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Workable
Effortless Hiring Solutions
4.6
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What is Workable?

Workable is the world's leading hiring platform, where companies find, evaluate and hire better candidates, faster.

Company Workable Software Limited
Year founded 2012
Company size 201-500 employees
Headquarters Boston, MA, USA
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Workable Product Details
Capabilities
AI
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Workable Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Easy to use with lots of amazing functions.
  • Simplistic and easy to understand.
Cons
  • Easy to accidentally email the wrong candidates.
  • Difficult cusomter service.
Workable Features
360 Degree Feedback
Applicant Tracking
Background Screening
Career Development Planning
Collaboration Tools
Compensation Management
Compliance management
Customizable Reporting
E-Learning
Employee Engagement
Employee Self-Service
Goal Setting / Tracking
HR Analytics
Interview Scheduling
Job Requisition Management
Learning Management
Mobile Access
Onboarding
Payroll Integration
Performance Appraisal
Performance Management
Recruitment Management
Resume Parsing
Skills Assessment
Succession Planning
Survey Management
Talent Pool Management
Time & Attendance
Training Management
Workforce Planning
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Last updated: September 11, 2024
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414 Workable Reviews
4.6 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 17, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Saas solution for smarter recruitment."
What do you like best about Workable?

I love how easy using workable is. It's so intuitive and it really helps you to stay focused and productive. I love the the process of creating a new job and interacting with candidates right from the system.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Sometimes adding new candidates to workable is really slow and also some CV file formats are not parsed well.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workable helps us work together as a team. It's truly made for collaboration.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 27, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great addition for recruiting managers "
What do you like best about Workable?

Workable was incredibly intuitive and user friendly, and was constantly updating the software to become more user friendly, and better integrated. I liked that I could make sponsored posts to Indeed and LinkedIn straight from Workable, rather than having to go to each individual job board, and each external job board post linked candidates to our job page - something that more sophisticated ATS are still lagging in. It was a great place to centralize information for multiple users, and made it easy to see the correspondence/notes that hiring managers hard about candidates (or instructions - such as 'call this person and schedule an interview). Managers found it easy to use whenever I showed them how to use it. It also tracked metrics like where candidates were sourced from, where SUCCESSFUL candidates were sourced from, time to hire, etc.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Didn't like that when you click on the title of the job, it's a bit tedious to go to the applicants, since it takes you into the backend of the job description (frequently forgot to click on the applicant number to see them, often went to the wrong place)

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workable helped us centralize applicant information (like interview notes, reference checks, test scores), and it's many templates for phone screens/references meant I had less documents floating around in folders getting lost.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 20, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great ATS with lots of benefits"
What do you like best about Workable?

Easy to use, makes managing candidates really simple and i like that you can tag colleagues and have conversations regarding candidates.

What do you dislike about Workable?

The mobile app version isn't anywhere near as strong.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Loads of time saved, not losing track of any candidates.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jul 12, 2018
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Excellent Recruitment Website "
What do you like best about Workable?

Workable is streamlined and very efficient to use. Not only do you have multiple pools of candidates to choose from you can share candidates between recruiters and positions. You can also move candidates stage by stage in the hiring process, anywhere from reviewed all the way though to hired. This allows an easy streamlined pipeline of use when dealing with multiple applicants. Searching through applicants is also easy as well. You are able to filter through names, headlines, and even tags. Communication can be done through the website as well keeping yet another aspect organized between you and your applicants or other recruiters using the same job board.

What do you dislike about Workable?

For email communications it would be nice to see the entire email chain from the email itself. Workable separates these unless you are on the candidate profile.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Being able to help other recruiters or managers fill positions. When you have a candidate more qualified for another position, it is easy to move them over.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 30, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Reliable and affordable online hiring manager."
What do you like best about Workable?

The ease of use of the platform and the quick learning curve.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Seemed like it took a while to get the pricing strategy figured out.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

A simple, shareable tool for managing our hiring.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
May 09, 2017
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"I describe workable as "The app that just works. No complaints"
What do you like best about Workable?

