Talroo Wins Gold in 2025 American Business Awards® for Technical Innovation of the Year

Apply Intelligence™ Recognized for Transforming Talent Acquisition Through AI-Driven, Dual-Sided Optimization

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Talroo, the talent matching platform reinventing how businesses find and engage frontline and skilled trades workers, today announced that it has been awarded the Gold Stevie® Award for Technical Innovation of the Year – At Organizations With Up to 100 Employees – in the 23^rd annual American Business Awards®. The honor recognizes the company’s AI-powered feature suite, Apply Intelligence™, as a standout advancement in modern hiring technology.

Apply Intelligence is engineered to solve one of the most entrenched problems in talent acquisition: inefficient, one-sided recruiting systems. With tools like SmartMatch, SmartDriveTime, SmartApply, and SmartScreen, Talroo has created a dynamic feature suite that improves both employer efficiency and jobseeker outcomes. Apply Intelligence helps employers connect with qualified candidates faster and more affordably while offering jobseekers smarter discovery experiences, based on intent, location, and fit.

“Winning Gold for Technical Innovation of the Year is validation of the years we’ve spent designing the Apply Intelligence suite not just as features, but as a philosophy—one that places jobseeker experience and employer performance on equal footing,” said Gino Bustelo, Chief Innovation Officer at Talroo. “When features like SmartApply help reduce friction to apply, or when employers see 80% reductions in CPA, that’s not just innovation—it’s impact.”

Apply Intelligence has increased application rates by up to 30% and reduced cost-per-application by up to 80% for some customers, all while empowering employers to reduce hiring costs and optimize performance.

More than 250 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners. Judges praised Apply Intelligence for its dual-sided innovation and practical outcomes:

• “Talroo successfully bridges a significant industry gap with practical, scalable technology.”
• “The specific features like SmartDriveTime tackle real pain points… the dramatic CPA reduction and budget shift from competitors speak volumes about its effectiveness.”

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Tuesday, June 10. Tickets are now on sale.

This win underscores Talroo’s mission to make smarter, fairer hiring accessible at scale. For more information about Talroo and Apply Intelligence, visit www.talroo.com.

About Talroo
Talroo is a data-driven talent matching platform built to help businesses source frontline and skilled trades workers that traditional job sites overlook. By leveraging real-time applicant tracking system (ATS) data and AI-driven technology, Talroo connects businesses with high-intent job seekers faster and at a lower cost. Powering millions of job searches daily, Talroo optimizes hiring outcomes through its proprietary Apply Intelligence™ technology, apply signals, and behavioral insights.

Talroo has been recognized as a leader in talent acquisition innovation, most recently winning the HR Tech Award for Best Frontline-Focused Solution in Talent Acquisition from Lighthouse Research & Advisory and the Gold Stevie® Award for Technical Innovation of the Year from the American Business Awards. Talroo has also been named a Leader in Recruitment Marketing and Easiest to Do Business With by G2, based on customer satisfaction and peer reviews.

Learn more at www.talroo.com.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors of The 2025 American Business Awards include HCLTech, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.