Recruit like you sell—in one pipeline.
Every applicant, tracked in a pipeline. Email and text sequences keep candidates warm. Notes, mentions, and shared visibility.
Trusted by 100,000+ customers since 2009.
Candidates
Jordan P. passed screening — interview scheduled and the team was notified.
Fill roles faster, with less chaos.
Recruiting runs on the same engine as your sales pipeline. Track candidates like leads in lead management, automate outreach with workflows, and collaborate through shared notes—so hiring never stalls.
“This software has been a game changer. We’re a few months in and already more productive and more organized than ever before! Alex has gone above and beyond in our onboarding process helping us make this powerful tool our own. For a tech novice who needs his hand held sometimes I have been comfortable with each step of the process.”
Benjamin KonoMy Smart Team
From scattered resumes to a real hiring pipeline.
Without a recruiting CRM
- Resumes lost in inboxes and folders.
- No clear view of where candidates stand.
- Outreach done one message at a time.
- Candidates go cold between steps.
- Interview scheduling is a hassle.
- Feedback scattered across chats.
With Shape recruiting
- One searchable candidate database.
- A visual pipeline, applied to hired.
- Automated email and text outreach.
- Cadences keep candidates warm.
- Interviews scheduled with reminders.
- Shared notes and @-mentions.
A pipeline for people, not just deals.
Source, track, and hire candidates with the same automation power you use to close leads.
Every candidate in one place.
Build a searchable database of applicants with resumes, notes, and history attached.
- ✓ Searchable candidate database
- ✓ Resumes and history on file
- ✓ Tags and custom fields
Move people through stages.
Track every candidate from applied to hired in a visual recruiting pipeline.
- ✓ Visual hiring pipeline
- ✓ Stage-by-stage tracking
- ✓ Never lose a candidate
Keep candidates warm.
Automate email and text outreach so candidates never go cold between steps.
- ✓ Automated email + text
- ✓ Follow-up cadences
- ✓ Personalized at scale
“Thanks for applying—here are next steps.”
Interview reminder text sent.
Book interviews without the back-and-forth.
Schedule interviews and send reminders, synced to everyone’s calendar.
- ✓ Interview scheduling
- ✓ Automatic reminders
- ✓ Calendar sync
Hire as a team.
Leave notes, @-mention colleagues, and share feedback on every candidate.
- ✓ Shared candidate notes
- ✓ @-mention teammates
- ✓ Feedback in one place
Strong on discovery @Dana thoughts?
Agree — move to round 2.
The part most CRM projects get wrong.
Software rarely fails because of features. It fails because nobody configured it around how the team actually sells.
Your fields, stages, and automations are built to match your workflow rather than a generic template.
Instant answers from Shape AI, and real product experts by phone or email when the answer needs a human.
Role-based courses and live sessions so managers, reps, and admins each learn the part they need.
Recruiting questions, answered
What is Shape’s recruiting feature?
It’s a recruiting database and applicant pipeline built into the CRM—so you can source, track, and hire candidates with the same automation and collaboration tools you use for sales.
Can I track candidates through stages?
Yes. Manage candidates in a visual pipeline from applied to hired, with stage tracking, aging flags, and a searchable database of resumes and history.
Can candidate outreach be automated?
Yes. Automate email and text outreach and follow-up cadences so candidates stay engaged between steps—personalized, at scale. See Workflow Automation.
Can my team collaborate on hiring?
Yes. Leave notes, @-mention colleagues, and share feedback on each candidate so hiring decisions happen in one place. See Notes & Collaboration.
What does recruiting integrate with?
It runs on the Shape platform and connects to outside tools through native integrations, webhooks, and an open API, so candidate data can flow to and from the systems you use. See Integrations & APIs.
Is candidate data secure?
Yes. Candidate and applicant data is protected with enterprise-grade security, encryption, and compliance standards including SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI.
Build your team like your pipeline.
See how Shape’s recruiting database tracks candidates, automates outreach, and keeps your team aligned—so you hire faster.