Hiring kit for small employers

Hire people, not paperwork.

Interview guides, prescreens, candidate scoring, one-click reference checks and onboarding checklists, all in one place. Built for Canadian businesses with 1 to 50 people.

Free for your first job. No card needed. Data stored in Canada.

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Safety and care
Tell me about a time you noticed something unsafe at work. What did you do?
1 WeakIgnored it, or has never noticed anything.
3 SolidMentioned it to someone.
5 StrongMade it safe, reported it, and followed up.
How it works

One folder per hire, from first call to first day

Every job in Staffkin holds its own questions, candidates, scores, references and onboarding. Nothing lives in a notebook or an inbox.

Create a job

Type the role. Staffkin sets up a prescreen and an interview guide from a library of 357 questions. Edit anything.

Screen and interview

Email the prescreen to candidates. Interview with the guide on a phone, tablet or printed PDF, and score each answer from 1 to 5.

Check references

One click asks the candidate for consent. Once they agree, each referee gets the same short questions by email.

Hire and onboard

Compare candidates side by side, make your call, then work through a Canadian onboarding checklist.

What's inside

Everything a small employer needs to hire well

Question library

357 interview questions across 16 skill areas and 78 common roles, each with a follow-up and a 1 to 5 scoring guide.

Fillable PDFs

Print a guide, type into a fillable PDF, or fill it in the app and download the completed PDF.

Prescreen by email

Send a private link. Answers come back into the candidate's file, with must-have answers flagged for a closer look.

Scoring and compare

Everyone answers the same questions, so you compare like with like: averages by skill area, side by side.

One-click references

Consent first, then a standard form to every referee. Answers land in the candidate report. $9 each, no subscription.

Onboarding checklist

Federal and provincial TD1, direct deposit, safety orientation, WHMIS and 30, 60 and 90-day check-ins.

Share any time

Email any guide or candidate report as a PDF, or share a private link with a manager or co-owner.

Your team

Invite the managers who interview with you. Everyone scores on the same guide.

Human-first hiring

AI helps with the paperwork. It never picks your people.

Staffkin uses AI where it saves typing, and keeps it well away from judging candidates.

What AI does

  • Drafts interview and prescreen questions from the duties you describe
  • Rewrites a question in simpler words or makes it more specific
  • Suggests follow-ups and a 1 to 5 scoring guide

What AI never does

  • Reads candidates' answers or referees' comments
  • Scores, ranks or screens out candidates
  • Makes or suggests a hiring decision

Read how we use AI, and what Ontario's new disclosure rule means for you

Made for Canada

Built around how Canadian small businesses hire

Data stored in Canada

Your jobs, candidates and scores are stored in a Canadian data centre.

Consent before references

Candidates agree, and can add or fix their references, before anyone is contacted.

Job-related questions

Library questions stay away from protected grounds, and physical duties are asked "with or without accommodation".

Canadian onboarding

The checklist picks the right provincial TD1 for your province, plus WHMIS and probation reviews.

Pricing

Start free. Upgrade when you're hiring more.

Free

Try it on your next hire.
$0forever
No card needed
  • 1 open job
  • 5 candidates per job
  • Full question library
  • Prescreens by email
  • Interview scoring and compare
  • PDFs and fillable PDFs
  • Onboarding checklists
  • Reference checks, $9 each
  • Staffkin branding on PDFs and forms
  • Monthly AI credits
Start free

Starter

One owner hiring a few times a year.
$19/month
Billed monthly
  • 3 open jobs
  • Unlimited candidates
  • 10 reference checks a month
  • 10 AI credits a month (1 AI guide)
  • Small footer credit, optional
  • Everything in Free
Choose Starter

Business

Multi-location employers and agencies.
$99/month
Billed monthly
  • 10 team members
  • Unlimited reference checks
  • 150 AI credits a month (about 15 AI guides)
  • Your logo on PDFs, emails and forms
  • Everything in Team
Choose Business

Prices in Canadian dollars. Compare plans, AI credits and Enterprise

Questions

Is Staffkin really free?

Yes. The Free plan is free for as long as you like: one open job, five candidates per job, the full question library, prescreens, interview scoring, PDFs and onboarding checklists. PDFs and candidate forms carry Staffkin branding. Upgrade when you need more jobs, reference checks or AI.

Does AI decide who I should hire?

No. In Staffkin, AI only drafts and rewrites questions from the job details you type. It never sees candidates' answers, never scores or ranks anyone, and never makes a decision. Your interviewers enter every score.

Do candidates or referees need an account?

No. They get a private link by email, answer on their phone or computer, and their answers land in the candidate's file.

How do reference checks work?

One click emails the candidate to ask for consent and to confirm or add their references. Nobody is contacted until they agree. Then each referee gets the same short set of questions by email, and the answers appear on the candidate's page and in the PDF report. Paid plans include reference checks every month. On any plan you can also buy them one at a time for $9, no subscription.

Where is my data stored?

Your data is stored in Canada. Emails are sent through Resend and payments are handled by Stripe, which may process some data outside Canada. See the privacy policy for details.

Can I use my own questions?

Yes. Every guide is editable. Start from the library, add your own questions, change the scoring guide, or reorder anything.

Your next hire, done properly

Set up your first job in a couple of minutes. Free for as long as you like.

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