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US hiringUnemployment 4.2% up 0.1Job openings 7.5M up 0.3MJobs added +29K in SepTemp help jobs 2.49M down 11KQuits rate 2.1% up 0.2Wage growth (y/y) 3.0% down 0.1Jobless claims 189K down 6KOn Work InsidersRecruiting jobs 4,185Vendors hiring 182Prices checked (30 days) 1,269New tools this week 78Tool of the day TATracker
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Turns any website, including portals with no API, into an API or MCP server your AI agent can call, with logins and 2FA handled for you.
Free plan, paid from $50/mo - 2
Personalized video messages, AI avatar text-to-video and video sales pages, with LinkedIn and website background personalization.
Free plan, paid from $20/user/mo - 3
AI work simulations built from your job description: candidates spend 30 to 45 minutes on a realistic first day with live voice calls to AI stakeholders.
From $99/mo - 4
Contingent workforce management: VMS, managed services (MSP), direct sourcing and EOR.
Sales-quoted - 5
Equity and compensation.
Free plan, paid plans sales-quoted - 6
One-post job distribution across partner boards.
Free trial, then paid plans - 7
Enterprise coordination across Workday and Greenhouse.
Sales-quoted - 8
Workforce analytics that tracks app and web activity to measure productivity, capacity and AI use.
From $10/worker/mo - 9
Performance and engagement.
From $7/employee/mo - 10Pin Our pick
Autonomous sourcing and outreach agent for open reqs.
Free plan, paid from $100/mo
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AI-native agency ATS/CRM for staffing firms.
From $139/user/mo - 2
AI applicant tracking system built for Pakistan: one post goes to LinkedIn, Indeed and Google Jobs, and every applicant is scored, from PKR 10,000/mo.
From PKR 10,000/mo - 3
Executive search software, sold by quote, that says 30,000+ executives are hired with it each year.
Sales-quoted - 4
AI recruiting agents that search 1B+ profiles from a plain-language brief, message candidates on LinkedIn, email and WhatsApp, and score them, with an ATS included.
Free plan, paid from €39/user/mo - 5
UK applicant tracking, onboarding and performance platform with the Tali AI agent, free multiposting and compliance checks, sold by quote to 800+ employers.
Quote-based - 6Workday In the news
Enterprise HCM. Most discussed, almost entirely negatively.
Sales-quoted - 7iCIMS In the news
Enterprise talent cloud.
Sales-quoted - 8
ATS for teams already in Zoho.
Free plan, paid from $25/user/mo - 9
SMB and white label ATS with an open API and a first-party MCP server.
From $80/mo - 10
Structured hiring ATS for mid-market and tech.
Sales-quoted
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AI networking app that scans business cards into a personal CRM and drafts follow-ups and meeting prep. Free plan, Android and web.
Free plan, paid from ₹499/mo - 2
AI browser for Mac and Windows with agent companions that source candidates, build lead lists and update your ATS or CRM in tabs you are signed into.
Free plan, paid from $20/mo - 3
Free open-source desktop app for a team of AI coworkers with memory, skills, schedules and approvals, on local models or your own keys.
Free (open source) - 4ChatGPT In the news
OpenAI's AI assistant for outreach, job ads, Boolean strings and screening notes.
Free plan, paid from $8/mo - 5Claude In the news
Anthropic's AI assistant for long documents, careful writing and connected recruiting tools.
Free plan, paid from $17/mo - 6
Enterprise AI company whose North platform gives staff a private AI assistant, agents and search over company data.
Quote-based - 7
Qwen New to this week’s listAlibaba's free Qwen AI assistant for chat, web search, deep research, document reading and image generation.
Free - 8
AI coding agent, now part of SpaceX, on one plan with Grok, with Grok Bot AI teammates included from Premium. Plans from $8 a month.
Free plan, paid from $8/mo - 9
DeepSeek In the newsFree AI chat assistant from Hangzhou-based DeepSeek, with DeepThink reasoning, web search and a low-cost API.
Free - 10
Manus's app for personal AI agents, each with its own email, phone number, wallet and computer; free in early access.