Everything about workable is the best! It's a solid platform that consistently works the way we need it to. We use a lot of SaaS apps and there are always weaknesses, but we really don't have many complaints about workable!

What do you dislike about Workable?

It doesn't integrate well with LinkedIn Premium. You really need a full LinkedIn Recruiter account to tie the accounts together. The reporting also isn't exactly what we need. It would be great if it had some dynamic filtering in the reports to customize the view better.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hiring! We're a growing business and Workable keeps our hiring pipeline for 15 active positions organized and streamlined. It takes the pain out of gathering feedback on a candidate and has increased our time to hire through the collaboration / commenting tools.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Nov 03, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"My FAVORITE ATS. "
What do you like best about Workable?

I wish they expanded their overall products and features. This ATS would be a game changer if it was more robust. Best User Interface. Streamlined. Easy. Very Sleek Look.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Really only geared towards small companies because it doesn't have a huge amount of features. There's no option to develop your own career site, it comes standard with Workable. At the time we had an issue with workable on Craiglist and couldn't post the link to Workable from Craigslist but otherwise Workable is FANTASTIC.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

At the time the only recruiter at that company was using Excel and email to track his candidates. We needed a quick option and Workable was just that. Easiest.setup.ever.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 26, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great Platform"
What do you like best about Workable?

I found the layout of the platform really easy to use. If was great to be able to see how many applications were at each stage of the process. I also liked being able to easily track all communications with candidates through the platform. Was also great to be able to collaborate with other members of the organisation through the comments features.

What do you dislike about Workable?

What I really would have like was a IOS mobile app. The mobile website worked fine, but I was a little harder to navigate around. This being said, I believe that an IOS version is on the way. Would have been nice to be able to upload templates to a stage of the process to standardise the process more.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were ultimately trying to build a team, and through workable we were able to accurately track and mange the hiring process. Not only this but other parts of the organisation were also buildings there teams out at the same time and we were all able to easily use this platform.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Sep 19, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Workable is a great, easy to use solution for our company's rapid growth"
What do you like best about Workable?

I come from an HR/Recruiting background and was pleasantly surprised with how easy it was to learn the ins and outs of Workable. Within less than a week, I was already well versed with the site and most of the functions. It's easily one of the most attractive, user friendly ATSs I've ever used. Whenever I do have a question, the Workable staff are always quick to respond with a solution. There have been rare occasions when Workable hasn't had a function I was looking for, but since it's a web-based solution, the Workable team is very willing to look into ways to constantly enhance their product , based on user suggestions.

What do you dislike about Workable?

There are some suggestions I have given on functions I have needed that Workable doesn't currently have: - We have a lot of people who were hired for a role on Workable that then help with the interviewing for that same role in the future. It would be nice to be able to archive their profiles (and the profiles of other hired people) and keep the same role open for them to work off of rather than having to open a new role and move all candidates over or to input their feedback for them. - It would also be helpful to have an easier way of knowing if someone has applied to multiple roles other than looking up their name in the search bar and seeing a few entries and the small message about it on the bottom of their timeline (which is often hidden when there are emails/feedback for the person)

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

We were very rapidly growing in the beginning of this year (we have doubled in size over the last 8 months) and Workable has been a really easy way to organize all of the applicants, move them through the interview/hiring process, engage the hiring managers, and a great resource to store comments/resumes etc. The hiring volume that we were doing earlier this year would have been a lot more stressful/harder to manage without Workable.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 10, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Excellent Recruiting Tool!"
What do you like best about Workable?

Incredible Real Time Visibility. The amount of data and content available all together in one place is great.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Managing Multiple Open Positions Can Be Difficult

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gathering Better Recruits, Hiring Quality People

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jun 06, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great Experience with Workable"
What do you like best about Workable?

