Time to fill and cost per hire are typical results for teams using Cara sourcing, AI screening and October Verified together, compared with their previous process.
An ATS only workspace gives you recruitment without setting up a full HR platform. Add the rest of October People whenever you want it.
Move from your current ATS
Self serve imports cover Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and BambooHR. You review a snapshot before anything comes across, and importing history uses no credits.
Plans from US$149 a month
Starter includes 500 credits, enough to screen about 160 applications. Open roles and hiring team members are unlimited, so you pay for candidate actions, not seats.
“Your work building a shared design system stood out. We’re looking for someone to shape exactly that kind of practice at Northstar.”
NM
Sounds interesting. Is the team open to hybrid working?
Cara has the role context
“Yes — two days in Cape Town, with the rest remote. Here’s the link to apply, and the team will take it from there.”
Screen applications
A reason, not just a rank.
Every application is scored against your brief, with the strengths, the gaps and the next question written out. Nobody is rejected until your team says so.
ATS plans start at US$149 a month, with unlimited open roles and hiring team members. Starter includes 500 credits, enough to screen about 160 applications if you use them only for that. Credits are shared across candidate actions: 3 screen and verify an application, 10 cover a Cara sourced candidate and 20 cover an AI run interview. Creating jobs and importing history use no credits. The full HR platform is priced separately, per employee.
Yes. ATS plans come with a 14 day free trial that includes 15,000 credits, and no card is required. In the demo we can show you how to run your first role through it.
Can we use the ATS without the rest of October People?
Yes. An ATS only workspace gives you recruitment without setting up the full HR platform. When you add onboarding, a hired candidate starts their onboarding plan and the candidate record becomes the employee record.
Can we bring our data from our current ATS?
Yes. Self serve imports cover Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby, plus Workday and BambooHR. You review a snapshot before anything is imported.
Does October replace our ATS?
Yes. October Recruitment is a full applicant tracking system with requisitions, job board posting, referrals, visual pipelines, scorecards, scheduling, offers and hiring analytics. Cara, automated ranking and October Verified are built in.
Does October reject candidates automatically?
No. Reject rules and weak matches produce a recommendation with a written reason. No rejection is made or sent until someone on your team confirms. You can also turn on score rules for a job that move strong candidates forward. They stay off until you enable them.
How does the ranking avoid bias?
Rankings are built from structured signals such as role requirements, assessments, interview ratings, scorecards and verified facts, not names or photos. Recruiters can override any decision, and October publishes its bias testing and model register. In the September 2026 flip test, 398 of 398 scored candidate pairs stayed in the same score band when demographic indicators changed, and 4 pairs differed by more than five points. These are scorer outputs on synthetic profiles, not observed hiring decisions.
October’s data processing statement says no October conversation data is used for provider training. This is enforced through a data processing agreement with each provider and verified during the quarterly audit cycle. Ask us in the demo how CV and candidate data is handled for your account.
Cara searches external profiles against the context you set for the role, scores candidates and sends personalised outreach. Recruiters see replies, scores and progress in one sourcing session.
What does October Verified check?
Employment cross checks, company verification, professional profiles, web and email signals and CV consistency, with the findings behind the verdict. Structured references and background checks through a connected provider sit in the same pipeline where the role and jurisdiction allow.
Which job boards and tools does it connect to?
Feed boards such as Indeed sync once you register your feed. LinkedIn and other portal boards get a ready to paste post and a tracking link. All 13 boards are tracked from one job record. October also connects to calendar, email, Slack and more than 40 HR and workplace systems.
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