Free (early access, invite code)
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LinkedIn Hiring Assistant is the AI agent add-on to LinkedIn Recruiter that sources, evaluates and messages candidates.
Sales-quoted - 2
Remote job board for roles open to the USA, UK, Canada and Europe, with eligibility and scam checks.
From €99/listing - 3
Crawl and scrape sites into clean data, plus free AI people search in ChatGPT and Claude.
Free plan, paid from $16/mo - 4
LinkedIn MCP server and REST API on the Kanbox engine, with Sales Navigator and Recruiter Light exports and preview before send.
From $20/mo - 5
UK job board for graduate jobs, schemes and internships with a searchable CV database, priced by quote.
Quote-based - 6
AI recruiting platform: intelligent search over 1B+ profiles, AI scorecards and screening.
From $149/mo - 7
Global talent marketplace placing AI-trained engineers and managed teams with enterprises, priced by quote.
Sales-quoted - 8Daxtra New to this week’s list
PE-owned (Strattam) resume parsing plus Talent Flow agentic sourcing, matching, and screening. Independent brand.
Sales-quoted - 9Airscale New to this week’s list
Lead list building and waterfall email/phone enrichment with API and MCP.
From $49/mo - 10
Natural-language sourcing across 800M+ profiles.
From $99/mo
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B2B lead lists from 20+ filters with free count previews, LinkedIn Lookup and an MCP server.
Free plan, paid from $29.99/mo - 2
Closely New listingCloud LinkedIn and email outreach sequences with AI-written messages and built-in email and phone finding.
From $49/mo - 3FoxReach New listing
Cold email with built-in warmup, inbox rotation, AI reply sorting and a hosted MCP server, free plan, paid from $34/mo.
Free plan, paid from $34/mo - 4Recruit Signals New to this week’s list
Hiring-signal lead gen for recruitment agencies.
From €99/mo - 5
Enterprise B2B contact graph.
Sales-quoted - 6
Autonomous AI sourcer.
Sales-quoted - 7
Signal-based GTM outbound platform with AI agents, waterfall enrichment, multichannel sequences, and managed deliverability.
Free plan, paid from $20/user/mo - 8
Bombora New to this week’s listEnterprise B2B intent data: Company Surge shows which companies are researching a topic now, delivered into your CRM and ad tools.
Sales-quoted - 9dreach New to this week’s list
Flags when a past staffing client is hiring again, or a lookalike is about to, with the confirmed hiring manager and your warmest way in.
Quote-based - 10
Waterfall enrichment with Claygent on every row.
Free plan, paid from $185/mo
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Business development leads for recruiters: companies where someone just left a role you fill, often before a job ad, with who to contact.
From $99/mo - 2
Local business leads from Google Maps with emails, phones, owner names and AI filters, from $59 a month.
From $59/mo - 3
Hosted LinkedIn MCP server that lets Claude, ChatGPT or n8n search, message and enrich LinkedIn through your own account.
From $19/mo - 4
Sales Nav list export with email find.
Free plan, paid from $29/mo - 5Lusha New to this week’s list
Chrome contact data.
Free plan, paid from $37.45/mo - 6CandidateIQ New to this week’s list
Cleans, verifies, enriches and Trust-Scores the candidate records already in your ATS, with a managed Bullhorn sync.
From $200/mo - 7Kaspr New to this week’s list
LinkedIn emails and mobiles (EU).
Free plan, paid from $49/user/mo - 8Lead411 New to this week’s list
B2B emails and direct dials.
From $49/mo - 9Surfe New to this week’s list
LinkedIn-to-CRM enrichment and contact sync for sales teams.
From $39/user/mo - 10
Person-level B2B website visitor identification.
From $99/mo
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Cloud LinkedIn outreach with multi-account campaigns, a built-in CRM, a Claude copilot and an MCP server.
From $59/seat/mo - 2
xAI agent with its own computer.
From $30/mo - 3
Cloud LinkedIn automation for invites and message sequences, with native CRM sync and an AI commenting add-on.
