FirstWork Alternatives

Hire Smarter with HireArt. We're a modern staffing agency that uses work samples and video assessments to generate deeper insight & connect contractors to companies where they'll thrive. Our graders and account managers individually assess each candidate on culture fit, experience, and communication skills. The proof is in the talent: our candidates have filled roles at leading start-up and technology companies like Facebook, Airbnb, and Waymo. We put people first, from our candidates to our clients, we believe in the power of transparent hiring. Learn more about our team and our platform at HireArt.com.

Impraise empowers your people to accelerate their performance and professional growth with clear direction, alignment, feedback exchange, and recognition. The Impraise platform offers solutions such as Goal Management, Performance Check-ins, 1:1 meetings, 360 reviews, real-time feedback and coaching.

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Checkr

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Checkr builds people infrastructure for the future of work. And we believe everyone should have a fair chance to work. That's why we've designed a faster, and fairer, way to screen job seekers. For more information on our mission and products, visit https://checkr.com.

Hackermeter is a SaaS solution focused on Recruiting. Founded by Y Combinator alumni, this platform provides innovative tools and services to help companies streamline their operations and achieve their goals. Built with modern technology and user experience in mind, Hackermeter offers scalable solutions for teams of all sizes.

Zenefits was founded to take the administrative heartache out of getting healthcare. In the five years since, Zenefits'​ consumer-grade technology has tackled one of the economy's gnarliest people problems: delivering easy access to health insurance. Today, this is the foundation of our People Platform which brings everything HR -- benefits, payroll, onboarding and talent management -- into one single app. And we're just getting started. Our team is creating a modern People Platform that empowers employees by equipping them with the tools they need to be independent, mobile, and fully in control. The Zenefits People Platform is where HR comes to life. Learn more at www.zenefits.com

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Kalibrr

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Kalibrr operates a two-sided job marketplace in Southeast Asia with over 5,000,000 high-skill white collar talents primarily in the Philippines and Indonesia. With Kalibrr, you can recruit and build a remote sales, product, engineering or design team in the Philippines within minutes

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VoiceGem

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VoiceGem is a SaaS solution focused on Messaging. Founded by Y Combinator alumni, this platform provides innovative tools and services to help companies streamline their operations and achieve their goals. Built with modern technology and user experience in mind, VoiceGem offers scalable solutions for teams of all sizes.

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OctaveWealth

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We’ll build the 401(k) you need to help attract and retain talent. OctaveWealth is operated by Quillu Inc, an SEC registered Investment Advisor.

Lever is one of the most recognized brands in talent acquisition software for high growth companies. We enable teams to post jobs, source, interview, and hire top talent. We've combined ATS & CRM into a single platform, Lever TRM. Our Talent Acquisition Suite also includes tools for recruitment marketing and analytics: Lever Nurture, Lever Advanced Analytics, and Lever Data Warehouse Sync. Our customers include Netflix, KPMG, Spotify, Talend, Cirque du Soleil, and over 5000 other customers. Lever has raised $123 million in funding from Apax Digital, Adam Street Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, and Y Combinator among others. With an overall gender ratio of 50:50, Lever is also fiercely committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. For more information, visit https://www.lever.co/.

The Recurse Center is a self-directed, educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming, whether they've been programming for three decades or three months. The retreat is free for all participants because we run an integrated recruiting agency and provide (optional) personalized recruiting services to anyone in our community considering a new job.

Fond is a global SaaS platform that seamlessly consolidates employee rewards and recognition processes into one easy-to-use solution. With Fond, employees and managers can recognize each other, redeem rewards, access exclusive corporate discounts, and measure success so HR departments spend less time managing programs and more time driving results.

Launched in 2012 as ZenPayroll, Gusto serves more than 300,000 businesses nationwide. Each year we process tens of billions of dollars of payroll and provide employee benefits, like health insurance and 401(k) accounts, while helping companies create incredible work places. Through one refreshingly easy, integrated platform, we automate and simplify your payroll, benefits, and HR, all while providing expert support. You and your employees will get the peace of mind you need to do your best work.

