Applications in your inbox
Candidates email CVs. You lose track. The best ones move on before you even open their attachment.
Free forever for teams up to 7
Stop managing your team across five different spreadsheets.
Careersome Light is a free workspace that replaces your recruitment inbox, performance Google Docs, and leave spreadsheet with one connected system. Most teams are set up in under five minutes: no demo call, no sales pitch.
Free forever, no credit card requiredAvailable in English, French, and ArabicSOC 2 Type I certified
Sound familiar?
Without one system, workarounds pile up.
Performance reviews in Google Docs
No structure, no follow-through. Managers copy-paste last quarter's feedback and call it done.
Team data in 5 different spreadsheets
Headcount in one sheet. Leave balances in another. Nobody trusts the numbers when leadership asks.
Included on Light
What you get
Core recruiting and people workflows you can use immediately, within your plan limits.
Recruitment with AI ranking
Post jobs, collect applications, and review candidates grouped into Best Fit, Potential, and Others.
Performance and probation workflows
Run review cycles with templates. HR and managers follow the same process instead of scattered documents.
Time-off management
Employees request leave, managers approve, and balances stay visible without a side spreadsheet.
Team directory and org chart
See your organization in one view: roles, reporting lines, and departments stay current.
Reporting and insights
Track hiring conversion, pipeline health, and team metrics without building dashboards from scratch.
Role-based access
Invite HR, managers, and recruiters with the right permissions from day one. Control who sees what.
Performance on Light
Reviews and probation in one rhythm
Run review cycles and probation workflows so HR and managers share the same steps instead of chasing files. Cycle limits follow your Light plan and what your account shows.
- Templates and stages stay consistent across teams
- Managers and employees see what is due and when
- HR gets visibility without retyping data into spreadsheets
Example view
Annual review cycle
Open · 18 managers assigned
Probation review
Due this week · 4 employees
Self assessments and manager steps stay linked to each cycle.
Example view
Annual leavePending
Sick leaveApproved
Balance after approval: 12 days annual leave remaining
Time off on Light
Leave requests that stay under control
Employees submit time off in one place. Approvers work from a queue, balances stay visible, and history is easy to audit.
- Requests and approvals with a clear trail
- Balances visible to managers and HR
- Less risk than tracking leave in chat or side sheets
What teams see after switching
67%
fewer junk applications
95%
admin time saved
< 5 min
typical first setup
$0
Light tier
Up and running in three steps
From signup to your first shortlist, in one afternoon.
Create your workspace
Sign up with your company email. No onboarding call, no sales pitch, you're inside in under two minutes.
Post your first role
Add a job title, write the description, set your screening questions, and share the application link. That's it.
Let AI do the sorting
Candidates apply. Careersome ranks them by fit. You open your pipeline and shortlist in minutes: not days of inbox triage.
Outgrowing Light? The full platform is one click away.
When your team scales past 7 or you need onboarding automation, compensation management, engagement surveys, AI Stories, and deeper analytics, upgrade without migrating anything. Your data stays exactly where it is.
Light, Free forever
- Hiring pipeline with AI ranking
- Performance, leave, org chart, and reporting
- Roles, invites, and permissions
Full Platform, When you need more
- Everything in Light
- Onboarding and offboarding
- Compensation and engagement
- Employee activity tracking and timesheets
- Succession, Stories, AI assistant, deeper analytics
Your next hire is already looking.
Are you ready?
Your first pipeline could be live today. No credit card, no sales call, just sign up and go.
Used by growing teams across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Senegal, Egypt, and across the continent.