Recruitment software for boutique search firms
Shortlyn keeps the candidate, your shortlist case, the client's verdict and the interview plan on the same record, so nobody has to re-type a decision from an email.
No sign-up. The demo uses sample data and keeps your changes in this browser.
Elena Petrova
Senior Product Designer · Brackwater Analytics
The candidate applies
Lead Product Designer, London. Sourced by Priya Raman 19 days ago.
The recruiter makes the case
Elena designed the reporting suite of a finance platform and runs its design system, the two halves of this role. Her research sessions are documented in her portfolio.
Priya Raman, Consultant
The client decides
Meet this candidate3 days ago
The report builder case study is close to our problem. Leo and I would like to meet her.
Nadia Fairbanks, Chief Product Officer
Contact details were never shown to the client.
The panel is booked
Portfolio review, 75 minutes. Booked for the next working day, 11:00–12:15.
Offered only slots where both panelists were free.
Where searches lose time
Boutique firms win on judgement and speed. Both leak out at the same three moments.
A PDF of CVs goes out by email, and the recruiter's reasoning stays in their head.
The client opens a shortlist where each candidate carries the recruiter's written case and scorecard.
Three people answer in one thread, and someone re-types the verdict into a spreadsheet.
The client rates each criterion and decides in the portal; the verdict lands on the candidate record.
The recruiter proposes slots that one panelist has already given away.
Only slots where the whole panel is free are offered, and a booked interview blocks the slot for other searches.
Four views, one record
The demo below is a working sample workspace for Harrow & Vale Search, a fictional firm with 7 searches and 31 candidate records — 6 of the roles are on its job board.
Candidates
Published roles with search and filters, and a short application that creates the record.
Your consultants
Pipeline board and table, candidate records, scorecards and a workspace for every search.
Hiring managers
The shortlist for their roles only, with the recruiter's case and a structured verdict form.
Recruiter and panel
Candidates the client wants to meet, with slots checked against every panelist's calendar.
Counted from the sample workspace that the demo opens with.
Apply as a candidate, shortlist as the recruiter, decide as the client, then book the panel — all in the demo.