The advice is everywhere. Reach out to the hiring manager. Don't just be another resume in the pile. Make a human connection before the decision is made.
The data is clear too. LinkedIn research shows 85% of jobs are filled through networking. Candidates sourced directly are 8 times more likely to be hired than those who simply apply. Personalized outreach sees a 45 50% response rate versus 15 20% for generic messages.
Hey Product Hunt 👋
I'm Viktor, co-founder of HirePilot.
I didn't spot a market opportunity. I lived this problem.
I sent over 80 applications in a month. Heard back from 3. Not because my profile was weak, because most of them never reached a human. ATS filtered them out before anyone could read my name.
The rest of the time I was copy-pasting the same information into every form, losing track of follow-ups in messy spreadsheets, and sending outreach that felt like shouting into the void.
At some point I stopped and thought: I'm not just looking for a job. I'm building the tool I wish I had.
That's HirePilot.
After talking to 25+ job seekers, one thing became clear: people spend more time fighting the process than actually getting hired. The job search has turned into a full-time admin job. We built HirePilot to remove that admin tax completely.
Here's what's new today:
→ Job Board. Find roles and apply directly from HirePilot
→ Autofill on LinkedIn, Indeed, and now Workday
→ Job Tracker. Every application, interview, and follow-up in one pipeline
→ Outreach. Find the hiring manager behind every role and reach them directly
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We'll be here all day. Would love to hear:
What's the most painful part of job searching for you?
If you could fix one thing about the process, what would it be?
Let's make job searching feel like progress, not a chore. 💬
Used to manage my whole job search in a Google Spreadsheet and it was such a pain. Switched to HirePilot and it's so much easier, the dashboard plus the autofill saved me a ton of time. Wish I'd found it sooner!
@stanislavlysenko, this is exactly the story we built HirePilot around. Spreadsheets get messy fast once you're tracking more than a couple of applications. Glad the dashboard and autofill are actually saving you time.
Auto filling applications is great but can you add a salary range filter or at least show expected comp based on the role and location before I apply. Saves time chasing jobs that are way off on pay.
@kerimova89863 Thanks for the feedback, Metehan! You're totally right - avoiding underpaid roles is a huge time-saver!
We do have a 'Desired Salary' filter on the Vacancies page. You can set your target pay, and it will instantly filter the feed to match your expectations. Would you find it more helpful to see the salary range (min/max) filter? Always looking to improve the UX!✨
@kerimova89863 Totally agree this saves a lot of time. We already support salary filtering for jobs where compensation is provided. The tricky part is that many companies don’t publish salary ranges, so we avoid guessing when we can’t provide a reliable estimate.
Besides salary, are there any other criteria you’d want to filter by before applying?
What I find most underrated in job searching, reaching out to the hiring manager the same day you apply. Most people skip it because it feels like too much effort after filling out a form. HirePilot makes it the obvious next step. Find the right person in one click, message already written. Just send.
Excited to hear what you think.
@sofiia_havryliuk Sofiia, exactly. Applying is only half the motion - the follow-up is where a lot of people lose opportunity..
That same-day outreach habit is something we want to make feel natural, not heavy. Find the right person, get a solid draft, review it, then send manually when it feels right.
@sofiia_havryliuk 100% agree - that same-day outreach is such a small action but it's the difference between "another application in the pile" and actually getting noticed. We built the outreach feature specifically because we saw how much of a bottleneck the "who do I even contact" question was for people. Removing that friction was the whole point.
Really excited for people to try this part especially
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What an exciting product - how are you planning to work with employers?
@val_avdeenko1 Val, good question. Right now we're focused on one side of the market, the job seeker. Employers are a completely different audience with different needs, so it's not our focus today, but it's something we could build toward down the line, opening up the job board for employers to post directly.
Really impressed with how simple the interface looks.
For the team: What's one unexpected piece of user feedback you received during the beta that significantly shaped the current version of Hirepilot? Looking forward to seeing this grow!
@krishnam_gupta1 , good question. What surprised us most was how many people knew outreach could help but still avoided it, simply because messaging a stranger felt uncomfortable. That's what pushed us to build outreach directly into the product, so people don't have to figure out that first message alone.
Hey PH community!👋
I’m the one behind the design of HirePilot. 🚀
For me, this project was all about turning chaos into clarity. While designing this, I realized that the exhaustion of job hunting is a universal language - it’s a process that can easily feel overwhelming and out of your hands.
We know that auto-filling a form in seconds is a lifesaver, but for me, the real 'aha!' moment happens in the Dashboard. We designed the pipeline to be a 'single source of truth' so you never have to wonder where you stand with a recruiter or a hiring manager.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the design - does the dashboard give you that sense of control we were aiming for? Let's discuss! ✨
@natalie_chelak thank you, Natalia! As you know, this was such a big part of the product direction.
Autofill saves time, but the dashboard is what makes the search feel less scattered. Once every application, contact, and next step lives in one place, the whole process becomes easier to think through.
Appreciate you bringing that clarity into the design.
@vik_sh thanks, Viktor! Absolutely. It’s been incredible bringing this vision to life together. Cheers to building a tool that truly changes the game for job seekers!