Able to post jobs quick and easy, the knockout questions can be formatted base don the requirements you have keyed in for the job already. you also have the opportunity to disqualify a candidate based on the answers to your knock out questions. We used Workable and another tracking system and always pulled awesome candidates from Workable over the other system. We would also have positions that would be open again and Workable saved all job positions as archived so it made posting the position as available that much easier.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Some of the navigation through the website was a little hard to get the hang of at first. But nothing that kept me or anyone else on my team from using it to post jobs.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allowed us to quickly move through candidates based on the knockout questions and allowed us to manage and track candidates more efficiently! I loved using Workable

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 23, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"What would you do without workable!"
What do you like best about Workable?

Recruitment is a numbers game to a greater degree. Workable manages numbers and find candidates.

What do you dislike about Workable?

The app is a little clunky and mostly feezes

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Recruitment process and funnel of good candidates.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 15, 2016
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Make your life easy when recruiting!"
What do you like best about Workable?

This is literally the best system I have ever used. So simple to set up and start straight away. You can track recruits easily through the process. The system is adaptable to meet your individual needs and can be tailored to reflect the individual needs of your company. The on line support is rapid and on the ball!

What do you dislike about Workable?

It is costly and not as many advertising outlets for jobs in the UK

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solves the entire recruitment process!

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Dec 15, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great system"
What do you like best about Workable?

Easy to navigate and use to conduct interviews

What do you dislike about Workable?

Issues integrating with our HRIS (but this should hopefully be resolved soon!)

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Interviewing, sending offer letters

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 05, 2023
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Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Smooth Recruitment Experience"
What do you like best about Workable?

Using workable has made our recruitment process very easy. It has been very helpful in managing multiple job posts together and also shortlisting good candidates. It has also been helpful in scheduling calls with the candidates. Overall a good experience.

What do you dislike about Workable?

There is no such downside of using workable. Only if one thing would be added, it could make the overall experience very smooth - that is onboarding candidate.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

It has made the recruitment process very easy. We can manage multiple job posts together in one application. Easy to manage and shortlist hundreds of candidates together.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 22, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"a valuable, a trully helpful, talent acquisition tool!"
What do you like best about Workable?

It helps me save time with my HR-related work.

What do you dislike about Workable?

I want a reaction function to the comments section. I would also add more options to the candidates' evaluation (not just like/dislike).

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's an end-to-end solution to talent acquisition for any SME.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 18, 2022
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Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Its an easy system to use and I am able to find a large amount of candidates."
What do you like best about Workable?

Workable posts my job ads on the top job portals, so I receive good traction and responses from talented candidates.

What do you dislike about Workable?

I dislike that I cannot customize the Talent Pool. I work on several roles and would have liked to be more specific with the candidates I place in the Talent Pool, since I keep them for my pipeline.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workable benefits me in my search for awesome Talent. I really need to just place 1 ad and workable will give me candidates from other job boards.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Nov 11, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Very intuitive and easily managable ATS"
What do you like best about Workable?

You don't have to press many buttons to get to what you want. I liked the platform and the way the process is put together. I made our life really easier. Also the support team is really helpful.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Some features were still in the making that we could use right away, but I was happy to hear they are developing something new and exciting for me to use. At the end we were a bit confused to see that we had to pay for another year if we want to cancle the contract.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Workable is solving the problem of pipeline visibility. It is very clear which candidate is in which stage and what we have to do with him/her to proceed. I really like the templates feature both for messages and for scorecards.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 01, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"User friendly system. Highly recommended."
What do you like best about Workable?

Easy to track the candidates through the hiring process.

What do you dislike about Workable?

The back-end setup is a bit more complex.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Allows me to quickly decide which candidates are most appropriate for the job.

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Aug 30, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Very intuitive and helpful tool for hiring"
What do you like best about Workable?

Notifications are very helpful, I get emails when i'm tagged on candidates which helps keep me up to date on what I need to review. I like that I can figure out most things without asking for help because the user experience is very intuitive.

What do you dislike about Workable?

Sometimes when the information is transalated from a CV into the fields within workable it can be inaccurate plus it would be super helpful to be able to use these fields to filter candidates.

What problems is Workable solving and how is that benefiting you?

With so many candidates applying for various roles we're looking to hire for, workable is helping save us time organising profiles and arranging interviews - which ultimately helps us hire rapidly and grow as a business.

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