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Better Chatkick alternative for AI-assisted recruiting

SquarePeg provides comprehensive features for job description conversion, candidate sourcing, applicant tracking, and analytics, while Chatkick lacks many key features and requires more manual effort.

SquarePeg vs Chatkick features at a glance

SquarePeg offers more comprehensive services in job recruitment, hiring, and analytics as compared to Chatkick, providing more automation and strategic insights.

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SquarePeg
Chatkick
Determining Job Requirements
Creating Job Descriptions
Sourcing Active Candidates
Posting to job boards
Managing Active Sourcing
Sourcing Passive Candidates
Identifying Passive Candidates
Uncovering Personal Email Addresses
Creating Passive Campaigns
Managing Passive Campaigns
Following Up with Prospects
Managing Prospects Replies
Evaluating Applicants
Determining which applicants to review
Evaluating Applicants
Managing the Hiring Process
Informing Applicants of Screening Decisions
Scheduling Interviews
Conducting Interviews
Hiring Progress Efficiency
Sending Offer Letters
Reporting and Analytics
Passive Sourcing Engagement
Job Description Conversion
Applicant Approval Rate
URG (Under-Represented Groups)
Hiring Pipeline Performance

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As the only recruiter on my team, SquarePeg has been a huge help. I know that I am focused on reviewing the most-qualified candidates.

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In-depth comparison of SquarePeg vs Chatkick

Compared to SquarePeg, Chatkick lacks essential features for job sourcing, applicant evaluation, and managing the hiring process.

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Determining Job Requirements

SquarePeg provides insights into the pool of available passive and active talent based on job requirements and targeting criteria. This allows employers to be more strategic and understand the implications of their requirements on available talent.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Creating Job Descriptions

SquarePeg uses a brief job explanation and the employer's unique value proposition to write custom, high-converting job descriptions. After sourcing starts, SquarePeg shares suggestions for improving the job description based on applicant conversion and campaign replies.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Sourcing Active Candidates

Posting to Job Boards

SquarePeg offers a self-service LinkedIn integration that gives employers the option to post their jobs on SquarePeg's LinkedIn page or the employer's LinkedIn page. All LinkedIn posts are sponsored at no extra cost.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Managing Active Sourcing

LinkedIn posts (and passive sourcing campaigns) are tied to the sourcing status of the job in SquarePeg, making it easy to pause both passive and active sourcing.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Sourcing Passive Candidates

Identifying Passive Candidates

SquarePeg generates targeting criteria based on an employer's job description and automatically identifies top candidates.

Chatkick requires manual browsing and the use of Chrome extensions.

Uncovering Personal Email Addresses

SquarePeg automatically finds personal email addresses for passive campaigns and continuously targets new candidates based on applicant volume.

Chatkick charges for "email credits" and limits access to their candidate databases.

Creating Passive Campaigns

SquarePeg builds a custom sourcing campaign without additional employer input by using the employer's job description and unique value proposition.

Chatkick requires employers to manually enter information and uses AI to build a campaign.

Managing Passive Campaigns

SquarePeg's passive sourcing email campaigns (and LinkedIn posts) are tied to the sourcing status of the job in SquarePeg, making it easy to pause both passive and active sourcing.

Chatkick requires manual creation and management of email campaigns.

Following Up with Prospects

SquarePeg allows users to create email campaigns with multiple sequences and automatically stops the campaign when a prospect replies to an email or applies to the job.

Chatkick requires manual management of follow-ups.

Managing Prospects Replies

SquarePeg handles replies from prospects and summarizes them, enabling employers to improve their job descriptions if necessary.

Chatkick requires employers to manually reply to prospects.

Evaluating Applicants

Determining which applicants to review

SquarePeg only shows employers a stack-ranked list of the top 5% of applicants and provides the option to view applicants below this threshold. Applicants can see where they are in the hiring process and all unreviewed or uncontacted applicants are notified when a job is closed.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Evaluating Applicants

SquarePeg’s matching algorithm evaluates all applicants equally by taking into account a comprehensive set of factors such as location, willingness to relocate, sponsorship requirements, desired salary, work location preferences, education, relevant skills, startup experience, management levels, work experience, screening questions, and personality traits using a proprietary behavioral assessment.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Managing the Hiring Process

Informing Applicants of Screening Decisions

SquarePeg allows employers to enable customized automated messages to inform applicants of screening decisions. Applicants can see where they are in the hiring process at all times and all unreviewed or uncontacted applicants are notified when a job is closed.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Scheduling Interviews

SquarePeg allows users to create unlimited message templates and assign them to specific hiring pipeline stages. These templates can include calendar scheduling links to quickly set up interviews with candidates

Chatkick does not help with this.

