Case Study: Nutanix achieves rediscovery of hidden technical talent and higher passive-candidate engagement with Eightfold

Nutanix Finds and Nurtures Elusive Talent

Nutanix, a cloud storage and services company of over 6,000 employees, faced difficulty hiring hard-to-find technical "purple squirrel" talent and capturing the attention of passive candidates who didn’t respond to traditional channels like LinkedIn. To address this, Nutanix adopted Eightfold’s Talent Intelligence Platform to better surface qualified candidates and customize outreach.

Using Eightfold, Nutanix rebuilt a talent pipeline by rediscovering strong matches inside its Talent Network (past applicants, alumni, referrals) and enriching profiles with updated skills, while adding AI-driven resume matching on its careers site and targeted, personalized campaigns. Eightfold helped Nutanix find hidden gems already in its ATS, attract previously unresponsive prospects, improve diversity insights, and achieve outreach open rates as high as 70%, so requisitions no longer start from zero.

Nutanix

Chanda Townsend

Technical Sourcer