Lever

Lever is recruiting software from Employ that combines an applicant tracking system (ATS) and candidate relationship management (CRM) in one platform. It helps talent teams source and nurture candidates, manage applications, schedule interviews, collaborate with hiring managers, automate recruiting workflows, support onboarding, and connect hiring activity to business impact.

✨ Key Features

• Unified ATS and CRM — Manage sourcing, candidate relationships, applications, and hiring stages in one workspace.
• Career sites and sourcing — Publish roles, build employer-brand experiences, and bring candidates into the recruiting funnel.
• Talent Fit and AI screening — Match candidates against job requirements with visible signals, ranking, and explanations.
• AI Screening by VONQ — Pre-screen applicants with structured job-relevant chat or voice conversations and return a ranked, summarized shortlist.
• AI Interview Companion — Generate interview guides, capture notes, surface talk-time or sentiment signals, flag potentially biased language, and summarize interviews.
• Interview scheduling and collaboration — Coordinate interviews, collect feedback, and keep recruiters and hiring managers aligned.
• Automated candidate communication — Support personalized outreach, follow-ups, and transparent rejection feedback.
• Fraud prevention — Detect suspicious application patterns and identity risks earlier in the hiring flow.
• Reporting and ROI Dashboard — Use dashboards, custom reports, benchmarks, and AI recommendations to find funnel slowdowns and sourcing opportunities.
• Onboarding workflows — Automate verification, forms, tax documents, tasks, and new-hire handoffs.
• Integrations and marketplace — Connect job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, HRIS/payroll, assessments, communication tools, and automation partners.

💳 Pricing

• Core Platform — Customized quote based on company size, hiring volume, feature needs, and implementation requirements. The core subscription includes ATS/CRM, reporting, AI screening capabilities, unlimited AI interview transcripts and summaries, and AI fraud-prevention signals as described on the public pricing page.
• Candidate Insights — Optional add-on with skills, fit, assessment, and reference signals in candidate profiles; request a quote.
• AI Screening by VONQ — Optional add-on for agent-based candidate pre-screening; request a quote.
• Onboarding — Optional add-on for new-hire workflows, form and document collection, and verification; request a quote.

Lever does not publish a fixed public price list on the reviewed pricing page. Confirm the quote, seat or usage terms, regional availability, AI feature access, implementation costs, and data-processing terms before purchase.

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🎯 Use Cases

• Scaling hiring — Manage many open roles and applicants in a shared pipeline.
• Candidate relationship management — Nurture prospects and maintain talent pools before a role opens.
• High-volume screening — Use resume review, Talent Fit, or AI Screening by VONQ to prioritize applications.
• Structured interviews — Prepare interviewers, capture summaries, and compare candidates against role skills.
• Hiring-manager collaboration — Centralize feedback, approvals, and next steps.
• Recruiting analytics — Diagnose funnel delays, sourcing ROI, and hiring performance.
• Candidate experience — Automate timely outreach and personalized rejection feedback.
• New-hire handoff — Move accepted candidates into automated onboarding tasks and documents.
• Global or multi-department hiring — Standardize workflows across teams, locations, and roles.

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