How Blue Valet Hires 30 Employees per Month Across 30 Locations?

Who is Blue Valet?

Blue Valet: Valet Parking Services at Airports and Train Stations

Blue Valet provides valet parking services for travelers, operating directly at airports and train stations across Europe.

Today, the company employs 250 people across France and international markets and relies on a hybrid hiring model:

• Permanent employees to ensure service continuity and quality.
• Freelance workers to strengthen teams during peak activity periods.

With operations spanning 30 locations across Europe — including 15 airports and 15 train stations — Blue Valet requires a recruitment organization that is structured, responsive, and capable of handling a high volume of applications efficiently.

Blue Valet's Recruitment Challenges

#1. Attracting Candidates for Roles with Non-Traditional Working Hours

The valet positions offered by Blue Valet require employees to work flexible and sometimes unconventional schedules, which naturally reduces the pool of available candidates.

As a result, some job openings can remain unfilled for several months due to a shortage of suitable applicants.

To overcome this challenge, Blue Valet's teams continuously diversify their sourcing efforts and need the ability to quickly activate multiple recruitment channels, including partnerships with schools and sponsored job advertisements.

#2. Managing a High Volume of Hires Every Month

Blue Valet hires an average of 30 people per month, including both permanent employees and freelancers, to ensure service continuity across all its locations.

This recruitment volume requires:

• Fast and efficient job distribution.
• Smooth application management.
• Rigorous hiring tracking and coordination.

All while keeping the workload manageable for both HR teams and operational managers.

How Flatchr Helped Blue Valet

#1. Multi-Posting Job Ads and Centralizing Applications

Flatchr enables Blue Valet's HR teams to publish job openings across multiple channels in just a few clicks while centralizing all applications within a single platform.

This streamlined approach makes it easier to:

• Manage a high volume of applications.
• Improve collaboration between recruiters.
• Ensure recruitment continuity and visibility, even when team members are unavailable.

By bringing every application into one place, HR teams can track candidates more efficiently, reduce administrative workload, and maintain a consistent hiring process across all locations.

“What I like most about Flatchr is the ability to post jobs across a wide range of job boards from a single platform. The automated messaging features save us a tremendous amount of time, and candidate screening and tracking have become much easier to manage.” - Sophie Meyer, Recruitment Specialist at Blue Valet

#2. Automating Candidate Communications to Save Time

With Flatchr’s automated messaging capabilities, Blue Valet streamlines candidate communications while significantly reducing the time spent on repetitive administrative tasks.

Recruitment teams can:

• Send personalized or pre-defined messages at scale.
• Maintain consistent follow-up throughout the hiring process.
• Deliver a better candidate experience and strengthen their employer brand, even during high-volume hiring campaigns.

By automating routine communications, recruiters can focus more of their time on evaluating candidates and making hiring decisions rather than managing manual follow-ups.

“Automated messages are a game changer for us. When you're hiring at scale, they're an absolute gem.” - Sophie Meyer, Recruitment Specialist at Blue Valet

#3. Seamless Collaboration Between Recruiters and Hiring Managers

Flatchr makes it easy to involve hiring managers in the recruitment process by giving them direct visibility into applications and candidate progress.

Through the platform, managers can:

• Access candidate profiles and resumes at any time.
• Share feedback on applicants.
• Participate actively throughout the entire hiring process.

This streamlined collaboration improves communication between HR teams and managers, accelerates decision-making, and creates a more efficient hiring experience for everyone involved.

“Our managers enjoy using Flatchr because it allows them to be fully involved in the recruitment process. We can collaborate very easily with them, they have direct access to resumes, and we can quickly gather their feedback on candidates. It makes the process much simpler for everyone.” - Sophie Meyer, Recruitment Specialist at Blue Valet

#4. Employee Referrals to Strengthen the Talent Pipeline

To complement its sourcing strategy, Blue Valet has implemented a simple and rewarding employee referral program through Flatchr.

The process is straightforward:

• Employees can recommend candidates from their personal network.
• If the candidate matches the requirements and is hired,
• The referring employee receives a financial reward.

This approach helps Blue Valet expand its talent pool while leveraging the networks of its existing workforce.

“The process is simple: employees submit the application of someone in their network who is interested in an open position. If the candidate matches the requirements and is hired, the employee who referred them receives a financial reward for their contribution.” - Sophie Meyer, Recruitment Specialist at Blue Valet

✨ What Blue Valet Has Achieved with Flatchr

• A structured and scalable high-volume recruitment process.
• Greater involvement from hiring managers.
• Significant time savings through automation.
• An improved candidate experience, even at scale.