Grupo AccionPlus

What Grupo AccionPlus does

Job&Talent is an AI-powered workforce management platform operating a dual-sided marketplace that connects enterprise employers with temporary and frontline workers. Founded in 2009 in Spain, the company has expanded to 10 countries (Spain, UK, Germany, France, Portugal, Sweden, Colombia, Mexico, USA, and others) with 3,000+ full-time employees and a network of 27+ wholly-owned local staffing entities. As of 2024, the platform has placed 340,000+ workers with 2,500+ companies and onboards approximately 1,000 workers every 24 hours, serving industries including logistics, retail, manufacturing, and consumer goods with logos such as Zara, H&M, DHL, Nestle, Unilever, Cencosud, UPS, and SEAT.

The core product surface is the Job&Talent Business SaaS platform, built on Amazon AWS, which integrates five workflow modules — Hiring, Planning (scheduling), Attendance, Time Registration, and Staff Retention — and is augmented by four named AI agents: Clara (AI recruiter that hires hundreds of workers in under 2 hours), Sara (AI attendance agent), Teo (AI account manager for workforce optimization), and María (AI performance coach). The worker-facing channel is a free mobile application on iOS and Android, with a 4.5/5 rating across 80,000+ reviews, which feeds candidate matching through behavioral and profile data. Co-CEOs Felipe Navío García and Juan Urdiales lead the company, with Carlos Armengol Villalba and Miguel Arteaga Peters as Co-CEOs of the US business.

The business model combines transaction-fee revenue from enterprise staffing services, subscription/recurring platform fees from employers (quote-based, annual billing cadence), and an optional usage-based instant wage access product for workers. The company is privately held and became a unicorn in 2021 after a €500 million funding round, with backing from SoftBank, Atomico, Kinnevik AB, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, SEEK, InfraVia Capital Partners, and others; it is ISO 27001:2022 and GDPR certified. Reported 2022 'facturación' of €1.9 billion and positive EBITDA of €195 million suggest a large-scale operation, though the figure likely reflects gross billings typical of staffing platforms rather than net revenue.

Name

Grupo AccionPlus

Legal name

Jobs and Talent S.L.

Website

https://jobandtalent.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Job&Talent is an AI-powered workforce management platform operating a dual-sided marketplace that connects 2,500+ enterprise employers with 340,000+ job seekers across 10 countries, using AI agents for hiring, attendance, scheduling, and performance management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Management Software / Temporary Staffing Platform

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Management & Scheduling (BPACAPAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

Keywords

• Workforce management software
• Temporary staffing services
• AI recruitment platform
• Shift scheduling software
• Contingent workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Madrid

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Enterprise Staffing Services: Job&Talent charges enterprises for providing temporary workforce solutions. Companies pay for access to the Job&Talent Business platform and staffing services, including hiring, scheduling, attendance tracking, and performance management of workers.
2. Platform Services for Employers: Employers pay for the AI-powered hiring platform, shift planning tools, attendance management, time tracking, and retention features. Pricing is based on service agreements negotiated with each enterprise client.
3. Wage Access Fee (Optional): Workers can access a portion of their earned salary instantly. This service may have associated fees under a separate salary access agreement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Job&Talent runs an AI-powered workforce management SaaS platform that connects enterprises needing temporary workers with job seekers, providing end-to-end staffing services including AI-driven hiring (Clara), shift planning, real-time attendance tracking, time registration, and worker retention, supplemented by a free mobile app for workers that offers job search without CVs, shift acceptance, and instant wage access.

Product overview

Job&Talent operates as a comprehensive AI-powered workforce management platform connecting workers with companies. The core platform, Job&Talent Business, integrates modules for hiring, planning, attendance tracking, time registration, and staff retention. The platform is enhanced by four AI agents: Clara (recruiter), Sara (attendance), Teo (account management), and Maria (performance coaching). For workers, a mobile app enables job search, shift management, and instant payment access. All components are unified through AI-driven matching, automation, and analytics capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clara: AI recruiter agent that can hire hundreds of workers in less than 2 hours
• Sara
• Teo
• María

Products and services

• Job&Talent Business AI-powered workforce management platform for enterprises that combines hiring, shift planning, attendance tracking, time registration, and staff retention capabilities alongside four AI agents to manage temporary workforces at scale.
• Clara (AI Recruiter) AI-powered recruiter agent that automates candidate sourcing, screening and matching for enterprises needing to fill high volumes of temporary positions rapidly.
• Sara (AI Attendance Agent) AI agent that improves shift coverage for enterprises by providing AI-based attendance management and worker engagement on top of the Job&Talent Business platform.
• Teo (AI Account Manager) AI account manager agent that optimizes client workforce staffing by analyzing data and acting quickly on workforce planning decisions for enterprise accounts.
• María (AI Performance Coach) AI performance coach agent that improves worker performance through AI-driven coaching conversations and feedback within the Job&Talent platform.
• Job&Talent Mobile App (Candidates) Free mobile application available on iOS and Android that lets job seekers search for shifts, accept assignments, track time, and receive wages within minutes via the platform's instant payment system.

Quantifiable outcome

• Workers hired in under 2 hours through AI recruiter Clara
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 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

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloud infrastructure provider for Job&Talent's SaaS platform. Job&Talent is a solution hosted on Amazon AWS, with AWS responsible for protecting the physical infrastructure.
• Candidate.lyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner listed on Job&Talent Business demo page.
• JobbFestivalenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner featured on Job&Talent Business demo page.
• FornecedoresminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner shown on Job&Talent Business partner showcase.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Randstad: Global staffing leader with strong European presence and large temp staffing operations. Competes head-to-head with Job&Talent for enterprise temp contracts across logistics, retail, and manufacturing.
• Adecco Group: World's largest staffing firm operating across temporary staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions globally. Directly comparable to Job&Talent in core temp staffing revenue model and enterprise customer base, though Adecco is far larger and less tech-centric.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider with deep enterprise relationships. Directly comparable in temp staffing services and increasingly investing in digital/AI matching tools, similar to Job&Talent's AI agent strategy.
• Hays: UK-headquartered staffing firm with strong European and LATAM presence in temporary and permanent placement. Comparable in cross-border temp staffing execution and enterprise sales motion.

Emerging players

• Sidekicker: Tech-enabled temp staffing platform focused on hospitality and light industrial. Comparable product/playbook (mobile app + AI matching for short-term placements), though smaller scale and narrower vertical focus.
• WorkMotion: Berlin-based platform for compliant international hiring and employer-of-record services. Overlaps with Job&Talent's cross-border temp staffing value proposition for European enterprises.
• Fountain: High-volume hiring platform used by staffing agencies and gig economy operators. Comparable as a technology layer serving the temp staffing market, with similar AI-driven applicant matching capabilities.
• Deel: Global employment infrastructure platform for hiring, payroll, and compliance across borders. Competes for the same cross-border enterprise HR/wallet, increasingly overlapping with Job&Talent's international temp staffing model.

Broad incumbents

• Upwork: Leading online freelancing/gig platform. Comparable as a tech-enabled two-sided marketplace connecting workers to enterprises, though Upwork focuses on independent contractors rather than W-2 temp staffing.
• Indeed: Largest online job marketplace globally, part of Recruit Holdings. Overlaps with Job&Talent on candidate sourcing and employer demand, though Indeed is primarily a matching/advertising layer rather than a staffing operator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jobandtalent_hq
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@jobandtalent_
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jobandtalent-colombia
• Instagraminstagram.com/jobandtalent

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries29 records

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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