SMALL BUSINESS HIRING

Small Business Hiring Software

Set your hiring bar once and see only the qualified applicants. Built for founders and office managers who run recruiting alongside everything else.

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100Hires jobs dashboard showing active roles and candidate pipeline stages for a small business

At five employees you hired from your network. At twenty, you posted a job and got seventy applications in a week. Forty of them had nothing to do with the role.

At fifty, spreadsheets stop working entirely and qualified candidates go cold while you're still reading the pile.

100Hires is small business hiring software built for that gap: past the spreadsheet, not yet ready for a six-week enterprise implementation.

Post to 13 named job boards, filter unqualified applicants automatically, and run structured interviews, all from one place your whole team can use from day one.

Earlier-stage and still calling yourselves a startup? Our ATS for startups page covers the startup-specific setup.

Create a job once, post it everywhere candidates actually look

Writing the same job description into Indeed, LinkedIn, and three other boards takes two hours per role. 100Hires posts it once. Toggle the boards you want and the listing goes live across Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Google Jobs, Glassdoor, Adzuna, Jooble, Trovit, and more.

Every application lands in one pipeline, not a separate inbox per board.

100Hires job board distribution panel showing Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter and other boards toggled on with visitor and applicant counts

Post once, watch applications arrive from every board

Toggle the job boards you want. 100Hires distributes the listing instantly and tracks how many visitors and applicants each board sends back. Switch boards on or off without editing the job description.

  • Indeed, LinkedIn, ZipRecruiter, Google Jobs + 9 more
  • Visitor and applicant count per board
  • One pipeline for every source, no separate inboxes
  • Sponsored vs organic toggle per board

Read the eight qualified applicants, not all hundred and forty

Job boards send everyone. Knockout questions stop applicants who miss a hard requirement before they reach your inbox. AI Score ranks the ones who pass, so the strongest candidates are first, not buried at page four.

Knockout questions eliminate first-pass review for applicants who miss a hard requirement, so you only spend time on candidates who cleared the bar.

100Hires application form builder showing knockout question setup with yes/no eligibility checks and disqualification logic

Filter the pile before you touch it

Add knockout questions to your application form: yes/no eligibility checks, salary range, location, work authorization. Applicants who fail a knockout are filtered out automatically. The ones who pass are ranked by fit, so you start with the strongest match.

  • Yes/No, multiple choice, and open knockout questions
  • Auto-disqualify on any deal-breaker answer
  • AI Score ranks remaining applicants by fit
  • Set criteria once per job, reuse across similar roles
See how knockout questions work
100Hires
From $49 per month
Typical ATS
Per seat, grows with your team
Free trial
14 days, no credit card
Demo call required
Setup time
From signup to first job posted
One afternoon
3-6 weeks with implementation team
Pricing model
Flat monthly, no per-seat jumps
Per seat, costs grow as team grows
Knockout questions
Filter unqualified applicants at application
Often gated to higher plan
AI Score
Ranks applicants by fit before you read them
Included on every paid plan
Often add-on or higher tier
Job boards included
13 named boards, one click
Varies by plan, often gated
Stage-based email automation
Often Enterprise tier only
Dedicated implementation project
Not needed, self-serve
Usually required
Evaluation Forms
Structured interview scorecards
Varies by vendor
Atiq Arshad
Technical Recruiter @Kidan

It solved all of my recruitment problems and offered all of the features I was looking for. It can automate most of my recruitment processes.

Source: G2
Philipp Maschelski
Talent Acquisition Partner @G42

I'd happily recommend it to my industry peers. I'm able to use the platform with ease and don't have to think twice what function to use.

Source: Capterra
Teodora Franich
HR Manager @TeachMeSkills

The system is very user-friendly. Even people with no experience will find it easy to understand its functionality.

Source: G2

Stop losing track between email, spreadsheet, and notes app

When two people are hiring at the same time, spreadsheets break. Candidates wait a week for a reply while feedback sits in someone's inbox.

