Bengaluru-based EarlyJobs, one of India’s fastest-growing recruitment startups, has unveiled its most ambitious initiative to date: onboarding over 10,000 freelance women HR recruiters by 2026. While the recruitment industry is currently grappling with layoffs and job cuts driven by technology and economic challenges, EarlyJobs is taking a different approach. Rather than reducing headcount, the company is placing recruiters at the heart of its model, providing women professionals across India with remote, flexible, and income-generating career opportunities.
Saurav Kumar, Founder & CEO of EarlyJobs, shared the vision behind the initiative: “We are like the port for recruiters. Through EarlyJobs, women professionals get access to multiple job opportunities from leading companies while working remotely and independently. With our platform, we’re not just offering jobs, we’re creating careers.”
The idea emerged from noticing that many skilled and qualified women often exit the workforce after college, marriage, or maternity leave. Conventional HR roles typically require fixed hours and on-site presence, constraints that make it difficult for women to balance professional and personal responsibilities. EarlyJobs addressed this challenge by creating a freelance recruiter network, empowering women to manage their own schedules, work remotely, and actively engage in India’s expansive recruitment market.
What makes this model truly unique is the empowerment it offers women professionals. EarlyJobs’ freelance recruiters can work from home, smaller towns, or while balancing personal commitments, all without compromising their career goals. Rather than being restricted to a single employer, they gain access to opportunities from hundreds of companies via the platform, significantly increasing their potential to earn and advance. For many women, this isn’t just an alternative career, it’s often the only feasible way to stay in the workforce.
Saurav Kumar emphasizes that the impact extends far beyond employment numbers. “Our goal is to build a decentralized, recruiter-first ecosystem. By bringing over 10,000 women recruiters on board, we’re driving both social impact and business efficiency. Recruiters achieve financial independence, companies benefit from faster, large-scale hiring, and candidates gain access to opportunities that were previously out of reach. It’s a win for all,” he said.
