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For independent restaurants

Hiring without the busywork.

Post the job, put a QR code on the door, and meet the people who want to work for you. Shortlist keeps the pile tidy so welcoming someone to your team still feels personal.

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Line cook, dinner shift

Illustrative example of an applicant card

  • ✓Can work weekends
  • ✓One year on a hot line
  • ✓Can start within two weeks
  • –Has own transportation
3 of 4 rules metYour rules

How a shift gets filled

Three steps, none of them a spreadsheet.

01

Write the job like you would say it

Pay, shifts, languages, and the questions that matter to you: can they close, can they lift, do they have a food handler card.

02

Share a link or a QR code

Tape it to the window, add it to the receipt, text it to a friend. Applying takes a few minutes on a phone.

03

Read the people, not the pile

Each applicant shows which of your rules they met and why. You decide who gets a call.

Straight talk about screening

Rules you wrote. Reasons you can read.

Shortlist checks answers against the expected answers you set. It is simple, deterministic matching, not an algorithm guessing at who deserves a chance. Every match shows its reasons, and you always make the call.

Applicants stay in control

Joining a talent network is a separate, unchecked, revocable choice. No employer gets access to it.

Made for tired thumbs

A mobile-first flow that works between the lunch rush and close.

Personal by design

Notes, statuses and a short list. No scoring of human beings.

Coming later

Phone interviews and calendar scheduling

We are building toward assisted phone screens and interview booking. They are not available yet, and we will not pretend otherwise.

Your next dishwasher, server, or sous chef is already in the neighborhood.

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Shortlist, a product of Reckn LLC

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