Likelihood to Recommend Works well for time reporting in the staffing world. Allows multiple resources to see time worked on specific projects. Lets managers also view time spent and approve those hours to ensure seamless invoicing to proper projects for time worked.
Read full review We haven't found another system that can do all that Shortlist can do (payments, tax paperwork, profile management, project management, on-boarding, etc...) but it doesn't mean we always love using Shortlist. Shortlist is cumbersome to work in and requires LOTS of redundant clicking. Something as simple as being able to right-click to open on any profile/page/account/link would save hours in a week where as now to get to two side-by-side items on some lists, you have to click back a page, re-load, and scroll down to select the next option. I appreciate that Shortlist manages all the tax paperwork and has created for us a on-boarding system that flows nicely and allows multiple team members to manage their piece of the process.
Read full review Pros The user interface is much better than other VMS's (ie IQnavigator). Faster 'in effect' time. It is easy to create reports. Being able to jump into the other view points of different users is fantastic. Especially with manager timesheet approvals. Read full review Shortlist allows us to pay our freelancers without having to personally manage the back end paperwork of payroll Shortlist handles all the year end tax paperwork creation and distribution Read full review Cons Finding existing candidates who have profiles within Beeline Adding/removing/editing specific job categories to candidates - I often had to create two separate profiles for the same person when submitting them to different jobs within Beeline Beeline integration with third-party Applicant Tracking Systems (such as Bullhorn ATS) Read full review Shortlist only allows for minor customizations to their platform. It would be great if each company could create their own view/usage set for the system. The help chat box needs some work for sure. It takes days for someone to respond if they ever respond and often there is nothing they can do to remedy the issue at hand. Payments should be able to be made every day, not just on Fridays. Read full review Usability I think Beeline is one of the best tools, I like
Fieldglass the best but beeline comes in a close 2nd. Beeline is easy to navigate around for most things, it is a little difficult to find some information however most of the time it is pretty easy and nice to use
Read full review Support Rating Happy with overall support from the representative. They do a great job!
Read full review 30-40% of the time there is no response when you contact the chat/help feature. 30-40% of the time if they do respond, it is to say they can't do anything about the issue. Maybe 20% of the time the chat is actually helpful, but that seems like a high estimate when I think about my experience asking for support.
Read full review Alternatives Considered Again, I didn't select Beeline, our clients did. But in comparing these products from a user perspective, I would rank Beeline about on par with the rest.
IQNavigator and
Fieldglass are probably the best ones, and Covendis is by far the worst. The rest are fairly similar, and all have many of the same issues. Most companies don't take the time (or the VMS doesn't allow them) to simplify the software for use. There are always a ton of unnecessary and unused features that are required to fill out, or require clicking through, and it honestly wastes a ton of time. I will say, though, that I have used
Fieldglass for more than one client, and it is the easiest, every time.
Read full review We've never found another platform that does exactly what Shortlist does in terms of payments, taxes, project management, and on-boarding. We use other sites to source our new vendors (like
Indeed , craigslist, etc...) but ultimately we direct all those applicants to our onboarding in Shortlist. I wish some of the more "minor" platform issues we've had over the last year were fixed sooner (or fixed at all) but it does the job!
Read full review Return on Investment Accuracy is the biggest positive. Vision of project budget used. Status of project. Manager approval of hours worked. Seamless billing of invoices off time worked. Read full review Shortlist allows us to pay people and provide tax information which is a positive. Shortlist doesn't integrate with many other platforms which causes us huge delays in employee work time which is a negative. Read full review ScreenShots