Cracking the SaaS Hiring Code in 2025

Cracking the SaaS Hiring Code in 2025

In this special video episode, Ben Purton joins Ben Watkins, a SaaS recruiter in Europe, to dive into the strategies that will help you stand out in the competitive job market for 2025.

If you’re tired of sending out applications and getting no response, or if AI tools like ChatGPT have left you wondering how to make your CV and cover letters more personal, this is for you.

Ben Watkins shares expert insights on how hiring managers really think, how AI is reshaping recruitment, and what you can do to get noticed even in a crowded field.

Also the power of LinkedIn—how to make sure your profile shines, and why personalising your job search approach can be a game changer.

Whether you’re applying for senior-level roles or just starting out, these practical tips will help you land interviews and take control of your job search.


Topics Include:

  • What’s happened in the 2024 SaaS hiring market?
  • Does AI help your CV stand out
  • Cover letters
  • The top challenges senior candidates are facing
  • What works to get interviews
  • How can Hiring Managers overcome massive candidate flow
  • Are keywords important when applying for CVs

  • Learn why mass applications don’t work from cover letters to CVs
  • Ben Watkins shares tips on how to approach your job search like a sales process, ensuring you capture hiring managers’ attention
  • Find out how simple tweaks to your LinkedIn profile can drastically increase your chances of being noticed by recruiters


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Clive Freedman

CyberArk Enterprise Sales UK Public Sector CyberArk The Identity Security Company, Dot Joiner, Story teller, spagetti untangler. Mission to protect the World against Cyber activity so that fearlessly we can move forward

3d

Insightful from the other side of the fence. Thanks

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Arcchippus Inkum

Student at Accra High School

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As a new player I think this will help me a lot

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Neela Mistry-Bradshaw

Visionary Leader - Driving Business Growth & Innovation via Marketing & Sales Integration, Communications & Ecosystem Collaboration. #PartnerMarketing #Strategy #Cloud #B2B #SaaS #GenAI #AWS #ITAM #SAM

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Some fantastic insights and advice provided. Well worth a listen, thank you for sharing.

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Michael Price

IT Sales recruiter with 192 recommendations. Grown up who will tell you truth. 24 years experience. I only work on roles I'd take myself.

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I'll give it a watch. Wonder if an old dog (me) can learn a few tricks!?

Nicolas Le Flohic

MBA | Certified CX & CS Specialist | Enterprise CSM | Fully-Remote | SaaS Mercenary | Customer-Led-Growth GTM Strategist

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Thanks for sharing this Ben Watkins

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