Recruiting on mobile

What this is

Recruiting on mobile is the same hiring intelligence you get on the web, rebuilt as a stack of horizontal tile rows for a phone screen. Same open roles, same applicants, same interview pipeline, same talent pool, same retention and seasonal reads, just laid out to swipe through instead of clicking across a card slider. Verinode does not post your jobs or pick a candidate for you. It reads the requisitions, applicants, interview activity, and hires you already have (or add), lines them up against how fast comparable roles fill and how well hires stick across the peer network, and surfaces what needs attention. You decide who to interview, who to hire, and when to make an offer.

Where to find it

On the mobile app, open Business from the tab bar, then tap Recruiting. The route is /m/business/recruiting, and it sits in the same group as Team on that tab.

Before it loads: the dormant-section gate

Recruiting is a switchable section, not one you get by default. If you haven't switched it on yet, the page doesn't fetch any Recruiting data at all, instead it renders a Switch on Recruiting panel: a blurred preview of the section's real shape (title, tile row, hero panel, list rows) sitting behind a single centered card, so you can see what you're switching on without it counting as real data.

The card reads "Switch on Recruiting" with the line "Open roles, candidates, and how fast you fill a seat." underneath. If Verinode is the one suggesting you turn it on (rather than you navigating here cold), the card adds a small "Suggested for you" label up top and a line explaining why it's suggesting it now. If you haven't switched it on and it isn't currently suggested, the card instead names the areas you told Verinode matter most to you right now and gently steers you back to those, something like "You can switch this on anytime. For now, I'd stay focused on [your stated focus areas]. Those are the areas you told me matter most."

Tapping Switch on Recruiting turns the section on in one click, no intermediate confirmation screen. The button reads "Switching on…" while it runs, and once it succeeds the same screen re-renders with your live Recruiting data in place, no separate loading page in between. A footer note reads: "Data will appear here as it flows in. Nothing is switched on until you say so." If the switch-on call fails for any reason, an inline error message appears below the button so you can try again.

What loads once it's active

Recruiting's mobile page pulls from the same computed snapshot the web page and IQ's own recruiting tool read, so a number IQ gives you in chat about a stalled requisition or your time-to-hire always matches exactly what this page shows. Alongside that shared bundle (requisitions, applicants, interview steps, talent pool, funnel events, retention checkpoints, seasonal patterns, and peer benchmarks), the mobile page also pulls in any open recruiting tips, any hiring decisions still waiting to become a requisition, and Recruiting's decision grid, all in parallel on page load.

Hero row: four featured tiles

At the top, a horizontal row of four large tiles. Tap any one to open a detail sheet; swipe left inside an open sheet to move to the next hero tile without closing it.

Open Roles. The headline number is your count of open requisitions. Below it: how many hiring decisions are pending promotion to a requisition (if any), otherwise how many applicants you have across your open roles, or, if you have zero open roles, "Add Data, open a role to seed pipeline." The support line reads "No active reqs" (no roles yet), a stale-cadence count when applicants have gone quiet, or "Pipeline healthy." Opening the detail lists every open requisition with its applicant count, and, if any hiring decisions are waiting, a Pending Hiring Decisions block: each one shows the role title and how many days it's been open, with a Create button that promotes it straight into a live requisition (the button is idempotent, tapping it again on an already-created decision opens the existing requisition rather than duplicating it).

In Flight. Your count of applicants currently active across all open roles. The support line reads "No applicants yet," a count of applicants needing follow-up (cadence-stale), or "All on cadence." Opening the detail shows the full funnel: Received, Scored, Advanced, Phone screened, On site, Reference checked, Offered, Accepted, Declined, Ghosted, each as a count.

Time To Hire. Your average days from an applicant's received date to their hired date, across your hiring history. Below it, the peer median time-to-fill once Verinode has one to show, or "Peer benchmark forming" if not. The support line shows the delta against peer ("+Nd vs peer" or "-Nd vs peer") colored green when you're faster and red when you're slower, or "Tracking velocity" when there's no meaningful gap to call out. Opening the detail adds your average time to first applicant and time to first interview, plus the peer median time-to-fill and the size of the peer cohort behind it, when available.

