Learn hiring from zero.
Never used an applicant tracking system? Start here. Short, plain-English lessons with screenshots and videos that take you from “what is an ATS?” to filling your first role with Olibr.
Hiring 101
What an ATS is, how hiring works, and the words recruiters use — no experience needed.
- 1What is an ATS?An applicant tracking system keeps every candidate, job and conversation in one place — so nobody falls through the cracks.4 min
- 2The hiring pipeline, step by stepEvery hire follows the same journey: find, screen, interview, decide. Here is what happens at each stage.5 min
- 3Where good candidates come fromApplicants, your own contacts, job sites and shared talent pools — and when to use each.4 min
- 4Recruiting words, in plain EnglishCTC, notice period, sourcing, JD, Boolean search… a cheat sheet of the terms you'll see in Olibr.3 min
Meet Olibr
What Olibr is, what it does for you, how it stays free and what you'd ever pay for.
- 1What Olibr is — and what it can do for youOlibr is an ATS and a shared talent pool in one. Here is everything it does, in one page.4 min
- 2How Olibr stays free: contribution explainedYou keep Olibr free by sharing candidate profiles with the talent pool — 50 per active user every 30 days. Here's exactly how it works.5 min
- 3What you pay for: the walletEverything core is free. The wallet only pays for AI features and contact reveals — and you're charged only when an action completes.3 min
- 4A five-minute tour of your dashboardWhat every item in the sidebar does, so you always know where to click.4 min
Your first day
Create your account, set up your company, post your first job and bring in your team.
- 1Create your Olibr accountSign up as a recruiter in about two minutes. The one thing to get right: choose “I'm hiring”.3 min
- 2Set up your companyUse the 5-step setup guide to tell candidates who you are. A good profile gets more and better applicants.4 min
- 3Post your first jobThree short steps — basics, skills, questions — and your job is live. Free and unlimited.6 min
- 4Invite your teamAdd colleagues and give each one the right access — from full admin to view-only.4 min
Getting candidates
Every way to fill your pipeline: spreadsheets, CVs, LinkedIn and Naukri, Search Talent and applicants.
- 1Import candidates from a spreadsheetAlready have candidates in Excel or Google Sheets? Bring hundreds in at once with CSV Upload.5 min
- 2Upload CVs in bulkDrop up to 100 CVs at once. Olibr's AI reads each one and creates a full candidate profile.4 min
- 3Save candidates from LinkedIn and NaukriThe free browser extension adds a profile to your Olibr database in one click — no copy-pasting.5 min
- 4Find candidates in Search TalentSearch Olibr's shared talent pool by skill, city, salary and notice period — and reveal contact details when you're ready.6 min
- 5Add candidates to a job and track themPut people into a job's pipeline, then move them from stage to stage in a table or on a Kanban board.5 min
- 6Promote your jobs on LinkedInAuto-post every new job to LinkedIn, and schedule company posts that keep candidates coming.4 min
Screen and interview
AI interviews, skills tests, interview scheduling and candidate email — without the back-and-forth.
- 1AI interviews, explainedLet AI run the first-round interview for you. Candidates take it when it suits them; you get a score and a summary for each.5 min
- 2Volume or Precision hiring? Setting up an AI interviewVolume Hiring asks everyone the same questions. Precision Hiring tailors questions to each CV. Here's how to set up either.5 min
- 3Send skills testsConnect HackerRank, HackerEarth, CodeSignal, TestGorilla or Codility once, then send tests from any job.4 min
- 4Schedule interviews on your calendarLink Google or Outlook once, then book interviews with a meeting link and reminders in a few clicks.4 min
- 5Email candidates from OlibrConnect Gmail or Outlook so every email sits next to the right candidate — and use templates for the messages you send every day.4 min
For recruitment agencies
Hiring for clients? Keep each client's jobs separate, hide client names and send branded CVs.
- 1Manage your clients with AccountsOne account per client company: their jobs, contacts, emails and branding in one place.4 min
- 2Post jobs on behalf of a clientLink a job to a client — and hide the client's name from candidates when the search is confidential.3 min
- 3Send branded resumes to clientsTurn any candidate's CV into a clean PDF with your agency's logo — and hide contact details so clients come back through you.4 min
Playbooks
Step-by-step routines that combine everything: fill a role in 7 days, screen 200 applicants, run your week.
- 1Playbook: fill a role in 7 daysA day-by-day plan that uses everything in Olibr to go from “we need someone” to an accepted offer in one week.6 min
- 2Playbook: screen 200 applicants in an hourGot flooded with applications? Use filters, dealbreakers, match scores and AI interviews to get to a shortlist fast.4 min
- 3Playbook: a recruiter's week in OlibrA simple weekly routine that keeps your pipeline moving, your contribution covered and your candidates happy.4 min