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We check the pool first then go find more people if it is thin
You don't hire papers. You hire people.
Tell us the job you need to fill. We check our pool first, then go find the people who aren't looking, the way a headhunter would. You talk with the ones who say yes, and pay per completed 15-minute Pre-Interview.
Not a job board. Not a traditional recruiter. No job posts, no monthly fee.
Hiring Room
Welder · Days · Winkler
3 credits available
7 active local people fit · showing 2
Candidate A · Welder · 6 years · MIG, FCAW
InviteCandidate B · Welder · 4 years · MIG/TIG
Invite
Example Hiring Room · coming soon
You paid for applicants. You wanted a qualified conversation.
Post a job and the applications come in by the dozen. Most were sent to ten shops from a phone in one sitting. You sort them yourself, call the ones that look real, and reach a few. Then you give an hour to someone who couldn't have survived fifteen minutes on the phone.
Conversations are easy to get. A qualified one, with someone who's real, has the experience, and fits on pay and shift, is the thing you were paying for.
The interview shouldn't be the first time you meet.
Job boardsRecruiters
Who you reachPeople scrolling job boardsWhoever the recruiter callsThe local pool: looking now, or open to changing companies
What you getA stack of resumesA shortlist, weeks laterPeople who fit, already talked through their work
Who does the sortingYouThem, at their paceAI with humans in the loop, before you see a name
When you payUp front, per postOn placementAfter a Pre-Interview actually happens
What you pay forVisibilityA percentage of salaryOne completed 15-minute conversation
RoleShiftLocationMust-haves
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active local people fit all of it
We start booking. If it's thin, we go find more.
We check our pool first. Then we go find more.
Once you've bought credits, we run your role, shift, location and must-haves against every active person in our pool.
If enough people fit, we start booking calls. If the pool is thin, we go find more: databases and one-to-one outreach, including people who already have a job. Either way, you only talk to people who agreed to speak with you.
"Tell us the role and the shift. We check the pool, then go find whoever else fits."
Many of the people you want already have a job.
Job boards reach the people scrolling. Lokals checks its own local pool, then goes further: databases and one-to-one outreach, the way a headhunter would, to reach people who'd switch jobs for a better shift, better pay, or a shorter drive.
Before you talk, every one of them builds a profile and talks through their work. Nobody hands you a resume. We ask what they've actually done.
Never a score out of 100. Just what they've done, what backs it up, and what they're after.
From "I need someone" to a qualified candidate.
Tell us the job.
Role, shift, location, must-haves. A short form, an email, or a call.
You buy credits.
One credit is one completed Pre-Interview. We get to work once you have them.
We check our pool.
We start with the local people already in our pool who fit your role.
We find the rest.
If the pool is thin, we go find people: databases and one-to-one outreach, the way a headhunter would. Every person agrees to speak with you before anything gets booked.
Fifteen minutes on the phone.
The Pre-Interview lands on your calendar. You call. After, you tell us whether it happened, and where it goes next.
Fifteen minutes answers the six questions that matter.
It's also built so you actually talk to the person. One conversation tells you more than a piece of paper.
The full interview is for people who already passed. That's the whole idea.
Pre-Interview
Candidate A · Welder
15:00
- Are they real?
- Can they communicate?
- Does the experience line up?
- Does the pay work?
- Do the shift and the drive fit?
- Do you want more time with them?
Pay for conversations that happen. Nothing else.
One credit is one completed Pre-Interview. You buy a few and use them when someone fits.
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Buy credits
A few at a time. They sit in your wallet until someone fits.
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Invite from your shortlist
One credit is held per invite. If they decline or don't answer, it comes back.
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Book the Pre-Interview
They say yes and the 15-minute call goes on your calendar.
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Credit deducted
Only when you confirm the call happened.
- Candidate no-show?Comes back
- You couldn't make it?Comes back
- You didn't like them?Used
You had the conversation, and that's what you're paying for.
Price per credit is quoted on the call.
It depends on the role and how many people you need. No prices on this page because we'd rather tell you what you're getting first.
Nobody gets booked until they've said yes.
On a job board, you chase. Here, the person sees your role, your pay, and your shift, and says yes before a time is set. Then the call goes on both calendars with reminders. If the call still doesn't happen, you don't pay for it.
What you get, and what's coming.
What runs today, and what ships with the app.
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Pre-Interviews booked straight onto the calendar. 15 minutes, on the phone.
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Credits that only get used when the call happens
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AI interview about the work, with PinPal. Once, not per job.
Coming soon
One profile instead of endless applications
Coming soon
A Hiring Room with people who fit, ready to invite
Coming soon
Invitations by text and the worker says yes before anyone calls
Coming soon
Verified references and certifications on the profile
Coming soon
Private by default until you say yes to a job. Never posted anywhere.
Nobody built a hiring service for hourly and trades jobs.
There's a recruiter for your accountant. There's nobody for your shop floor. For a welder, a machine operator, or a line lead, the shop does the whole job itself: post, sort, call, wait.
Lokals is that layer. Local people, already talked through, on the phone with you before anyone books an interview.
Questions we get on the call
In the words we hear them.
Do you have people you can send me right now?
Tell us the role and the shift. Once you have credits, we check our pool first, then go find more people who fit.
What if the pool is thin for my role?
We go find more people: databases and one-to-one outreach, the way a headhunter would, including people who already have a job.
Is this another job board? Another agency?
Neither. No posts, no resumes, no placement fee. You tell us the job. We check our pool, then go find more people who fit. You pay per 15-minute call that actually happens.
I already get plenty of applications.
Then you're doing the sorting for free. We do that part before you ever see a name.
Half the people I book don't show.
Nobody gets booked here until they've agreed to speak with you. If the call doesn't happen, the credit comes back.
I don't have time for this.
A short form or one message to tell us the role. We check the pool and get back to you.
Tell us who you need.
Tell us the role. We check the pool, tell you how many local people fit, and how we'd find more.
No job posts. No monthly fee. Pay per completed Pre-Interview.
Prefer to talk? Book a 30-minute call. Or email hello@lokals.ca