From $65.95/user/mo - 4
Multi-sender LinkedIn outreach with a built-in lead database, Sales Navigator extractor and AI ICP scoring.
From $66/mo - 5
Sales engagement platform for cadence-based outbound.
Sales-quoted - 6OutreachGenie New to this week’s list
Free LinkedIn outreach workspace: capture prospects from search, post engagement or CSV, run visible connection and follow-up flows, with a hosted MCP.
Free - 7Instantly Our pick
High-volume cold email with warmup and unibox.
From $37.60/mo - 8
SendSpark New to this week’s listPersonalized video email for recruiting outreach and candidate follow-up.
From $49/mo - 9RecruiterClaw New to this week’s list
Four Slack specialists sharing one desk memory.
From $600/mo - 10FindThatLead New to this week’s list
Finder plus sequences.
From $37/mo
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Recruiter-led AI agents for resume shortlisting, live interview guidance and candidate identity checks, inside 30+ ATSs, from $99/mo billed annually.
From $99/mo - 2
Flat-rate scheduling links with panel interview booking, single-use candidate links and round-robin screens.
From $6/mo - 3
AI resume screening, multilingual AI video interviews and candidate management for high-volume and agency hiring, from $29/recruiter/mo.
From $29/recruiter/mo - 4
AI recruiting platform with JayT, an avatar or voice AI interviewer for first rounds, a live copilot for human interviews and fraud detection, from $149/mo.
From $149/mo - 5
Video interview suite, 4.8 on G2.
Sales-quoted - 6
AI voice recruiter Joy phones applicants within seconds of applying, runs your screening questions and writes summaries back to 100+ ATSs.
From $190/wk per job - 7
Firstview New to this week’s listFirstview combines CV scoring, two-way AI interviews and an AI interview notetaker for hiring teams; pricing is quote-based.
Sales-quoted - 8
VeraHire New to this week’s listScores every resume against your job description, runs a 10 to 15 minute AI voice interview and hands back a ranked shortlist.
Pay as you go, plans from $49/mo - 9
Interview intelligence.
Sales-quoted - 10
Records recruitment calls and writes salary, notice period, flight risk and client buying signals into Bullhorn or Vincere.
From £33/seat/mo
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Hirelix helps independent recruiters organize their own candidate records and research publicly available information.
From $49/mo - 2
AI-ranking ATS with a built-in sales CRM for small businesses and boutique recruiting firms, one plan at $99/user/mo billed annually.
From $99/user/mo - 3
Paste a job listing and get a tailored resume, cover letter, skills gap analysis and interview prep for your candidate.
From $49/mo - 4
Free agency listing, shared roles, employer briefs and a Zoho Recruit link, from $34/mo.
Free plan, paid from $34/mo - 5Phenom In the news
Enterprise talent experience and CRM.
Sales-quoted - 6PCRecruiter Our pick
Agency ATS and CRM with its own live MCP server.
From $125/user/mo - 7JobDiva New to this week’s list
Staffing ATS plus VMS.
Sales-quoted - 8
ATLAS by Workland New to this week’s listBilingual Canadian ATS and recruitment CRM from Montreal, sold by quote on admin, recruiter and manager seats.
Sales-quoted - 9Avionté New to this week’s list
Staffing ATS and back office.
Sales-quoted - 10Top Echelon New to this week’s list
Split/network ATS for agencies.
From $79/mo
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Chrome side-panel AI assistant that drafts LinkedIn posts, comments and messages in your voice and saves prospects.
From $29/user/mo - 2
Finds the right people on LinkedIn, watches their public posts and drafts AI comments you approve, so you are a familiar name before you reach out.
Free plan, paid from $29/mo - 3
AI agent that tracks 15+ LinkedIn intent signals, scores leads and sends personalised outreach.
From $79/mo - 4Ordinal New to this week’s list
LinkedIn-first content workspace for drafting, collaboration, and scheduling.
From $85/mo - 5Supergrow New to this week’s list
LinkedIn content tool that learns your voice, turns AI interviews, videos and articles into posts and schedules them, with an MCP server on Pro.
