Hiring managers
shouldn't need
ATS training.
SmartDashboard™ for Managers replaces the recruiter-centric ATS view with a streamlined, action-oriented portal. AI-prioritized to-dos, auto-generated interview prep, candidate scorecards, and one-click decisions — all without leaving one screen.
How It Works
Log In → See What's Urgent → Decide
No ATS training. No digging through pipelines. Managers see only what they need to act on.
ATS Syncs Data
Reqs, candidates, and interview schedules flow in via API — zero setup for the manager.
AI Prioritizes & Summarizes
To-dos ranked by urgency. Candidate summaries, scorecards, and interview prep generated automatically.
Manager Decides
One-click approvals, rejections with reason codes, and side-by-side comparisons — all from the dashboard.
Nudges & Alerts
Interview in 2 hours? Feedback overdue? Candidate waiting? Automated nudges keep things moving.
What Managers Get
Everything they need. Nothing they don't.
Hiring managers don't want an ATS. They want to know who to interview, what to ask, and who to hire. SmartDashboard™ for Managers gives them exactly that.
AI-Prioritized To-Do List
No more hunting for what needs attention. Every action — feedback owed, offers to approve, interviews coming up — is ranked by urgency with AI. Overdue items surface first.
Interview Prep Packets
AI auto-generates a prep brief before every interview: candidate highlights, role-specific questions to ask, resume red flags to probe, and logistics. Managers walk in prepared without any effort.
Candidate Scorecards with AI Summary
Every candidate gets a structured scorecard with ratings across key dimensions and an AI-generated summary that distills interview feedback, experience, and fit into a 30-second read.
Side-by-Side Comparison
Compare finalists on the same screen — scores, AI recommendations, experience, availability — and make a selection with one click. No spreadsheets, no back-and-forth emails with recruiting.
Approve or pass with reason codes
Days open, pipeline depth, offer stage
Interview in 2 hrs, feedback overdue
Built for field-based managers on the go
Two Wins, One Product
Good for managers. Even better for recruiters.
When managers can see their to-dos, review candidates, and approve offers without asking for help, recruiters stop being traffic cops. The result: faster decisions, fewer bottlenecks, and hires that don't slip through the cracks.
50% Faster Manager Review
AI summaries condense everything a manager needs into a 30-second read. No more scrolling through full applications.
Fewer "Can you check on..." Slack Messages
Managers self-serve. They see exactly what's pending, what's urgent, and what needs their input — without pinging recruiting.
Better Recruiter-Manager Relationship
When the friction is gone, the partnership improves. Recruiters source and screen; managers decide. Clean handoff.
Integrations
ATS-Agnostic. Plug into anything.
SmartDashboard™ for Managers sits on top of your existing ATS via REST API. No rip-and-replace. No vendor lock-in.
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"type": "submit_feedback",
"candidate": "Sarah Martinez",
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Common Questions
Most ATS manager views are stripped-down versions of the recruiter view — still complex, still confusing. SmartDashboard™ for Managers is built from scratch around what managers actually do: review candidates, make decisions, and prepare for interviews. AI-generated summaries, urgency-ranked to-dos, and one-click actions replace the clunky ATS interface entirely.
Three things: (1) It generates plain-language candidate summaries from application data, interview notes, and assessments — so managers get a 30-second brief instead of reading a full application. (2) It auto-creates interview prep packets with role-specific questions and red-flag probes. (3) It ranks the to-do list by urgency so the most time-sensitive actions always surface first.
No. That's the whole point. The interface is designed to be self-explanatory — open it, see your to-dos, act on them. We've tested with managers who've never used an ATS and they're productive within minutes. It's also mobile-optimized, so field managers and floor supervisors can approve candidates from their phone.
No — it sits on top of it. Your recruiters keep using the ATS as-is. SmartDashboard™ for Managers pulls data from the ATS via API and provides a simplified, action-oriented view just for managers. Actions taken in the dashboard (approvals, rejections, feedback) sync back to your ATS automatically via deep links.
Absolutely — they're designed as a pair. SmartDashboard™ gives recruiters pipeline visibility from offer to Day 1; SmartDashboard™ for Managers gives hiring managers the decision-making portal. Together, they create a unified view across the entire hiring process with clear handoffs between recruiting and hiring teams.
Managers only see candidates for their own reqs — role-based access is enforced at the API level. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest. AI summaries are generated from existing ATS data and never stored beyond the session. We follow SOC 2 practices and never share candidate data across managers or teams.