Stop managing HR with spreadsheets and WhatsApp.
Complete talent management from recruitment to performance, compensation, engagement, onboarding, and analytics. Each module solves real problems with measurable results.
Why It Works
Each feature solves a specific problem with measurable results. Here's what makes each module valuable:
Recruitment
Find the right talent. Every time.
AI-powered candidate matching that understands African qualifications. No need for company email addresses – we collect all applications centrally. See all applications together on candidate pages with AI ranking scores. Advanced pipeline management with stage controls. Integrated email communication where candidates can reply directly. Live feedback for candidates on their application status. Candidate feedback to improve your process. Deep insights: track views, incomplete applications, drop-off points, and conversion rates.
Key Benefit:
Stop paying for 500 CVs to find 3 good ones. All applications in one place, ranked by AI. Know exactly where candidates drop off and why.
67% fewer junk apps • 21-day time-to-fill • 500K+ African CVs trained
Performance
Drive performance. Every review.
Create performance review templates and assign to departments or all employees. Conduct 360° reviews with self-appraisal, manager appraisal, peer feedback, and colleague feedback. Manage probation reviews (30-day, 60-day, 90-day) with custom assessment criteria. Track performance goals with weighted scoring. Custom competency frameworks for consistent evaluation. Identify employees at risk and high performers. Real-time analytics dashboards with completion rates, average scores, and trends. Link performance to development and compensation decisions.
Key Benefit:
Data-driven performance management that drives employee growth. Know who needs help and who's excelling.
360° feedback • Probation reviews • Goal tracking • At-risk identification
Compensation
Fair compensation. Strategic rewards.
Define salary bands with min, median, and max ranges by role, level, and location. Pay equity analytics by gender, role, location, and tenure. Budget management per organizational unit with real-time tracking. Multi-stage approval workflows. Performance-linked compensation automatically links proposals to performance review results. Market data integration to benchmark pay bands. Payroll integration via REST API or CSV export.
Key Benefit:
Ensure pay equity while linking performance to strategic rewards. Control budgets, maintain market competitiveness.
Pay equity dashboards • Budget control • Performance-linked rewards • 2-click payroll export
Onboarding
Accelerate onboarding. Every hire.
When candidates are hired, they automatically appear in onboarding. Create reusable templates for different roles and departments. Track what stage each employee is in (Pre-onboarding, Day 1, Week 1, Month 1, 90 Days). Identify employees at risk who need help. Monitor percentage completion per employee. Send email reminders directly on the platform. Assign onboarding materials (videos, PDFs, documents, links) categorized by department.
Key Benefit:
Get new hires productive faster. Know exactly who needs help and where they are in the process.
95% time saved • Stage tracking • At-risk identification • Department-categorized materials
Engagement
Boost engagement. Every survey.
Create survey templates (pulse, annual, team) and assign to all employees, specific departments, or individual employees. Multiple question types: rating (1-10), multiple choice, text (open-ended), yes/no. Support anonymous or identified feedback. Calculate NPS, CSAT, and Engagement Index scores. Department breakdowns and trend analysis. AI-powered insights with actionable recommendations.
Key Benefit:
Foster positive culture and reduce turnover. Know which departments need attention and track engagement trends over time.
Pulse surveys • NPS/CSAT/Engagement Index • Department breakdowns • AI insights
Development
Grow careers. Every goal.
Managers create development goals (certification, course, skill, project, mentoring) and assign them to employees. Track skills with skill tags. Monitor cost and budget per employee/department. Track learning platforms (AWS Training, Udemy, Coursera, etc.). Upload evidence (certificates, documents) for completion verification. Track progress (0-100%) with automatic status updates. Analytics: completion rates, learning investment, skills analytics.
Key Benefit:
Support career development with clear pathways. Track learning investment and ROI. Know which skills are being developed.
Manager-created goals • Skills analytics • Budget management • Platform tracking
Time-Off
Simplify time-off. Every request.
Create time-off requests with multiple leave types (Annual, Sick, Personal, Emergency, Maternity/Paternity, Bereavement). Automatic day calculation and real-time balance checking. Automatic conflict detection prevents double-booking. Hierarchical approval workflow follows organizational structure. 30-second mobile approvals with comments. Team calendar view shows all approved and pending time-off.
Key Benefit:
Replace WhatsApp messages and lost requests with instant approvals. Know team availability at a glance.
30-second approvals • Conflict detection • Real-time balances • Team calendars
Activity Tracking
Track activities. Drive productivity.
Manual activity logging with title, description, project assignment, category (work, break, meeting, development, other), start/end times, and duration. Weekly calendar view with time slots. Time insights dashboard with period comparisons. Productivity metrics: most productive day/hour, top category, top project, consistency score. AI-powered productivity insights with actionable recommendations.
Key Benefit:
Gain visibility into team productivity and project progress. Know which projects consume the most time.
Manual logging • Project tracking • Calendar views • Productivity metrics • AI insights
Analytics
Unlock insights. Every metric.
Real-time dashboard metrics and KPIs across all modules: recruitment (applications, interviews, time to hire), onboarding (completion rates, time to productivity), performance (review completion, average scores), engagement (response rates, satisfaction scores), and time-off (request volumes, approval rates). Comprehensive reports aggregating data from all modules with KPIs, trends, breakdowns, and insights.
Key Benefit:
Turn HR data into actionable business intelligence. Make data-driven decisions with real-time insights across all HR functions.
