and together we've developed other innovative solutions, like Recruiter Genie and Insight Genie.