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Hiring software for small business

Post a job, collect applications on your own careers page, move candidates through your hiring stages and start new hires with a ready checklist. No applicant accounts, no spreadsheet.

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A business owner shakes hands with a candidate in a bright small office with applicants on a laptop

What hiring software does

Hiring software gives every open job a listing, a place for people to apply and a clear path from application to first day. Instead of resumes scattered across inboxes, each applicant has one record with their answers, resume, rating and notes.

Small businesses often hire a few people a year, so a heavy recruiting system is overkill. A simple tool that keeps jobs, applicants and onboarding together is usually all you need.

What small teams get with the HR app

  • Job listings that expire on their own

    Write a listing, choose a closing date and publish. When the date passes, the listing comes down by itself. You can also close or reopen it any time.

  • A careers page you can share

    Candidates see your open jobs and apply online with a resume. They do not need an account, and the page shows only open jobs.

  • Your own application questions

    Add short answers, long answers, yes or no and pick-one questions, and mark them required or optional.

  • A pipeline you can rename

    Applied, Hired and Rejected are built in. Name the stages in between to match how you hire.

  • Rating and private notes

    Give each applicant one to five stars and keep notes only your hiring team can see.

  • Hiring managers

    Choose which team members manage each job. They see only those applicants and cannot edit the job or mark someone hired.

  • Onboarding checklists

    Mark an applicant as Hired and a checklist for HR, the manager and IT is created. Edit the standard tasks in setup.

  • Download a listing

    Open a clean version of any listing and print it or save it as a PDF.

Inbox and spreadsheet or hiring software?

  • Where do applications go?

    Inbox and spreadsheet: Into whoever's inbox.

    IWANTAHELPDESK HR: Into one list per job, with resumes attached.

  • Who has seen this candidate?

    Inbox and spreadsheet: Nobody is sure.

    IWANTAHELPDESK HR: Stage, rating and notes are on the applicant.

  • Taking a listing down

    Inbox and spreadsheet: You have to remember.

    IWANTAHELPDESK HR: It expires on the closing date.

  • Who can see resumes?

    Inbox and spreadsheet: Anyone the email was forwarded to.

    IWANTAHELPDESK HR: HR admins and the hiring managers you choose.

  • After you hire

    Inbox and spreadsheet: Start a new to-do list.

    IWANTAHELPDESK HR: A checklist is created for you.

Pay only for the apps you use

The base plan includes the Tickets help desk. Add HR and any other app one at a time, and switch it off whenever you like. See pricing

Questions about hiring software

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