Conducting Interviews

SquarePeg provides a discussion area for each job and individual candidate, allowing users to record interview notes and collaborate with the hiring team.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Hiring Progress Efficiency

SquarePeg includes hiring pipeline reminders to help users stay on top of time-in-stage. Users receive email notifications if a candidate has stayed in a specific stage for too long. SquarePeg also allows candidates to track their status through a separate candidate portal.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Sending Offer Letters

SquarePeg's messaging features support attachments, making it easy to send offer letters or any other document to job finalists.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Reporting and Analytics

Passive Sourcing Engagement

SquarePeg provides conversion analytics for passive sourcing, including email open rates, landing page views, and reply rates. This data helps improve future candidate targeting criteria.

Chatkick provides open, response, and interested rates but does not offer click rates.

Job Description Conversion

SquarePeg offers conversion analytics for job descriptions, such as impressions, time-on-page, and the number of views that convert to submitted resumes. This data helps users enhance their job descriptions to improve applicant conversion.

Chatkick does not help with this.

Applicant Approval Rate

SquarePeg provides users with the percentage of applicants identified as a match by their matching algorithm. This information enables users to refine their candidate targeting criteria.

Chatkick also provides applicant approval rates.

URG (Under-Represented Groups)

SquarePeg provides a breakdown of the gender and ethnicity of matched applicants, as well as pass-through rates for the hiring pipeline. This data helps users understand how to better represent underrepresented groups.

Chatkick provides URG data for passive outreach but cannot offer URG data for the hiring process because they do not offer a hiring pipeline.

Hiring Pipeline Performance

SquarePeg provides the average time spent by candidates in each hiring stage and the percentage of candidates disqualified or withdrew in each stage. These metrics help optimize key recruiting metrics like time-in-stage and pass-through rate.

Chatkick does not help with this because they do not offer a hiring pipeline.

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Final Verdict

Chatkick lacks job description assistance, active candidate sourcing, comprehensive applicant evaluation, efficient hiring management, and full-scale reporting that SquarePeg offers.

Cost
Features
Talent Sourcing
Talent Screening
Applicant Tracking
Talent Insights

SquarePeg offers comprehensive job description and candidate management, active and passive sourcing, interviewing, hiring process management, and analytical tools, which Chatkick does not.

Cost
Features
Talent Sourcing
Talent Screening
Applicant Tracking
Talent Insights

Chatkick lacks many features offered by SquarePeg, such as assisting with job description assistance, sourcing automation, assistance with evaluating applicants, and comprehensive analytics.

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Hundreds of teams use SquarePeg to automate sourcing efforts, identify their most qualified applicants, and ensure an effective hiring process.

Justin McDonald
Head of People @ Boxbot

As the only recruiter on my team, SquarePeg has been a huge help. I know that I am focused on reviewing the most-qualified candidates.

Brenda Vujanic
Chief Talent Officer @ Benchworks

SquarePeg always provides strong candidates!

Dan Kasper
General Manager @ Instill

SquarePeg is essential for getting the best candidates in the most efficient, cost-effective way with the best candidate experience.

Sejla Avdic
Senior Recruiter @ Ushur

The time savings, visually appealing candidate profiles, high caliber of candidates, and seamless integration with our ATS make it an excellent choice for lean teams.

Ben Margolit
CEO @ Rentgrata

SquarePeg is set-it-and-forget-it. The caliber of candidates is better than we've seen with some of the other recruiting platforms we’ve tried.

Akash Nandi
CEO/Founder @ Tendrel

We needed to rapidly backfill a critical role and SquarePeg helped us pack the funnel, orchestrate interviews, and fill the role in less than 4 weeks.

Kiel
Recruiting Lead @ Outdoorsy

Very intuitive to use and I love seeing a percentage match for each job applicant.

Stefanie
Head of People @ Fulcrum

It’s impressive how accurately SquarePeg matches candidates based on a job description. The whole tool is incredibly easy to use and very cost-effective.

Ross P.
Managing Director @ VentureLane

SquarePeg has helped us find some of the strongest candidates we’ve ever had. Strong candidate quality and quantity.

Lindsey Abarca-Jones
HR @ Collective Liquidity

SquarePeg simplifies the process of recruitment and hiring. We love the assistance in vetting qualified candidates, ultimately saving us time and cost.

Julie Edwards
Chief People Officer

SquarePeg has helped our small team focus on other priorities and increase our hiring efficiency. We’ve made 29 new hires through SquarePeg so far!

Gage Bastian
Talent Acquisition Manager

SquarePeg has an easy-to-use interface with real-time insights and is a seamless extension of our ATS, promoting a positive candidate experience.

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