Roadmap

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This roadmap mirrors the public roadmap and has been rechecked against dev.hireroadrecruit.com and the current codebase on 22 April 2026.

☑ means the feature is available now
⏳ means the feature is still planned, in progress, or not fully available yet

Note: Some completed features depend on your role, your tenant configuration, or where a candidate or job sits in the hiring process.

MVP

Posting a job

☑ Create job manually - Build a job from scratch using a guided two-phase flow.
☑ Create from template - Start a new job from a saved template to reuse job details, pipeline stages, and application form configurations.
☑ Duplicate existing job - Clone an existing job into a new draft to speed up repeat hiring.
☑ Configurable job detail fields - Define baseline fields for new jobs using company-level custom fields.
☑ Two-phase job creation - Capture job details and approvals first, then complete setup after approval.
☑ Job status lifecycle - Track jobs through draft, approval, setup, published, closed, and archived states.
☑ Reverse lifecycle actions - Withdraw approval, reopen closed jobs, and unarchive archived jobs when needed.
☑ Cascade approval workflows - Route jobs through ordered approval levels assigned to groups.
☑ First-approver editing - Allow the first approver to edit before approving.
☑ Approval justification fields - Capture structured business justification during job creation.
☑ Group-based approval assignment - Assign approval levels to named approval groups.
☑ Admin bypass option - Let admins skip approvals when the tenant setting allows it.
☑ Auto-publish on approval - Automatically publish once setup is complete when enabled on the job.
☑ Approval audit trail - Log approval actions with actor and timestamp.
☑ Approval notification emails - Notify the next approver when action is needed.
☑ Publish to multiple boards - Select multiple job boards per job.
☑ Per-board posting status - View posted, pending, failed, and expired board statuses.
☑ Retry failed postings - Retry failed job board postings.
☑ Unpublish per board - Remove a job from an individual board without closing the job.
☑ Job board credentials - Configure board credentials in settings.
☑ Paid board integrations - Connect premium job boards for posting and status tracking.

Recruitment process

☑ Configurable pipeline stages - Define default pipeline stages and customise them per job.
☑ Stage types - Use shortlisting, interview, assessment, offer, and custom stages.
☑ Drag-and-drop candidate movement - Move candidates between stages from the pipeline view.
☑ Stage-level visibility controls - Restrict stage visibility by job role.
☑ Stage entry automations - Trigger actions when a candidate enters a stage.
☑ Rejection flow - Reject candidates with preset or custom reasons and delayed email options.
☑ Bulk actions - Move stage, reject, tag, or move candidates to the talent pool in bulk.
☑ Stage progression blocking - Prevent progression until review requirements are met.
☑ Criteria-based scoring - Score candidates against defined criteria.
☑ Rank-based classification - Classify candidates as not suitable, maybe suitable, or suitable.
☑ Evaluation criteria templates - Create reusable shortlisting criteria templates.
☑ Template versioning - Keep template snapshots on live jobs.
☑ Multi-reviewer evaluation - Support independent evaluations from multiple reviewers.
☑ Blind scoring mode - Hide identifying information and other reviewers' scores where configured.
☑ Pass threshold - Set minimum score thresholds for progression.
☑ Side-by-side review - Review candidate information and scorecards together.
☑ Results export - Export shortlisting results for offline review.
☑ Evaluation audit trail - Keep evaluation history on the candidate record.

Candidate management

☑ Unified candidate profile - Keep candidate details, activity, and documents in one place.
☑ One candidate, multiple applications - Link multiple applications to a single candidate profile.
☑ Candidate search - Search and filter candidates across key fields.
☑ Candidate tags - Tag candidates for categorisation and filtering.
☑ Candidate notes - Add notes with controlled visibility.
☑ Document management - Upload, view, and delete candidate documents.
☑ Email logging - Track sent emails on the candidate timeline.
☑ Direct email from profile - Send emails directly from candidate records.
☑ Merge duplicate candidates - Merge duplicate candidate records.
☑ Talent pool - Move candidates in and out of the talent pool.
☑ Referral tracking - Create referral links and track referral activity.
☑ Internal applicant safeguards - Restrict access to internal applications where needed.
☑ Source tracking - Record where candidates came from.
☑ Work history and distance - Show work history and distance-related data on the profile.

