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Hire quality talent without the usual hassles.
What are the credits and cash I see in my account?
A platform such as CutShort gets more useful when more users join it. More users means you get more opportunities to hire or find a great job. You have helped us. It's our turn to say thank you. A big reason behind our success has been our happy users telling their friends about us. What makes us feel good is that they have done it to help their friends or us, without expecing anything in return. But now, we think we should have some ways to reward our users. Here are two ways to get
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What kind of recruiting solution is CutShort?
CutShort is one step solution that lets you: Source high quality professional open to new job opportunities. Get matched to the ones that meet your preferences Unify sourcing across multiple job platforms Automate your recruiting process using Artificial Intelligence (AI) Here are more details: Advanced matchmaking: CutShort uses machine learning to rank candidates for your unique preferences. For example, candidates from startups or from Ecommerce companies. **Automatic skil
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Why and how to partner with CutShort?
It's easy. All you have to do is use CutShort to get job applications on your website. Why partner? Get 1 seat of our Recruiter Basic plan for 100% free. This plan lets you unlock 15 candidate profiles/month across any number of jobs. You can also import up to 100 external candidates and give them assessments tests, setup interviews and so on. How to partner? Your company page on CutShort Every company hiring on CutShort gets a Careers page. This page has all the information
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Can I automate common recruiting tasks to save time?
Absolutely. That's one big advantage of using CutShort! Why automate? Following the are most common steps you need to taken on all the candidates that apply: Checking relevance Checking if someone actually knows a skill or just stuffing the keywords on the resume Remote assessment test Scheduling interviews These steps consume too much of your important time. Use AI and Automation to save time Go to Workflow and open stage settings:  can be performed by both Recruiters and Interviewers. Pricing Note tha
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CutShort Discovered: What is this?
Out of the thousands of candidates that register on CutShort every week, we see some that have "high potential". "CutShort Discovered" is a place where we list these candidates so that companies can find them more easily. These candidates fulfill one or more of these criteria Top educational institute Work experience at top 100 companies in India that attract the best talent Proof of work
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Can I import my jobs from other websites?
If you or your team posted your job elsewhere, now you can import them to CutShort easily. Time saved is time you can utilize on bigger things. :) Click on the Import Jobs button shown below and paste the link to your job. We will then try to get the job details from the open web and ask for missing information. Note that: You will be able to review/edit the jobs after import. Import from some websites may not work. We will try to support them soon - please add your jobs manually in
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How to test skills of the candidates using CutShort?
CutShort solves this problem in various ways. Built-in methods Using external platforms: CutShort's algorithms analyze a candidates presence on platforms such as GitHub, Dribbble, Stackoverflow etc to estimate their strong skills. The weightage is used in matchmaking algorithms to rank the candidates. In-built tests: For technical skills, we give candidates an option to take practical quizes on languages and frameworks. If they pass the test, we show the results right inside the
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Here is how it works: Handy automation options
Recruiting quality talent is hard. There are a lot of activities AND they need to be done at the right time. It becomes even harder when you have 100's of candidates but only 10 working hours, 2 hands and 1 brain? Relax. You now have an intelligent assistant. And it never sleeps! Here is how it works: All incoming applications (across all sources such as CutShort, job boards, social networks, your website) are automatically ranked by our machine learning based algorithms If you a
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Refunds and cancellations
Cancellation You can cancel the subscription anytime from the pricing page. When you cancel, won't be billed again. No refunds will be made for the leftover duration of the subscription. Refunds We offer a generous free trial to let you decide if the platform fits your needs. We don't offer refunds.
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I might be losing some good candidates from my website. How can I fix that?
As per CutShort research, around 5% to 15% of your website visitors might be interested in joining your team. The key is to differentiate potential candidates from your customers If the visitor is your potential customer, you don't want to distract them with your jobs page. Our upcoming AI agent is designed to solve this problem. Once added to your site or blog it stays dormant. Only when the visitor shows an intent to join your team (for e.g. looks for a jobs link in the footer or clic
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How to use audio messages effectively?
The biggest bottleneck in entire hiring process often is making that first phone call. It is a short, but essential call to check if the candidate sounds promising. For sales, customer interaction and marketing roles how well a candidate communicates is the most important step in hiring process. New: Request audio response when someone applies to your job Now, using Workflow, you can set this automation that sends a crisp question when someone applies to your job.  and GitHub repo analysis to do this and will continue to add more methods over time. As of now, we automatically try to verify candidates on 30 technical skills.