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SkillJudge

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SkillJudge revolutionizes talent assessment and hiring processes with AI-driven evaluation tools. Recruiters and HR professionals can create comprehensive skills assessments, automate candidate screening, and make data-driven hiring decisions. The platform offers customizable tests, automated scoring, and detailed analytics to help identify top talent efficiently.

The Muse is a values-based careers site that helps Gen Z and millennial candidates find a career path and search for jobs at companies whose people, benefits, and values align with their unique professional needs. For employers, our marketplace results in a more efficient hiring process that results in better "matches" - and therefore better retention.

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Lightscreen AI

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Lightscreen’s voice + video AI interviewer enables companies to identify and invest in genuinely skilled candidates. It's already being used by high-growth startups and recruiting agencies to screen technical candidates. We provide companies with a voicebot that can run a full-length technical interview, does smart interruptions, and multi-modal cheating detection. The AI provides the company rubric-based, rich candidate evaluation in minutes and can be fully customized to ask questions and evaluate based on the company's needs.

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Bits to Atoms

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Filling roles at deep technology startups with very specialized requirements is extremely difficult. We streamline this process by matching job seekers to roles and fill skill gaps where necessary.

Modus helps companies hire and retain only the people they need instead of becoming bloated messes. Modus connects your HRIS, ATS, and analyzes extensive data across your organization so leaders can detect, inspect, and correct their workforce plans - without relying on spreadsheets or complex systems. Lin experienced these challenges firsthand as a VP BizOps at HashiCorp, scaling from 100 employees to IPO, while Chris and Amar faced similar issues scaling 40+ person teams as a fractional CTO. They’re motivated by the belief that companies should have the least number of employees possible.

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Clara

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Clara is Deel/Rippling for in-home senior care. We provide an all-in-one payroll, tax, and insurance platform for families to directly employ caregivers, and a marketplace for them to discover and match with their ideal caregiver from our network of hundreds of qualified local care providers. Clara was founded by two former Uber colleagues who have experienced the challenges of managing care for a loved one personally, and are inspired by the opportunity to apply their tech backgrounds to solving the most widespread and impactful issues in the >$120B in-home care industry. Clara's marketplace is currently live across California, delivering thousands of hours of care to families from a network of over 1,500 caregivers.

Superunit deploys AI voice and email agents to complete employment verifications for background check companies, faster, cheaper, and more compliant than internal teams or outsourced call centers. Our agents call and email employers, collect verification data, and log every interaction for audit and compliance. Customers are replacing manual workflows with Superunit to scale without adding headcount or compromising quality. We work with several background screening organizations and are processing thousands of verifications per month.

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DianaHR

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DianaHR is an AI-powered HR person for the 1.4 million SMBs with at least 10 employees. Today, SMB owners spend 10+ hours a week struggling with managing software, state compliance notices, benefits questions, onboarding, insurance, workers comp, 401k, etc. With DianaHR, a human-in-the-loop AI takes care of all that and delivers peace of mind.

Central kills back-office work for startups. While HR/payroll platforms give you software to figure it out, Central actually does all the work using AI agents and human experts: payroll, benefits, compliance, accounting, taxes, and more. That's 10+ hours back every month. Thousands of founders trust Central, including high-growth companies like Magic Patterns, Wordware, and Bitesight. Learn more and start for free at centralhq.com

Alex is an AI recruiter for the future of hiring. Companies use us to get the best hiring signal on their applicant pool and hire in a fraction of the time. Our AI recruiter has a live conversation over a video call with each of your candidates based on the interview questions you choose or that are recommended based on the job description. During the interview, our AI asks personalized follow-up questions in real-time based on the candidate's responses. Our AI recruiter can be customized to your roles in minutes and has already conducted thousands of interviews across engineering, IT, retail, hospitality, and more.

malibou is a web application helping French SMBs to manage employees, run payroll and track compliance in a single app. When processing payroll in France, you either have the choice between an accountant with good advice but no way to connect an HRIS with him, or a good HRIS that does not include payroll services. It was time for a change, to finally bring payroll and HR at the same place. Due to increasing competition in the space, French payroll engines have just opened their APIs. This allows us to offer a unified payroll and HR solution, which wasn't possible before.