Application forms

☑ Per-job application forms - Configure application forms at job level.
☑ Standard fields - Include core fields such as name, email, phone, CV, and cover letter.
☑ Custom field types - Add text, email, phone, URL, textarea, file, dropdown, checkbox, multi-select, date, and content fields.
☑ Required or optional per field - Mark fields as required or optional.
☑ Field ordering and templates - Reorder fields and save reusable form templates.
☑ Placeholder and help text - Add guidance to fields.
☑ Multi-page forms - Split longer forms across multiple pages.
☑ Qualifying questions - Flag candidates based on qualifying answers.
☑ Conditional logic - Show or hide fields based on earlier answers.
☑ Repeatable field groups - Support repeated grouped entries.
☑ Compliance question packs - Add pre-built compliance question sets.
☑ Content and media blocks - Add images or video content blocks to forms.
☑ Company field library - Reuse company-level field definitions across forms.

Interview scheduling

☑ Event-backed interview stages - Support scheduling through event-backed interview stages.
☑ Per-stage interviewer configuration - Set interviewers and locations by stage.
☑ Interviewer availability events - Drive scheduling from interviewer availability.
☑ Candidate self-scheduling - Let candidates book from available slots.
☑ Scheduling request lifecycle - Track requests through pending, scheduled, expired, and cancelled states.
☑ Bulk scheduling - Create scheduling requests for multiple candidates.
☑ Ad-hoc interviews - Schedule interviews directly from a candidate profile.
☑ Interview management - Export, cancel, and reschedule interviews.
☑ Timezone support - Show times in the relevant timezone for each user.
☑ Availability override controls - Override availability at stage and interviewer level.
☑ No-availability handling - Show a clear state when no availability exists.
☑ Interview feedback forms - Capture structured feedback after interviews.
☑ Configurable scorecard templates - Build and assign interview feedback templates.
☑ Structured feedback submission - Submit recommendations, ratings, and notes.
☑ Default scorecard fallback - Use a default scorecard when no custom template is assigned.

Communicate with candidates

☑ Email templates - Manage reusable email templates by category.
☑ Merge fields - Personalise templates with merge fields.
☑ Template visibility - Control who can access templates.
☑ Stage transition automations - Trigger emails on stage movement.
☑ Rejection email delays - Delay rejection emails by configured timeframes.
☑ Email tracking - Track outbound email delivery and engagement.
☑ Custom sending domain - Configure a branded sending domain.
☑ Reply handling - Attach candidate replies back to the correct record.
☑ Unsubscribe management - Support unsubscribe links for relevant emails.
☑ Rate limiting - Apply sending limits to protect delivery.

Offers and references

☑ Offer templates - Create reusable offer letter templates.
☑ Offer lifecycle - Generate, send, accept, decline, and supersede offers.
☑ Right-to-Work gating - Block offer progression until right-to-work checks are complete.
☑ Add referees - Store referee details on the candidate profile.
☑ Send reference requests - Send reference requests with shareable links.
☑ Public reference form - Let referees submit references without signing in.
☑ Mark references manually received - Record offline references.
☑ Reference outcome assessment - Mark references as satisfactory or unsatisfactory.
☑ Reference permission controls - Restrict who can view and manage references.

Team and collaboration

☑ Two-axis role model - Combine system roles and job-level roles.
☑ Job-level team assignment - Assign team members to individual jobs.
☑ Auto-recruitment team rules - Apply default team rules when jobs are created.
☑ Task management - Create, assign, and track tasks.
☑ Dashboard task widget - View and complete tasks from the dashboard.
☑ Candidate notes - Share context on candidate profiles.
☑ Approval collaboration - Support comments and edits during approval.
☑ Interviewer feedback - Collect independent structured interviewer feedback.

Career site

☑ Always-on careers page - Keep the careers page live and automatically populated with published jobs.
☑ Branding controls - Manage logo, colours, text, and header image.
☑ Search and filtering - Search and filter jobs on the careers page.
☑ Job detail pages - Show full job details and application forms publicly.
☑ Content and media - Add rich content to the public application experience.