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How can I save time while dealing with applications?
What's worse than getting zero applications on your job? Getting a lot of applications! Collecting right data at the right time and communicating promptly increases hiring success rate by 150%. CutShort offers Voila, an AI assistant that help you run right action at the right time. Here are three automations, I highly recommend setting up: 1. Collect useful details from new applicants As soon as a candidate applies to your job, they are moved to this special stage:  form of an Amazon card.
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How can I reach out to the right candidates continuously?
Conventional database search tools are painful to use. Not only you have to use many filters such as individual company names, institute names etc, but you also have to keep revisiting the application to message new candidates. With CutShort, you can not only search better but also automate your outreaches to the right candidates. First off, if you haven't checked them out, do note - CutShort has many industry-first filters to help you identify the right candidates. You can find people wh
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How does CutShort calculate job and candidate matches?
CutShort works on matchmaking. This means we only show you candidates that match your jobs. Similarly, candidates are also shown matching jobs as far as possible. Our matchmaking algorithms are based on your essential job details (such as experience, location, skills, etc) as well as more advanced parameters such associated keywords, job type, your company context and so on.
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Can I report candidates/employers who give false information or behave unprofessionally?
Yes, please! As a platform, we want to bring maximum transparency and trust to the candidate-employer relationship. We trust users to provide correct information and behave professionally, Please report a user who provides incorrect information on their profiles such as their work history, their affiliation with any company, their notice period, current location etc. ![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/36a151cc-59c1-461b-931d-bcb967d2c26c/3f39a8f5-4981-4e37-aae5-e19ec857e010
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How do CutShort credits work?
CutShort credits is a virtual currency on CutShort. You earn these credits automatically as you start using the platform. There are various options to earn them. You can redeem these credits to upgrade to premium plan. Note that CutShort credits: Can't be redeemed in cash Can't be transferred to a different account May expire if not used for a long time May be capped to a maximum limit
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How can I find "my kind" of candidates?
When hiring, most of us not only look for hard skills but also try to see if a candidate has specific interests. For example, when we hire engineers, we like people who have participated in competitive programming. Similarly while hiring at early stage startup, we look for candidates who have interest in startups. Why can't we filter for these things then? Using our AI algorithms, you now can. Just go to your matching candidates to filter them by these indicators. ![](https://storage.cris
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How can I use my assessment tests in CutShort?
Since we're on the topic of assessments, let us first cover how CutShort helps you identify the skilled candidates. Automatic pre-verification by CutShort All candidates who mention expertise on a technical skill Java, Python, JavaScript, Data Science and so on are asked to take short tests on the platform. These tests are especially designed by our assessment partner DoSelect to check for real experience versus theoretical knowledge. Whenver a skill has been verified by a candidate, we w
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What is "Intelligent Social Boost" and how intelligent it really is?
"Intelligent Social Boost" feature helps you tap into your professional network by sharing your active jobs automatically. It is intelligent since: You don't have to manually share jobs. Instead, it automatically detects your most active job and shares it on LinkedIn. It is designed to be non spammy - it keeps a minimum gap between two consecutive shares. It stops sharing a job when it detects you are no longer interested in hiring for it. Even if you don't delete or deactivate a job.
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What kind of candidates I can hire with CutShort?
Our users typically are working professionals with 1 to 20 year experience at product companies and startups such as Flipkart, BookMyShow, Adobe and so on. Interns and freshers are not our core focus at this point. They are diverse in their experience and come from areas such as software development, design, marketing, sales, product management, data science, HRs, operations, and so on. Note that: All candidates on CutShort are our users - we don't scrape profiles from other websites.
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How is CutShort different from other platforms?
CutShort is a unique solution that combines sourcing with smart workflow automation using AI. Here are some key differences vis-a-vis other platforms High quality of talent from 15,000 product companies and startups High relevance of candidates, delivered using machine learning algorithms In-built skill strength detection for technical skills Smart AI based tool Workflow to manage and automate your hiring across multiple job boards and social networks. Here is a summary:  to better manage your interviews. Schedule interviews using Google calendar To set this up: Go to Automation settings of a stage where yo
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