{"id":33721,"date":"2022-07-05T14:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T14:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/?p=33721"},"modified":"2024-05-06T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T10:30:54","slug":"get-licensed-lands-new-funding-to-make-security-hiring-more-efficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.get-licensed.co.uk\/get-daily\/get-licensed-lands-new-funding-to-make-security-hiring-more-efficient\/","title":{"rendered":"GL Receives Funding for Security Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#585252\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Get Licensed is on a mission to build technology and tools to help people get trained and find work, and employers hire and screen licensed security workers quickly.<\/strong><\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4th July 2022 &#8211; London:<\/strong> Get Licensed &#8211; a marketplace for security training and jobs, today announced that it has raised new investment from Koetter Invest GmbH, bringing the company&#8217;s total raised to \u00a34 million. The proceeds will be used to expand Get Licensed&#8217;s team and product development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hr-tech-for-the-security-industry\">HR Tech for the Security Industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of employee recruitment, acquisition and job board products is practically endless \u2014 see CV-Library, LinkedIn and Reed to start. Get Licensed differentiates itself by being industry-specific to support the security sector, carrying out automated SIA Licence validation checks, video introductions and using a proprietary algorithm to match workers with jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><code><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/tRe_23dqKW6YIyMv7lF9CPCCIJMHoG26M9Knh9nduQJedporo0ROb-LN6E7FxHKzRxV61vQY5BVwp2EQFpGnp6DMYTRi8E_SqFjcDm8qT4IKsoZvbX6mQm_Sga7lT67-fSS5zdhmUBpicZmSAY4\"><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get Licensed&#8217;s customer list is expansive and includes brands like Mite, G4S, NHS, Compass Group and many more. 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