Platform features

Everything the volume ATS ships - labeled honestly

Jobs, pipeline, portals, messaging, and AI assist for agencies and high-volume teams. Shortlist AI is a separate screening wedge - not buried as another checkbox here.

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Job setup

Live

Create and manage jobs that flex to your process - templates, stages, and granular settings your team actually uses day to day.

  • Job wizard with templates
  • Pipeline stages per role
  • Granular settings for how each req runs

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Visual pipeline

Live

Instant visibility into what the pipeline looks like across your jobs. Clear next steps for every candidate still in flight.

  • Kanban and list views
  • Stage-based movement across roles
  • Built for high applicant volume

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Candidate portal

Live

A candidate-facing portal for apply, profile, interview steps, and a messaging inbox - so applicants move on their schedule and reply in one place.

  • Apply and profile flows
  • Interview and screening steps for candidates
  • Portal inbox for recruiter conversations

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Messaging inbox

Live*

Two-way recruiter ↔ candidate conversations as a product inbox - not internal notes, not a pile of email threads. Org templates with merge fields, email delivery with a portal CTA, and a candidate portal inbox to reply.

  • Recruiter /messages hub with threads, unread, and search
  • Message templates in Settings with merge-field preview
  • Candidate portal inbox - read and reply; email reaches them too

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Benefits hub

Live

Maintain an org catalog of benefits and attach them to jobs - so compensation packages stay consistent across reqs instead of living in scattered docs.

  • Org-wide benefits catalog
  • Attach benefits when creating or editing jobs
  • Reuse the same package language across openings

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Custom fields

Live*

Add the fields your process needs on candidates, jobs, offers, or openings - without forcing every team into the same schema.

  • Extra fields on candidate and job records
  • Tailor schemas per team without forking the product
  • Keep context where recruiters already work

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Hiring plans

Live

Create structured interview plans that drive consistency across every candidate - same bar from the first screen to the final loop.

  • Structured interview plans per role
  • Consistent evaluation steps
  • Less improvised process drift

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Scorecards hub

Live

A catalog of interview / scorecard templates with industry-standard starting points you can import, clone, and tailor - so every interviewer grades against the same bar.

  • Org scorecard template catalog
  • Import industry-standard templates
  • Clone and customize per role or process

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Talent pool management

Live

Curate candidates into pools and share them through portals staffing teams actually use - keep warm talent ready for the next req.

  • Pool curation and membership
  • Public pool portal (org feature)
  • Share modes for client presentation

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Agency portal

Live

Share limited access with external partners so they can submit and track candidates inside your process - not another inbox thread.

  • Partner login with scoped access
  • Submit and track candidates
  • Status visibility without email sprawl

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Rate card

Live

Pay and bill rates on the candidate - currency, period, and internal notes. Share bill rate on talent pool portals when you choose to; pay stays internal.

  • Pay and bill rates on the candidate profile
  • Currency, period, and internal notes
  • Optional bill-only share on pool portals

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Referrals

Live

Capture referred candidates with direct entry, or share referral links so your network can send people straight into the pipeline.

  • Direct referral entry
  • Shareable referral links
  • Referrals land in the same ATS as apply

AI assist

AI-powered job enhancements

Live

Speed up job descriptions with metered AI assist - clearer reqs, less blank-page time, usage counted against your AI entitlement.

  • JD enhance for open roles
  • Metered against AI units
  • Recruiter edits stay final
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AI assist

CV deep match

Live

Full analysis of the candidate CV against the job - fit signal, matched requirements, and gaps - so recruiters see role relevance before they dig through the PDF.

  • CV scored against the open job
  • Matched skills, experience, and requirements
  • Gaps and review flags surfaced for humans
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AI assist

Application review with AI assistance

Live*

A review flow with collaboration tooling and AI helpers for speed - so recruiters spend less time on blank-page triage and more time deciding.

  • Review tooling for collaboration
  • AI assists for resume context
  • Humans stay in control of advances

AI assist

AI-powered feedback summaries

Roadmap

Automatically highlight strengths and areas to review from raw feedback - so decision meetings start from signal, not a pile of notes.

  • Summaries from interviewer feedback
  • Strengths and review flags surfaced
  • Guides decisions - does not replace them

Screening add-on

Shortlist AI lives on its own page

Structured video interviews at volume - invite links, async Q&A, review hub. Use it with HireGrid ATS or beside the ATS you already run.

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Next step

Run HireGrid on a real high-volume role

Full ATS or Shortlist add-on. Pick a req, screen the pool, decide with humans in control.