FlexFiles Documentation
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Hiring and Recruiting
Recruiters and HR teams9 min read

Hiring Suite Overview

The hiring suite turns document intake into a recruiter-focused operating system with parsing, profiles, fit scoring, reason codes, and auditable actions.

Core hiring flow

  1. 1

    Create a hiring job with role requirements, prompts, and screening rules.

  2. 2

    Publish a role-specific guest upload link for resumes and optional cover letters.

  3. 3

    Let FlexFiles parse and normalize candidate data into structured profiles.

  4. 4

    Review AI-assisted scores, evidence, tags, and reason codes.

  5. 5

    Shortlist, reject, discard, rediscover, and compare candidates with a visible audit trail.

What makes the hiring suite different

  • Evidence-backed fit scoring instead of opaque ranking only.
  • Knockout rules and transparent reason codes for every decision path.
  • Candidate rediscovery from past uploads, with deduplication built in.
  • Recruiter notes, note templates, playbooks, and assistant history for operational consistency.

Who should use it

  • Recruiters managing medium or high applicant volume.
  • HR teams that need clear screening rationale and status auditability.
  • Teams that want candidate rediscovery instead of treating each job as an isolated inbox.

Operating principles

  • Use knockout rules to reduce low-signal manual review, not to replace judgment entirely.
  • Treat fit scores as triage aids and inspect evidence before final decisions.
  • Standardize notes and playbooks when several recruiters work on similar roles.