100Hires keeps every email, note, evaluation score, and stage change on a single candidate page, the one place your whole team can open without asking for access.

100Hires candidate profile showing discussion timeline, stage controls, email thread, and AI Score in a two-panel view

Every conversation in one place, from first application to offer

The candidate profile shows the resume, application answers, full email thread, interview notes, and ranking on one page. Teammates leave comments and @mentions without a meeting. You know exactly where every candidate stands and who moved them there.

  • Resume, answers, and emails on one page
  • Team @mentions and inline comments
  • Stage history: who moved it and when
  • No extra login for hiring managers
See candidate tracking

Every pipeline stage triggers the right message, automatically

Most small business owners send stage-update emails manually. The same confirmation message goes out thirty times a week, by hand, from the same inbox where real work happens.

100Hires sends it automatically the moment a candidate moves to a new stage. The right message goes to the right person, with no manual trigger.

100Hires workflow automation panel showing a pipeline stage with automatic email trigger configured for candidate status updates

Stage automations run while you focus on something else

Set a rule once per pipeline stage: when a candidate moves to Phone screen, send the confirmation email and notify the interviewer. When they're moved to Rejected, a professional rejection email goes out automatically. You stop doing the same task thirty times a week.

  • Trigger emails by pipeline stage
  • Notify teammates on stage change
  • Customise per job, not one template for all
  • SMS and email on the same trigger

Interviews that end with a decision, not a gut feeling

When interviewers score on different criteria or leave feedback in different formats, the debrief becomes a negotiation instead of a decision.

100Hires removes the back-and-forth in two places: candidates book their own slot with a self-scheduling link, and every interviewer fills the same Evaluation Form, so scores are comparable when the team meets.

100Hires self-scheduling link settings showing weekly availability matrix and multi-interviewer configuration

One link to book, one form to score

Send a self-scheduling link and candidates pick a slot from your availability. No email back-and-forth. After the interview, the Evaluation Form opens automatically. Every interviewer rates the candidate on the same criteria. Scores, comments, and the final recommendation appear on the candidate page before the debrief even starts.

  • Self-scheduling links: candidates book without your help
  • Evaluation Forms: structured criteria per role
  • Scores visible to the whole hiring team
  • Zoom integration built in
See interview scheduling
Small business hiring FAQ
+ Do I need an HR team or a dedicated recruiter to use 100Hires?
No. Most 100Hires customers are founders, office managers, or operations generalists who run recruiting alongside other work. The setup takes one afternoon: create a job, toggle the job boards you want, and applications start coming in the same day. No onboarding call required, though support is available on every plan.
+ How is 100Hires different from enterprise ATS platforms?
Enterprise ATS platforms are designed for dedicated recruiting teams, annual contracts, and multi-week implementations. 100Hires is priced and built for teams under 50: flat monthly pricing with no per-seat jumps, a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and every core feature on every plan. You post your first job the same day you sign up.
+ Can 100Hires handle a high volume of applicants?
Yes. Knockout questions on the application form filter out unqualified applicants before they reach your inbox. A yes/no eligibility check, salary range, or work authorization question stops mismatches at the source. 100Hires then ranks the applicants who pass so you read the strongest matches first. Teams posting to multiple boards at once find they spend far less time on first-pass review.
+ How quickly can I get started with 100Hires?
Most small businesses post their first job within the first hour. Sign up, connect your email, create a job description (or draft it with AI Copilot in 100Hires), and toggle the job boards you want. No import project, no implementation team. The 14-day free trial includes every feature: you can evaluate 100Hires on a real open role before committing.
+ What happens to my candidate data if I cancel?
You can export all candidate data at any time directly from 100Hires. All records, notes, evaluations, and application answers are yours. 100Hires doesn't lock data behind an exit fee or require a support ticket to get a CSV export.
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