Offer Acceptance. The percentage of offers accepted over the trailing window, colored red under a weak threshold and green above a strong one. Below the number: "Strong close rate," "Mid-cohort," "Below threshold," or "Tracking offer outcomes" if you have no offers yet. The support line reads "N offered · N accepted," or "No offers yet." Opening the detail breaks the offer funnel out into Offered, Accepted, Declined, and Ghosted.

Take Action row

The second row is where Verinode surfaces work to do. It opens with the Recruiting activation tile (tap it to open the IQ agent for a live conversation about your pipeline), then an unlock-section tile that prompts you to add whatever requisition, applicant, or hire data is still missing. After those, any open decisions tied to Recruiting render as decision tiles, each with a recommended action and a dollar impact. When there's nothing open, a placeholder tile appears instead: if you have zero open roles it reads "Cold Start" / "Open a role to seed the pipeline."; once you have roles but no open decisions it reads "All Clear" / "No open recruiting decisions.", with the note "Verinode is watching cadence, retention, and seasonal demand."

Explore row: seven tiles

Matching the web Recruiting page's explore set, each tile shows a live number with a small preview chart and opens a fuller detail sheet.

• Open Roles. Your open-requisition count, sub-labeled "No active reqs" or an applicant count, with a bar-chart preview of applicants across your open roles. The detail lists every requisition with its applicant count and days since posted.
• Applicants. Your in-flight count, flagged "N stale" when applicants need follow-up or "On cadence" otherwise. The detail repeats the full funnel and, when available, a Stage-To-Stage Conversion list: the weakest transitions between adjacent funnel stages, worst first.
• Time To Hire. Same figure as the hero tile, with a marker-style preview normalizing your average against the peer median so you can see at a glance whether you're running ahead of or behind the peer line.
• Offer Acceptance. Same figure as the hero tile, with a gauge preview colored by whether you're above or below the strong/weak thresholds.
• Retention 90d. The percentage of new hires still with you at the 90-day mark, with a ring preview colored green when you're ahead of the peer figure and red when behind (neutral when there's no peer comparison yet). The detail adds your retention read at 30, 90, 180, and 365 days (each shown only once you have that checkpoint), your count of departures in the last 90 days, and, once available, the peer figures at 90 and 365 days.
• Talent Pool. Your warm-plus-engaged candidate count, sub-labeled by how many currently match an open role, or "Warm + engaged" if none do. The detail breaks the pool into Cold, Warm, and Engaged counts plus the match-an-open-role count.
• Hiring Flow. The slowest stage Verinode's process mining found between received, interviewed, and hired, distinct from the Time To Hire tile because this one answers where hiring stalls rather than how long it takes overall. Reads "Add interview and hire dates to map your hiring flow." until there's enough mined stage data. The detail lists every mined pipeline transition with its value.

Seasonal banner

When your historical peak hiring month falls inside your near-term lead window, a banner appears below Explore reading "Post for [Month]", with a note that N days remain until peak and that starting the funnel now lands ramped staff before demand hits. It only shows when Verinode judges the timing is right to act; the rest of the year, this row doesn't appear at all.

Open Roles row

One tile per open requisition, most severe first (an urgent-priority role or one open unusually long turns the tile's status dot red or amber), then alphabetically. Tapping one opens its detail. Empty state: "No open roles yet. Create a requisition or accept a hiring decision from the team page."

In Play row

Your active applicants, sorted the same way. Empty state: "No applicants in play yet. Forward resumes or paste an applicant list."

Talent Pool row

Warm and engaged candidates, sorted the same way. This row only appears once you have at least one warm or engaged candidate on file, there's no empty-state placeholder in its place.

Open Recruiting Tips

Below the tile rows, up to six open recruiting tips appear as a plain list: a headline, a short rationale, and, where Verinode has one, a suggested next action prefixed with an arrow. This section is omitted entirely when you have no open tips.