From $31/mo - 6StaffingLeads New to this week’s list
Hiring-signal BDR for staffing firms.
Free trial, paid from $197/mo - 7LinkedIn Sales Navigator New to this week’s list
LinkedIn’s separate sales prospecting SKU with advanced search, InMail, and lead alerts, not Recruiter.
From $119.99/mo - 8Oppora New to this week’s list
AI outbound sales agents for lead gen and outreach.
Free plan, paid from $34/mo - 9Outreach New to this week’s list
Enterprise sales engagement.
Sales-quoted - 10Expandi New to this week’s list
Cloud LinkedIn outreach.
From $79/mo
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Drop in any recording and get a transcript, meeting minutes, an email recap or notes back in about a minute, in 67 languages.
Free plan, paid from $10/mo - 2
HireBest New listingStructured interviewing platform that defines each role as a Cipher, guides every interviewer and records evidence with its AI assistant Henry.
Sales-quoted - 3
Kahrbon New listingMicrosoft Teams note taker that drafts decisions and action items with owners and due dates, inside a workplace operations suite.
Quote-based - 4Grain New to this week’s list
AI meeting notes without a bot, with free viewer seats so the whole team can read the notes.
Free plan, paid from $15/seat/mo - 5Otter In the news
AI meeting notes for Zoom, Teams and Meet, with live transcripts and a free plan.
Free plan, paid from $8.33/user/mo - 6Fireflies New to this week’s list
AI note taker with unlimited free transcription in 100+ languages and an API on every plan.
Free plan, paid from $10/seat/mo - 7Noota New to this week’s list
AI note taker for interviews, calls and in person meetings, with ATS integrations and a hiring agent.
Free plan, paid from $19/user/mo - 8
Granola New to this week’s listAI meeting notes from your own device audio, with no bot joining the call, plus an MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT.
Free plan, paid from $14/user/mo - 9HireScribe New to this week’s list
Local AI interview notes for recruiters. No bot in the call. Nothing leaves the laptop.
Free plan, paid from $79
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Global EOR, payroll, and contractor payments.
From $49/contractor/mo - 2
Mid-market EOR plus HR for distributed teams.
From $699/employee/mo - 3
Modern HRIS for mid-market.
Sales-quoted - 4
PEO and HCM platform for payroll, HR, and workforce ops.
Sales-quoted - 5Gusto In the news
US SMB payroll and HR.
From $49/mo + $6/person - 6
Small-team HR app for clocking hours, time off with balances, equipment and light hiring, with a monthly payroll report to Excel.
Quote - 7
Employee Passport New listingUK SME employee management software with optional outsourced HR and Health & Safety advisers; software from £20/mo for up to 10 staff.
From £20/mo - 8Dayforce In the news
Ceridian’s HCM. Workforce, payroll, and time in one suite.
Sales-quoted - 9
EOR, payroll, and contractors.
From $29/employee/mo - 10
Payroll/HCM Grid leader.
Sales-quoted
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DailyPay New to this week’s listEarned wage access that lets employees draw earned pay before payday, at no cost to the employer.
Free for employers - 2
Attendance, breaks and leave tracked inside Slack and Microsoft Teams, free for up to 10 employees.
Free plan, paid from $1.60/employee/mo - 3
Enterprise employer-of-record for global hiring.
From $599/employee/mo - 4
US payroll and HR for small employers.
Sales-quoted - 5Slasify New listing
Asia-Pacific focused EOR, global payroll and contractor payments in 150+ countries, with a named account manager.
From $50/mo - 6
US mid-market HCM with payroll and talent.
Sales-quoted - 7QuickBooks Payroll In the news
Intuit payroll for teams already living in QuickBooks.
From $88/mo + $6.50/employee - 8
HR, IT, and finance in one system.
From $8/employee/mo - 9Darwinbox New to this week’s list
Mobile-first enterprise HCM with embedded recruitment, global payroll, and a documented first-party MCP server.
Sales-quoted - 10Payoneer Workforce Management New to this week’s list
EOR, AOR, and contractor pay in one.
From $19/contractor/mo
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