Case Study: Chicago Trading Company achieves 45% increased candidate reach and faster hiring with Yello

How Chicago Trading Company implemented automation throughout the hiring process to hire top talent faster

Chicago Trading Company, a proprietary market-making firm with offices in Chicago and London, faced a time-consuming, manual campus recruiting process that relied on spreadsheets and paper resumes. With a small recruiting team of five and only one person dedicated to campus efforts, they needed a way to scale outreach and reduce administrative work. They partnered with Yello and adopted Yello’s Application Workflows, automated scheduling, mobile evaluations and event tools to streamline post-event engagement and initial screening.

Using Yello’s automation, Chicago Trading Company eliminated much of the manual follow-up, accelerated screening up to first-round interviews, and improved candidate engagement. The results included a 45% increase in candidates attached to events, nearly 80% of interns receiving full-time offers, and centralized data for better strategy and tracking. Yello’s platform let the small team handle higher volume (e.g., thousands of workflows) while focusing on higher-touch interviews and offers, improving quality and time-to-hire.

Chicago Trading Company

Meghan Dreyer

Campus Program Manager