This template replaces scattered trackers by connecting your entire recruitment lifecycle in one place. It links clients directly to their open roles and active candidates without manual data entry.
The database uses uniquely connected tables for Companies, Roles, Applicants, Users, and Leads. When a candidate applies, they automatically link to the specific role and the hiring manager reviewing them.
When your agency grows, tracking candidates across different client spreadsheets quickly turns into chaos. Formulas break, resumes get lost in folders, and keeping clients updated becomes a massive headache.
A structured system keeps your data intact by enforcing clear formats for emails, standardized statuses, and applicant files. You can link a candidate directly to a company's open role without copying and pasting across rows.
This is exactly what Softr Databases are designed for. They replace fragile VLOOKUPs with native relationships, meaning when you update a role's status, the connected client records instantly reflect the change.
You can track every active lead, company profile, and job opening in clear, filterable views. Native rollups automatically count how many applicants are successfully attached to each active role.
Managing candidates becomes effortless with drop-down statuses ranging from initial phone screens to signed offers. You can also securely store candidate resumes and performance notes directly within their system profiles.
Manage agency staff and client accounts with roles and contact details
Store client organization profiles with logos and assigned recruiter links
Track job openings with location data, hiring timelines and applicant counts
Monitor candidate progress through the hiring pipeline with resume storage
Manage potential client inquiries with company size and outreach status
This system is built for agencies and teams that need to scale their hiring pipeline reliably.
It takes just a few clicks to tailor this system to your agency's exact process. You can instantly adjust the custom dropdowns for application statuses or add new candidate rating columns.
Don't start from scratch if you already have candidates trapped in spreadsheets. Use the native CSV importer to bulk upload your existing applicants, active leads, and company directories.
When your data is organized, you can easily build a full applicant tracking portal on top of this database. This lets you give clients their own secure login to view only their requested roles and candidate pipelines.
By setting up proper access control and permissions, clients, recruiters, and admins only see the specific data they are supposed to. Starting with a structured database makes building these custom hiring platforms incredibly fast.
A structured system that centrally tracks candidates, open roles, client companies, and active leads. It gives recruitment teams a single, reliable source of truth to manage the entire hiring and placement lifecycle without losing data.
No-code databases give recruiters production-ready software immediately, without needing developer resources or settling for rigid off-the-shelf tools. You get the perfect structure of a custom tool while retaining complete autonomy to adapt it as your customized hiring processes change.
By using Database AI agents, you can automate tedious manual data entry and candidate profiling. Agents can automatically extract key skills from applicant resumes, summarize interview notes, or enrich company profiles using real-time web research whenever a new record is added.
Absolutely. You can plug this data directly into Softr's interface builder to create a custom client portal or an internal applicant tracking system. You can securely control permissions so clients only see candidates for their specific roles, while your internal recruiters have full access to the talent pool.
Yes, it is completely free to get started. Well-structured databases are included in Softr's free plan, with higher-tier plans available if you need increased database row limits as your applicant volume grows.
Excel struggles with relational data, making it incredibly hard to link one candidate to multiple roles or clients without messy, unscalable spreadsheets. Structured databases use native connections and enforced data types to keep candidate resumes, target hire dates, and specific statuses strictly organized and error-free.