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ApplicantStack

HR
Velocity5.0

Applicant tracking and onboarding system for small and midsize businesses, part of Swipeclock.

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A weekly HR advice column with the ATS mentioned lightly in the margins

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◆Current state
ApplicantStack's feed is a recruiting-advice blog on a steady Tuesday cadence, aimed at small businesses that lack a dedicated HR function. The subject matter cycles through the same hiring lifecycle — building a process from scratch, structured interviewing, time-to-hire, onboarding, exit interviews — with the product surfacing only as the implied tool behind the advice.
◆Where it's heading
Nothing about the product itself can be read from this feed; it is demand generation, not a changelog. The one directional signal is a slow tilt toward retention and the back half of the employee lifecycle — onboarding checklists, first-week impact, exit interviews — where earlier posts concentrated almost entirely on sourcing and selection. The newest post is the first to lean on ATS data as the mechanism rather than as the tool in the background.
◆Prediction
Expect the weekly cadence to hold with more lifecycle-stage guides; whether the product gains anything is not something this feed can answer.

◆Recent moves

  1. 7d ago

    Candidate Ghosting: Why It’s Happening and How ATS Data Can Help Prevent It

    Advice on candidate ghosting, and the first post in the run to position ATS data itself as the countermeasure rather than as background tooling. Still a blog post, not a product change.

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  2. 14d ago

    Onboarding Checklist: Turning New Hires into Long-Term Employees

    An onboarding checklist framed around converting hiring spend into retention. Part of the feed's tilt toward post-hire stages.

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  3. 22d ago

    Exit Interview Questions That Get Honest Answers (And a Checklist)

    Exit interview questions and a checklist, extending the lifecycle coverage to departure. Evergreen HR guidance with no product content.

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  4. 28d ago

    How to Build a Hiring Process From Scratch

    A ground-up guide to constructing a hiring process, aimed squarely at companies with no existing one. Core evergreen material for the small-business audience.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Skills-Based Hiring in Hourly and Frontline Roles: A Practical Guide

    Argues for skills-based hiring in high-turnover hourly and frontline roles where degree requirements narrow the pool. Vertical-specific advice content.

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  6. 1mo ago

    How to Reduce Time-to-Hire Without Cutting Corners

    Breaks down time-to-hire and where delays accumulate. Standard metric explainer in the same weekly series.

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