Real-time dashboards • Comprehensive reports • Trend analysis • AI insights • Data export
Real Problems. Real Solutions. Real Value.
| Feature | The Problem | Our Solution | The Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recruitment | Manual CV review, scattered emails, applications across multiple inboxes, no visibility into candidate rankings, no pipeline visibility, candidates left in the dark, no insights on drop-offs, no structured interview process, no way to track candidate evaluations across stages | Centralized application collection (no company email needed) + AI ranking visible on candidate pages + all applications together + advanced pipeline management (create custom interview stages, move candidates between stages, assign interviewers to candidates) + structured candidate evaluation (interviewers grade candidates with pros, cons, and scores for each stage, automatic average score calculation) + integrated email (send emails from platform, candidate replies appear directly in platform with full thread tracking) + live candidate status updates + candidate feedback collection + application insights | 67% fewer junk apps, 21-day time-to-fill, all applications in one place with AI rankings, structured evaluation process with average scores, better candidate experience, data-driven process improvement |
| Onboarding | 4 hours manual setup, scattered documents, no visibility into who needs help, no tracking of stages, materials not organized, no reminders, no activity tracking, no automated notifications | Automatic transition from recruitment + reusable templates (by department/role) + template assignment with automatic email notifications to employees + stage tracking + complete activity tracking and logging + at-risk employee identification (based on progress, time in phase, task completion) + percentage completion tracking + automated email reminders on platform + department-categorized materials + real-time activity dashboards | 95% time saved, faster time-to-productivity, identify who needs help, organized materials by department, automated email notifications, complete activity visibility, proactive at-risk identification |
| Time-Off | WhatsApp messages, lost requests, no audit trail, no visibility into team availability, no conflict detection, manual balance tracking, no approval workflow | Multiple leave types + automatic day calculation + real-time balance checking + conflict detection + hierarchical approval workflow + 30-second mobile approvals + automated notifications + team calendar view + complete audit trail | Instant tracking, full compliance, know team availability, prevent conflicts, real-time balances, automated workflows |
| Compensation | Excel spreadsheets, manual calculations, no equity visibility, no budget control, no performance linkage, scattered approval process, no market benchmarking, no audit trail | Salary bands with min/median/max by role/level/location + pay equity analytics (by gender/role/location/tenure) + budget management per unit with real-time tracking + multi-stage approval workflows + performance-linked compensation + market data integration + payroll integration (REST API/CSV export) | Fair compensation, strategic planning, budget control, pay equity visibility, performance-linked rewards, market competitiveness, 2-click payroll export |
| Performance | Annual reviews, scattered feedback, no templates, no visibility into who needs help, no structured probation reviews, no multi-source feedback, no activity tracking, no automated notifications | Performance templates (assign to departments/all employees with automatic email notifications) + 360° reviews (self-appraisal, manager appraisal, peer feedback, colleague feedback) + probation reviews (30/60/90-day with custom criteria) + goal tracking with weighted scoring + custom competency frameworks + complete activity tracking (all review activities logged) + at-risk/high-performer identification + real-time analytics dashboards + automated email notifications when reviews are assigned | Data-driven insights, employee growth, identify who needs help and who's excelling, structured probation reviews, comprehensive feedback, complete activity visibility, automated notifications |
| Activity Tracking | No visibility into employee work patterns, manual time tracking, no productivity insights, scattered activity data, no way to identify bottlenecks, no team activity comparison, no historical tracking | Automatic activity logging + real-time activity dashboards + team activity comparison + productivity metrics + activity trends over time + bottleneck identification + activity reports by employee/team/department + integration with other modules (recruitment, performance, time-off) | Complete visibility into work patterns, identify productivity trends, data-driven team management, spot bottlenecks early, historical activity insights |
| Employee Engagement | No pulse on employee sentiment, annual surveys only, no real-time feedback, scattered engagement data, no action tracking, no way to measure engagement trends, no department-level insights | Regular pulse surveys (configurable frequency) + real-time engagement dashboards + sentiment analysis + department/team-level insights + engagement trend tracking + action item tracking + anonymous feedback options + engagement score calculation + automated follow-ups for low engagement | Real-time employee sentiment, identify engagement issues early, data-driven culture improvements, track engagement trends, actionable insights by department |
| Development Management | No structured development plans, scattered training records, no skill gap visibility, no learning path tracking, no development budget tracking, no visibility into who needs development, no progress tracking, no activity tracking, no automated notifications | Individual development plans (IDPs) + development goal creation and assignment with automatic email notifications to employees + skill gap analysis + learning path creation and tracking + training record management + development budget allocation and tracking + competency mapping + progress tracking with milestones + complete activity tracking (all development activities logged) + at-risk identification (employees falling behind on goals) + integration with performance reviews | Structured employee growth, identify skill gaps, track development progress, optimize training budgets, data-driven career development, improved retention, automated notifications, complete activity visibility, proactive at-risk identification |
| Analytics & Reporting | Data scattered across spreadsheets, no unified view, manual report generation, no real-time insights, no predictive analytics, no cross-module analysis, time-consuming data compilation | Unified analytics dashboard + real-time data visualization + cross-module reporting (recruitment + performance + compensation + engagement) + predictive analytics + custom report builder + automated report scheduling + export to PDF/Excel + role-based dashboards + key metrics tracking (time-to-fill, turnover, engagement scores, etc.) | Single source of truth, real-time insights, data-driven decision making, time saved on reporting, predictive workforce planning, comprehensive HR intelligence |
| Teams | Employee information scattered across multiple systems, no single view of employee data, managers jumping between different pages to see activities/performance/time-off, no unified employee profile, time wasted navigating between modules, incomplete picture of team members | Unified employee profile view + all-in-one dashboard (activities, time-off, performance, development, profile) + team member overview with integrated tabs + complete employee lifecycle visibility + role-based access control + team directory with search and filters + quick access to all employee information in one place | See everything about an employee in one place, faster decision making, complete team visibility, no more jumping between systems, unified employee profiles, efficient team management |
Platform Advantages
What makes Careersome different from other HR platforms.
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