What Kuntarekry does

Kuntarekry is a Finnish web-based recruitment platform purpose-built for the public sector. It connects job seekers with municipal employers, cities, wellbeing services counties (hyvinvointialueet), federations of municipalities, and municipally-owned companies across Finland. The service operates two integrated systems: Kuntarekry.fi, a public-facing job board where employers publish vacancies (automatically expiring after the application deadline), and Kuntarekrytointi.fi, a full applicant tracking and recruitment management system where job seekers build profiles and submit targeted or open applications and employers manage the hiring lifecycle from receipt to final selection. The platform additionally supports substitution and gig-work matching and publishes career content via a quarterly digital newsletter (on Issuu) and a work-life articles section.

Technically, the platform is a browser-delivered (no-install) system. Its analytics stack uses PostHog with first-party cookies for visitor identification, with data piped into an Azure Data Platform where web traffic is joined with recruitment-process data to produce a recruitment-analytics service for client organizations; error monitoring uses Sentry. The platform includes a cookie- and profile-based job recommendation engine that surfaces suitable postings to registered seekers. Third-party embeds (YouTube, Vimeo, Dreambroker video; Issuu magazine) extend content delivery, but no public API is disclosed.

The business model is B2B subscription/recurring software plus expert consulting services sold to public-sector employers for external/internal recruitment and substitute management; the job-seeker side is free self-serve (product-led), creating a two-sided marketplace. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The service is operated and produced by Grade Solutions Oy (headquartered in Oulu, Finland), an entity that has rebranded repeatedly — FCG Talent Oy → FCG Finnish Consulting Group Oy (Dec 2020) → FCG Digital Oy (Jan 2024) → Grade Solutions Oy (Apr 2024) — and the service is now produced under the Talentech brand.

Name

Kuntarekry

Legal name

Grade Solutions Oy

Website

https://kuntarekry.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kuntarekry is a Finnish public-sector recruitment platform combining a national job board and applicant tracking system, serving municipalities, cities, wellbeing counties, and municipal companies as employers alongside job seekers nationwide. Operated by Grade Solutions Oy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Recruitment Software

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Sales Force Automation (SFA) CRM (HDAEAFAA)

Keywords

• Public sector recruitment
• Municipal job portal
• Applicant tracking system
• Talent acquisition software
• Job board platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Software and Consulting Services: Kuntarekry provides recruitment software and expert consulting services to employers (municipalities, cities, welfare areas, federations of municipalities, and municipal-owned companies) for external and internal recruitment as well as substitute management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Kuntarekry is a Finnish public sector recruitment platform operated by Grade Solutions Oy under the Talentech brand. It combines two interconnected systems: Kuntarekry.fi, a public-facing job board where municipal employers publish open vacancies, and Kuntarekrytointi.fi, a recruitment management system that handles applicant profiles, targeted and open applications, and the full hiring workflow. The company additionally offers recruitment consulting and substitute management services to municipalities, cities, welfare areas, federations of municipalities, and municipally owned companies.

Product overview

Kuntarekry operates two interconnected systems: Kuntarekry.fi (website publishing system) and Kuntarekrytointi.fi (recruitment system). Together they form a unified recruitment platform serving both job seekers and public-sector employers. For job seekers, the platform provides tools to search and apply for jobs, temporary positions, and gig work, along with career articles and a digital newsletter. For employers—municipalities, cities, welfare areas, joint municipal authorities, and municipality-owned companies—the platform offers recruitment software and consulting services for external/internal recruitment and substitute management. The two systems work in tandem: the public job board surfaces vacancies while the recruitment system handles the full application lifecycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kuntarekry.fi (Website Publishing System) Public-facing web portal where Finnish municipal employers (municipalities, cities, welfare areas, joint municipal authorities, and municipality-owned companies) publish open job vacancies. Job listings automatically expire after the application period ends. Used by job seekers nationwide to discover open positions across Finland.
• Kuntarekrytointi.fi (Recruitment Management System) Applicant tracking and recruitment management system where job seekers create personal profiles, build targeted or open applications, and submit them to employer organizations. Employers use it to process applications from receipt through to making a final selection proposal, supporting external and internal recruitment as well as substitute and temporary staffing administration.
• Recruitment Consulting and Substitute Management Services Expert recruitment consulting services provided to municipalities, cities, welfare areas, federations of municipalities, and municipal-owned companies, covering external and internal recruitment as well as substitute and temporary staffing management.

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grade Solutions OycoreOthersGrade Solutions Oy is the operator and producer of the Kuntarekry service. The company underwent several name changes: FCG Talent Oy (original) > FCG Finnish Consulting Group Oy (Dec 2020) > FCG Digital Oy (Jan 2024) > Grade Solutions Oy (Apr 2024). Grade Solutions Oy serves as the technical administrator and data controller for the Kuntarekry platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• SmartRecruiters: Global enterprise ATS with job-board functionality and a marketplace of recruitment integrations. Directly comparable as a full-cycle recruitment management system sold to employers on a subscription basis.
• Teamtailor: Nordic-headquartered applicant tracking and employer branding platform serving employers across Scandinavia with a similar ATS-plus-career-site model. Most directly comparable peer given overlapping Nordic HR-tech customer base and product-led GTM.
• Greenhouse: Leading SaaS applicant tracking system focused on structured hiring and integrations. Direct peer in the employer-side ATS category, with similar subscription model and mid-market to enterprise employer focus.
• Lever: Combined ATS + CRM (Talent Relationship Management) platform for employers. Direct peer in the recruitment management software space, particularly in the way it blends applicant tracking with pipeline/candidate-relationship features.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions): LinkedIn's recruiter and job-posting products compete for the same employer recruitment budget, even though LinkedIn is primarily a professional network. Broad incumbent that has been localizing in Finnish and pushing into structured hiring workflows.
• Indeed: World's largest generalist job board with a sponsored-job and employer-recruitment product. Broad incumbent competing for the same employer recruitment and job-seeker attention as Kuntarekry, though without public-sector specialization.
• Workday Recruiting: Module within Workday's enterprise HCM suite that handles ATS, candidate experience, and recruiting analytics. Broader incumbent that overlaps in the recruitment management software category, particularly for large public-sector and enterprise employers.
• Oracle Taleo: Enterprise-grade recruitment management system used by many large public-sector employers globally. Broader incumbent with overlapping ATS, candidate management, and onboarding functionality, sold as part of Oracle's wider HCM portfolio.

Regional players

• Oikotie Työpaikat (Sanoma): One of Finland's largest generalist job boards, operated by Sanoma. Comparable as a Finnish recruitment destination for job seekers and a posting channel for employers, but lacks a deep public-sector specialization.
• Jobly.fi: Finnish job board and recruitment platform covering both public and private sector roles. Regional peer competing for the same Finnish job-seeker and employer audiences, but broader across verticals than Kuntarekry's public-sector focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kuntarekry
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kuntarekry
• Instagraminstagram.com/kuntarekry
• TikToktiktok.com/@kuntarekry
• Xx.com/kuntarekry

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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