Your account

☑ Email and password authentication - Sign in with email and password.
☑ Single sign-on (SSO) - Sign in with Google or Microsoft.
☑ Two-factor authentication - Enable TOTP-based 2FA.
☑ Session management - Support secure session handling and remember-me behaviour.
☑ User invitation - Invite users into the platform and jobs.
☑ User deactivation - Deactivate users without deleting history.
☑ My Profile - Manage account settings, timezone, meeting link, calendars, password, and 2FA.
☑ Notification preferences - Configure notification preferences.
☑ Permission-scoped dashboard - Limit dashboard content to what the user can access.
☑ Recent activity timeline - Show recent activity on the dashboard.

Settings and configuration

☑ Centralised settings hub - Manage settings from a central hub.
☑ User management - Manage users, roles, and invitations.
☑ Company profile - Maintain company identity and branding.
☑ Custom field library - Manage reusable job and application fields.
☑ Pipeline stage defaults - Set default pipeline stages and stage types.
☑ Approval workflow builder - Build approval groups and workflows.
☑ Application form templates - Save reusable application form templates.
☑ Evaluation criteria templates - Create and manage shortlisting templates.
☑ Interview feedback form builder - Build reusable interview feedback forms.
☑ Email template management - Manage automated and manual communication templates.
☑ Offer letter templates - Manage reusable offer templates.
☑ Integration settings - Configure job boards, calendar connections, and HR integrations.

Analytics and insights

☑ Overview dashboard - View headline recruitment metrics.
☑ Pipeline funnel - Review candidate flow through pipeline stages.
☑ Source breakdown - Review candidate sources.
☑ Permission-scoped data - Restrict report data based on access.
☑ Time to hire - View time and cost reporting in the Time & Cost report area.

Security and compliance

☑ GDPR and privacy controls - Manage retention, deletion, and compliance settings.
☑ Right-to-Work verification - Track right-to-work checks on candidate records.
☑ Employment gap analysis - Flag employment gaps for review.
☑ Comprehensive audit logs - Review platform and candidate activity.
☑ Data encryption - Protect sensitive data at rest.
☑ Accessibility - Work toward accessible platform behaviour.
☑ Responsive design - Use the platform across device sizes.
☑ UK date formatting - Use UK date formatting and timezone defaults.
☑ Error handling - Surface clear handling for common failure cases.

V1

Onboarding

⏳ Video interviewing - Run live video interviews directly in the platform.
☑ Template-driven workflows - Build onboarding templates with phases and ordered tasks.
☑ Task types - Use content, form, email trigger, and internal task types.
☑ Task dependencies - Lock dependent tasks until prerequisites are complete.
☑ Due date offsets - Set due dates relative to the onboarding start date.
☑ Standard form builder - Create reusable onboarding forms.
☑ Inline form fields - Build inline onboarding forms with multiple field types.
☑ Job-level template assignment - Assign an onboarding template to a job.
☑ Job-level customisation - Edit the job snapshot without changing the original template.
☑ Candidate onboarding tracking - Track onboarding status and progress.
☑ Task status workflow - Move tasks through their onboarding statuses.
☑ Automatic dependency unlocking - Unlock dependent tasks automatically.
☑ Automatic completion detection - Mark onboarding complete when all tasks are done or skipped.
☑ Onboarding tab on candidate profile - Show onboarding information on relevant candidate records.
☑ Meet Your Team card - Include assigned team members in onboarding.
☑ Activity timeline - Log onboarding activity history.
☑ Reminder cadence - Configure onboarding reminder schedules.
☑ Dashboard onboarding widget - Show onboarding summary cards on the dashboard.
☑ Template duplication - Duplicate onboarding templates.

Miscellaneous

⏳ Agency portal - External recruiter access and submission workflows.
⏳ Advanced analytics - Deeper analytics, conversion reporting, and trends beyond the current reports suite.
⏳ Report exports - Report exports are visible in the reports area, but scheduled report emails are not yet fully available.
☑ HRIS integrations - HRIS integration support is available, including iTrent in settings.
⏳ E-signature integrations - External e-signature provider integrations are still planned.

V1+

Ongoing rollouts

⏳ AI screening and matching - Intelligent candidate matching and automated screening.
⏳ Advanced scheduling - More granular interview scheduling controls.
⏳ Expanded roles - Additional role types and permission options.
⏳ Multi-language support - Localised interface and candidate-facing content.
⏳ SMS communications - Candidate messaging alongside email.
⏳ DBS integration - Direct DBS checking integrations.
⏳ Native mobile app - A dedicated mobile app for recruiters and hiring teams.