What's new

This page lists changes you might notice. If a change affects how you use Lokals, we update the help pages too.

October 17, 2026

Employers: The Hiring Room now shows your shortlist, with tabs: To review, Interested, Contact shown, Booked, Done and Not a fit. Using the Hiring Room
Employers: New button names. Interested and Not a fit replace "I'm interested" and "Pass". Show contact replaces "Reveal". Show contact still holds 1 credit.
Employers: Set your Call times, then click Schedule Pre-Interview. The candidate gets your booking link and picks a time. Booking the call
Employers: Invite candidate asks a candidate who didn't apply if they want the job. No credit is used unless they say yes.
Employers: A gold credit coin shows your Available credits. Credits now move by themselves when a call is booked, moved, cancelled or done. How credits work
Employers: Team notes on each card, and feedback after each call. After the call
Candidates: When an employer wants to talk, you get a link to book your own 15-minute call time. Your Pre-Interview
Everyone: Lokals Help is here. Plain guides for candidates and employers, with pictures of each step.

Employers: The form to send us a job moved to app.lokals.ca/onboarding. Links to the old address still work. Send a hiring need

Candidates: Signing up is now a short set of screens, one question at a time. Make your profile
Candidates: First-time profile questions are now a quick quiz.
Candidates: You can say you're open to work while you sign up.
Everyone: Our privacy notice now covers session recordings and Google Analytics. Recordings hide what you type. Privacy policy

Candidates: You can sign up for any kind of job, not only the ones on our list. Search for your job by name.
Candidates: PinPal now asks about the job you came for first. The work interview

Candidates: Some employers now have their own hiring page on Lokals, with a short quiz to see if the job fits you.
Employers: Our Credit and Refund Policy now covers Reveal and Held credits. How credits work

Employers: The Hiring Room is live. Check your Hiring Brief, mark people as Interested or Pass, and click Reveal to see their details. Using the Hiring Room
Employers: Reveal holds one credit until the Pre-Interview is booked. How credits work

Candidates: Job links and pages no longer show pay. You talk about pay with the employer on the call.