Workable updates and release notes
Workable is regularly making updates, fixing bugs, adding integrations, releasing new features, and making behind-the-scenes improvements. We won’t note everything here, just a highlight of things we think you shouldn’t miss.
July
New Features
- New account settings options to add, edit, merge and delete departments. Advanced Annual accounts can create folders/hierarchy for departments and select which level of department name is used internally/externally
Updated
- Redesigned account settings pages for improved ease of use. Settings now appear in one of three categories
- Recruiting: Settings that affect how you hire (e.g. pipelines, privacy, compliance)
- Company: Settings and info about your company (e.g. logos, department management, plan details)
- Personal: Your own settings and preferences (e.g. username/password, notification options)
Integrations
- HireSweet (Sourcing) - Connect your Workable and HireSweet to have candidates who are sourced or who apply through HireSweet imported to Workable automatically.
June
New Features
- ADP Workforce Now integration - Connect ADP Workforce Now and Workable to seamlessly export hired candidates' details to ADP.
- Workable Texting beta has begun with select accounts.
- Otta integration - Otta helps candidates find jobs at the world's leading technology companies. Connect Workable and Otta to post jobs and source candidates.
Updated
- Include other documents to be signed when sending an offer
- Upload multiple files (e.g. non-disclosure agreement, relocation contract) to be signed by the candidate along with their offer letter
- AI Recruiter is now available for monthly plans. Trial accounts can now also try AI Recruiter during the trial period, though usage is limited to one search.
May
Updated
- New options for managing requisition fields:
- Set whether a req field must be filled out when the req is created or can be filled in later
- Select whether or not a req filled should require re-approval when edited
- Example: The salary range may not be decided when the req is created, but will require approval when it’s added later. The employee’s shift may be required at creation, but can be edited later without approval.
- Workable Video Interviews updates:
- New flow for sending a video interview to a candidate. You are now able to customize the email the candidate receives. The email must include the "video interview link" placeholder
- An email template has been automatically added to accounts with Video Interviews. Edit this template any time and add in other email templates to use for video interviews
- Send video interviews in bulk by clicking the "Select all" checkbox above the list of candidates in your interview stage and then choosing "Bulk actions"
- Change the due date for unique candidates by customizing the initial invitation email or by editing the Timeline item that shows the due date. This enables you to extend the due date for one candidate as an exception while maintaining the normal due date for others
- Bulk requisition management - Added option to create identical requisitions in bulk for Hiring Plan. Set the "headcount" when creating a req then manage that group of reqs together, rather than creating and managing them individually
- Referrals user management improvements - Updated Referrals setting page with options for Referrals user management including: Bulk invite, see accepted/unaccepted invites, remove users
- Internal offer letter signature - Added option to select a user role as the offer signatory during offer template setup. Previously you had to select a specific user, now you can select a role like "Hiring Manager" or "Super Admin". A specific user can then be chosen from the job's hiring team when sending an offer
April
New Features
- Workable Bridge - Undergoing lay offs? Use Bridge to help former employees find a new job. Hiring? Find professionals who are actively looking for work and get references via Bridge.
- AI Recruiter - Immediately source up to 50 passive candidates for a job
Updated
- Added customization options to Bridge welcome email
- BambooHR & Namely hire date export - For these integrations the hire date sent when exporting a candidate will use the date from the candidate's offer letter or requisition
March
New Features
- Native Video Interviews - Set up, send and evaluate one-way video interviews natively in Workable to screen candidates at scale
- Applicant conversion tracking pixel - Added support for conversion tracking pixels. Include your third party conversion tracking pixel to collect more reporting about applicants
Updated
- Job editor interface
- Changed the "Hiring Team" / "Workflow" tab name to "Team Members". Hiring team assignments are still managed from this tab as normal
- Changed the "Assessments" tab name to "Workflow". Moved option to choose a custom pipeline to this tab and redesigned the interface for adding an assessment, video interview or interview kit to a pipeline stage
- Offer Letters
- Added option to have every page of an offer letter be signed. After uploading a template, flip a switch to have the candidate's signature (and internal signature for Advanced Annual plans) appear on every page: See "Adjusting signature settings"
- Hiring Plan
- Added ability to put a requisition on hold if hiring is paused. Reports account for the time spent on hold; it does not contribute to "time to hire" statistics
- Updated experience for editing requisitions. When edits are made and sent for re-approval, the fields that changed are highlighted for the approvers to focus on
February
New Features
- Language Kit (early access) - Fully translated candidate experiences in Spanish, French, German, Greek and Portuguese
- Workable Video Interviews (early access) - Customize, send and evaluate native video interviews all within Workable
Updated
- Offer Letters:
- Added option to collect candidate and company signatures in multiple places within an offer document. E.g. include the "[candidate_signature]" variable on every page of an offer.
