Behind-the-scenes notes from the team building Siftboard, plus evergreen breakdowns on what SMB recruiting actually costs and how shortlists get built faster. Read on for our launch post, then dive into the data on cost-of-hiring and time-to-hire.
The origin story behind Siftboard: what frustrated us about Handshake, RippleMatch, and LinkedIn Recruiter for sub-500 hiring, and the roadmap we're shipping this year.
RecruitingSHRM's $4,700 average cost per hire is just the start. Hidden recruiting costs push the real number much higher for small businesses. Here's the full breakdown and a free calculator to model your own numbers.
RecruitingAverage time-to-fill in the U.S. is 42 days. Here's what slow hiring actually costs, how the benchmark varies by industry, and how AI shortlisting compresses the timeline from weeks to seconds.
ATSGreenhouse and Lever are built for 500-person companies. An honest ATS comparison for small businesses — pricing, limitations, and where AI sourcing replaces the pipeline problem an ATS won't solve.
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