Record tiles and their detail sheets

Every tile in the Open Roles, In Play, and Talent Pool rows carries a colored kind badge (Open Role in green, Applicant in teal, Talent Pool Candidate in yellow; a fourth kind, Interview Step, appears inside an applicant's pipeline rather than as its own row), the record's title, an optional subtitle, and a status label with its own colored dot, green for on track, yellow for something to watch, red for something urgent. Tapping a tile lazy-loads its full detail from the server (a "Loading detail…" hint shows while that resolves) and opens a sheet whose contents depend on the record's kind:

Open Role. Status, priority, posted date, target close date, work arrangement, location, and comp range, whichever of those are set. Then, when present, Required Certifications and Preferred Certifications (each as an uppercased list), Posting Channels, and the full Job Description. Then an Applicants list: every applicant on this requisition with their score out of 100 and status, or "No applicants yet on this requisition."

Applicant. A Ban-The-Box Flag banner when the record needs a documented, non-discriminatory review path before criminal-history questions come up. Then a Profile block: score out of 100, years of experience, source channel, location, email, phone, and preferred comp range, whichever are set. When Verinode has scored the applicant, a Score Components block breaks the overall score into certs match, experience band, peer profile match, location fit, and comp fit, each out of 100, plus any flagged risks. Then, when present, Certifications Held, Skills, and a Work History summary. Then an Interview Pipeline list, each step numbered with its kind and its feedback recommendation and status, or "No interview steps yet. Schedule a phone screen or on-site to start the pipeline." if none exist. Below that, the Draft Offer tool (see below).

Interview Step. Step kind, sequence number, status, scheduled and completed dates. When feedback has been logged, a Feedback block shows the interviewer's recommendation and rating, plus their notes. If a draft follow-up email has been prepared, its subject and body show under Draft Email.

Talent Pool Candidate. Status, years of experience, location, email, phone. A Nurture block shows the last nurture date and when the next one is due, flagging it as overdue when the date has passed. When present, Certifications Held and Interest Roles. A Matching Open Roles list shows any open requisitions that line up with this candidate's stated interests, or "No open requisitions match this candidate's interests today." if none do.

Every kind's detail sheet ends the same way: an Open Tips block with any tips tied to that record, and a Findings block with any open decisions tied to it, each with its title and dollar impact.

Draft Offer

Inside an applicant's detail sheet, the Draft Offer tool pulls a grounded comp range, assembles a burdened total package, and drafts counter-offer scripts, all without leaving the sheet. Tapping Draft Offer expands it and loads:

• Peer Range. Low, Typical, and High figures (p25, p50, p75) for comparable compensation, with an attribution line and, when available, the size of the peer cohort behind it.
• Opening Base. An editable field pre-filled with the recommended base; enter a different number and tap Recompute to re-run the package against it. A note explains that staying inside the peer low-to-high range keeps you aligned with the peer cohort, going above signals a premium hire, going below signals retention risk.
• Total Package. Base, bonus target, truck allowance, phone allowance, employer health contribution, PTO days per year, 401(k) match, and the burdened annual total with its burden percentage.
• Counter-Offer Scripts, when the tool has any: each one names the negotiation pattern it responds to, with an operator-voiced script under it. A note reminds you these are drafts to adjust to your own voice, Verinode never sends anything on your behalf, you copy and send from your own inbox.
• A Copy Offer Package button that copies the whole package as plain text to your clipboard.

Data behind the numbers

Time To Hire averages the days between an applicant's received date and their hired date across your hiring history. Offer Acceptance is offers accepted divided by offers made, over a trailing window. Cadence-stale counts active applicants who haven't been contacted in a while and have no next action scheduled, so nobody quietly falls off your radar mid-pipeline. All percentage figures are capped at 100 percent even when the underlying event counts momentarily disagree, so you never see an impossible reading like 225 percent retention.

Peer comparisons (the peer median on Time To Hire, the peer figures on Retention 90d, the peer range on Draft Offer) only appear once Verinode has a comparison to make. Where a benchmark is still building its cohort, the tile shows a qualitative read, a plain status word or a "forming" note, rather than a raw peer number, the same rule every benchmark on the platform follows.

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