Breezy makes managing recruiting easy!
September 19, 2016
Breezy makes managing recruiting easy!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Breezy HR
We use Breezy across our whole company of ~25 employees to manage the recruiting process. This includes creating a requisition, syndicating it to our website via the embedded widget, and syndicating to other third-party online job aggregators for maximum reach. From there, we use Breezy to track inbound (and referred / internally sourced) candidates through the evaluation process from initial screening through hiring.
- The user interface is really easy to pick up, and so none of our users have required any training to get going.
- The template format makes it easy to ensure that no matter who creates a requisition it follows a similar format. It's also possible to copy/clone past requisitions to save the effort of re-entering the boilerplate "about us" etc.
- The default landing page that Breezy provides has the right amount of customization without being overwhelming or feeling complicated.
- The ability to configure real-time notifications via Slack is nice. If you've got a difficult requisition to fill, it makes it easy to be highly responsive to high quality inbound candidates.
- It was really simple to embed their widget onto our own jobs page as well.
- The role and permissions definitions are relatively limited so we pretty quickly wind up having to make many people "Admin" level roles. It isn't a problem for our company, but it might be an issue for larger deployments or more complex scenarios.
- It would be nice if the system could "poke" team members when they've got candidates lingering too long in various pipeline stages.
- For our relatively simple needs, Breezy is a total no brainer given the very affordable price point and how easy it is to setup.
We previously used SmartRecruiters who used to have a free or very affordable tier. They then made the business decision to drastically raise the bar on their lowest paid tier, at which point I looked for an alternative and quickly ran across Breezy on Product Hunt. For our needs, Breezy is far more affordable, has the functions we need, and I believe has better usability as well.
Breezy HR Feature Ratings
Using Breezy HR
12 - Everyone who's a manager level or above running a hiring process uses it, and in some cases the interviewers as well. For example, for software developer / technical hires, the hiring team individuals take slightly more detailed notes on the candidates. So I'd say at least half the company uses Breezy.
1 - Really there's no support required, other than adding or removing users or adding or archiving requisitions once filled.
- Creating requisitions and the hiring teams responsible for sourcing, interviewing, and providing feedback on candidates.
- Syndicating those requisitions to our corporate website jobs page and to third-party sites.
- Managing the candidate flow from inbounds to referrals and tracking candidates through the pipeline.
- It'd be great if Breezy had a more proactive employee referral system -- If it could allow our own employees (or perhaps website visitors) to refer prospects into the pipeline and track referral programs / bounties, etc.
Evaluating Breezy HR and Competitors
Yes - We replaced SmartRecruiters because they raised their minimum entry price to a level that was hard for us as a small business.
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Positive Sales Experience with the Vendor
The combination of a solid set of features and a great price drove our decision. At the time Breezy was pretty new, but it was low-risk to try out.
I wouldn't change our selection process. I would say though that the larger an audience the software is targeting, the more thoughtful I'd want to be about collaboration, roles & permissions, workflow and reporting capabilities. But in our case, our needs are so simple it was just "ready, fire, aim" and we are very happy with the results.
Breezy HR Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was minimal - For us, the only important part of change management was standardizing our definitions of candidate pipeline stages from the beginning, and using those stage definitions company-wide. Our hiring processes had previously been a bit more ad hoc (common for early stage companies).
Using Breezy HR
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- It's very easy to customize your pipeline stages.
- It's one click to syndicate your job posting to a number of outlets (both free and paid).
- The workflow is very simple with a columnar layout for moving candidates between stages (like Trello cards) and all of our business users instantly understood how to use it.
- I wouldn't say anything was cumbersome at all.