Recruitment tools for solo recruiters
One person, many roles. Spend on the two things that save hours — automated sourcing and scheduling — and keep everything else free or cheap.
Budget: Roughly $100–$500 per month.
Noon — or Juicebox (PeopleGPT)
Automating search and first-touch outreach is the single biggest time saving available.
Autonomous AI sourcing agent that finds candidates and runs personalized email and SMS outreach. Pricing: One plan with unlimited sourcing, enrichment, contacts, agents, and seats, quoted per team; free to start with no credit card. Typically well below a LinkedIn Recruiter seat.
Cal.com — or Prelude by Calendly
Free.
Open-source scheduling with free individual plans and round-robin teams. Pricing: Free individual plan; Teams from about $15 per user per month; self-host option.
Metaview — or Spark Hire
Free AI notes for screens.
AI note-taker purpose-built for recruiter screens and interviews. Pricing: Free tier for individuals; team plans from roughly $50 per user per month.
TestGorilla — or Vervoe
Free tier covers basic skills tests.
Library of 400+ skills, personality, and cognitive tests for all roles. Pricing: Free plan with limited tests; paid plans from roughly $75 per month.
Indeed — or LinkedIn Jobs
Free organic posts on both.
The largest job site; free organic posts plus sponsored and resume-database products. Pricing: Free organic listings; sponsored jobs priced per click or per application with a daily budget; Indeed Resume subscriptions from about $120 per month.
What to avoid
- Any tool with a seat minimum above one
- Annual contracts before you have tested the tool on a live role
- LinkedIn Recruiter at list price