ABOUT ADONEA.AI
Adonea.ai is building a clearer, more human way to connect people with work.
It began with lived experience of how conventional recruitment can overlook what capable people can still contribute—and a determination to build something better for candidates, recruiters, and hiring teams.
HOW IDONEA BEGAN
Idonea, began with my experience of trying to return to work after illness.
I had more than 25 years of experience across UX, web, product design, research, and strategy. Yet after four years in the recruitment system, I found that my career break and the age of some of my experience often mattered more than what I knew or could still contribute.
Interviews focused on recent tools and conventional career timelines. Work completed in the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s could not always be presented in the formats expected today—but that did not make the experience or knowledge less valuable.
I discovered that this was not only happening to me. Returners, older professionals, disabled and neurodivergent people, carers, people managing illness, and those with unconventional careers were being overlooked. Recruiters and hiring teams were also missing a vast pool of talent.
Idonea grew from the determination to create a better way: helping people show what they can do now and helping organizations understand their capabilities through clear, job-related evidence.
Colette 't Hart
CEO & Co-founder at Idonea Inc.
WHAT WE ARE BUILDING
Adonea.ai is building a clearer, more human way to connect people with permanent, temporary, fixed-term, contract, and project work.
FOR CANDIDATES
Show what you can do now, review and correct your information, control what you share, and explore opportunities with clear requirements and working conditions.
FOR RECRUITERS
Work from clearer client requirements and credible, candidate-approved evidence, reducing repeated checks and helping you represent candidates with confidence.
FOR HIRING TEAMS
Define what the work genuinely requires, review relevant evidence, and make accountable human decisions—without hidden candidate ranking or automated rejection.
One system. Clearer information. Better decisions for everyone.
WHAT GUIDES US
Dignity, candidate control, privacy, accessibility, accountable human decisions, and inclusion within one system for everyone.
CANDIDATES REMAIN IN CONTROL
People can review and correct their information, decide what they share, and understand what happens next.
PRIVACY AND ACCESSIBILITY ARE BUILT IN
Private information is protected. People should be able to participate without inaccessible processes, unnecessary disclosure, or assumptions about their needs.
DECISIONS REMAIN HUMAN AND ACCOUNTABLE
Adonea.ai provides clear, job-related evidence without hidden candidate ranking or rejection based on automated inference. Recruiters and hiring teams remain responsible for their decisions.
Everyone participates within the same system—designed to recognize different paths, needs, and ways of showing capability.
Our Journey So Far
WHERE WE ARE NOW
Idonea is currently in development. We are not yet operating as a live recruitment service.
BUILDING THE PRODUCT
We are developing the first working version of Idonea and the safeguards needed to test it responsibly.
BUILDING THE TEAM
We are bringing together the technical, product, recruitment, and inclusion expertise needed to turn the model into a working service.
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
We are developing relationships with candidates, independent recruiters, hiring organizations, and other potential pilot partners.
Idonea plans to launch a limited MVP pilot in 2027. What we learn from the first participants will help us improve the product before a wider launch.