- Candidates will now automatically received a PDF copy of the signed offer after accepting
- Hiring Plan:
- Added functionality to edit "open" requisitions. Editing an open req will reinitiate the approval workflow.
Integrations
- Speexx (Background & reference checks)
January
Integrations
December
Updated
New customization options for Campaigns. Now, select your own branding options or let Workable do the work for you.
Integrations
November
Updated
- Improvements to application flow for Campaigns
Integrations
October
Updated
New look & optimizations for Workable-hosted career pages
- Set a unique brand color for buttons and links
- Candidates can auto-fill application forms by uploading a resume file
- Search and filtering
- Improved SEO
- More optimizations for mobile applicants
Integrations
- HackerRank (Assessments)
September
Updated
Resume uploads through Referrals are now parsed to auto-fill fields like name, email and phone for easier and more accurate referrals.
Integrations
- The English Quiz (Assessments)
- Joonko (Candidate Sourcing)
- Benchmark.games (Assessments)
August
Updated
- Brand new look for Workable interface - same familiar functionality, but remastered for a cleaner, lighter, faster and a more contemporary UI.
- iOS app, minor fixes/improvements
Integrations
- Astronaut (Video interview)
- CodeScreen (Assessments)
- Sompani (Sourcing)
July
Updated
- Brand new look for Workable interface - same familiar functionality, but remastered for a cleaner, lighter, faster and a more contemporary UI.
- iOS app, minor fixes/improvements
Integrations
- Astronaut (Video interview)
- CodeScreen (Assessments)
- Sompani (Sourcing)
June
Updated
- Android app, minor fixes/improvements
- New look for Workable apps
- New look for Workable Referrals interface
New Features
Integrations
- Interseller (Sourcing)
May
Updated
- Improvements to chat support UI
- Enhancements to People Search results
Integrations
- Videoscreening / Seeknspeak (Video interview)
- Hackajob (Sourcing)
- Devskiller (Assessments)
- Bryq (Assessments)
- Moberries (Sourcing)
April
Integrations
- Hundred5 (Sourcing)
- eMedCareers (Job board)
March
Updated
- Hiring Plan dashboard improvements including: links to reqs from main dashboard, more filtering options, options to edit/cancel reqs
- Changes to LinkedIn Premium posts: Premium LinkedIn posts must now be directly purchased from LinkedIn and then connected to a job in Workable
- Changes to Apply with LinkedIn: The Apply with LinkedIn option on application forms is now limited to accounts with Recruiter System Connect activated
Integrations
- Certn (Background check)
- Adaface (Assessments)
- WorkShape (Sourcing)
- Hireflix (Video interview)
- VerifiedFirst (Background check)
February
Updated
- Location filtering for reports: added job location dropdown filter to all reports
- Google events enrichment: Events booked with the Google Calendar integration enabled now allow for more detailed room reservations
- Improvements to login security: Migrated accounts to 'Shield' architecture
New Features
- Referrals add-on (v1.0)
- Google Hangouts/Meet calls: Call events booked with the Google Calendar integration now have an option to automatically include a Google Hangouts/Meet link
Integrations
- VidCruiter (Video interviews)
- Snap.hr (HRIS)
January
Updated
- Integrations now available on all plans (job board, assessment provider, HRIS and more)
- Changes to Indeed posts for staffing agencies: due to a change in Indeed's policy free job posts from staffing agencies will no longer be accepted in US/CA. Sponsored job posts are still available.
Integrations
- Rippling integration (HRIS)