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.
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
Michael here, I'm co-founder and CTO of HirePilot.
The hardest thing we shipped is autofill on Workday. If you've ever applied through it, you know the drill: a new account for every company, a resume upload that parses nothing, then dozens of fields to retype by hand. Those forms are multi-step, dynamically rendered, and slightly different for every employer - which is exactly why most tools quietly skip Workday. We didn't, and I'm genuinely proud of the team for that.
Under the hood, HirePilot is one pipeline: job board, autofill, tracker, and outreach all share the same data. You enter your information once, and it follows you through the entire search - no more copy-paste between tabs and spreadsheets.
If autofill breaks on a form you care about, tell me here or in-app. Edge cases are gold for us right now.
One question back: which ATS makes you close the tab the moment you see it? Asking for our roadmap.
@datysho 100%, Michael! I appreciate your and your team's leadership while engineering HirePilot!
@datysho Seeing how often job seekers bring up Workday specifically, the account for every company, the same info retyped five different ways, really shows how painful this part of the process actually is for people. Saving that time on repetitive fields adds up fast, and having everything organized in one place instead of scattered across tabs and spreadsheets makes the whole search feel a lot less chaotic.
I see that there are a lot of AI tools that are already doing similar things such as Simplify and Teal. What makes you different from your competitors ?
@reda_roqai_chaoui , great question - and you’re right, these competitors are both strong products.
Where we’re trying to be different is that HirePilot is not only about applying faster or tracking jobs. We’re combining the full workflow in one place: auto-filling applications, tracking every role in a pipeline, and then helping users identify relevant people inside the company so they can follow up with real decision-makers instead of just sending a resume into the ATS.
So the focus is: apply faster, stay organized, and increase visibility through smarter outreach.
@reda_roqai_chaoui Fair question! Most tools cover just one piece (autofill or tracking or outreach). HirePilot combines all of it, and makes outreach part of the natural flow right after applying, not a forgotten extra step. That combo + focus on outreach as a habit is what sets us apart.
PromptSignal
Love the end-to-end flow! Feels like “CRM for job seekers” rather than another spray-and-pray tool. Curious which ATS mappings you’ve nailed at launch and how you keep outreach feeling personal at scale. Congrats on the drop! 👏
@mariaelenatzanev Thanks! HirePilot works with LinkedIn, Indeed, Workday, and Glassdoor. We’re adding more platforms soon, our goal is to make applications and outreach seamless across all major job boards.
@mariaelenatzanev The personalization at scale question is a good one, that's actually the hardest part to get right. The outreach pulls in enough context about the role and company that messages don't read like a template, but there's always a ceiling on how personal something can feel without a real person behind it. We keep iterating on that balance.
Happyverse
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!