The Stepstone Group

The Stepstone Group operates a global network of digital recruitment platforms and job marketplaces that connect candidates with employers. The business evolved from one of the world's first job boards and now employs around 3,000 people across more than 10 countries, with offices in Düsseldorf, London and Warsaw.

Its offering spans three areas: a network of digital recruitment platforms that match candidates with companies; AI-powered job marketplaces designed to help employers discover overlooked talent and to help job seekers find roles that fit their skills and aspirations; and programmatic recruitment advertising and marketplace solutions intended to deliver measurable hiring results for employers.

The group's technical work concentrates on artificial intelligence, machine learning-based matching, programmatic recruitment advertising, data analytics and job marketplace platforms. It states a conviction that technology can make hiring fairer, faster and more human, and that AI should amplify people rather than replace them.

Internally, the company describes a culture built on diverse perspectives collaborating openly, an entrepreneurial mindset, speed of execution and continuous improvement, combined with data-driven rigour and a focus on the labour market outcomes of the people it serves.