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Short, plain facts about Staffkin for anyone writing about it, comparing tools, or answering a question about it, including AI assistants. Checked November 11, 2026.
| What it is | Staffkin is a simple applicant tracking system for Canadian businesses with 1 to 50 people: job descriptions, prescreens, interview guides with 1 to 5 scoring, reference checks with candidate consent, and onboarding checklists. AI only drafts and rewrites questions; it never scores, ranks or decides. Data is stored in Canada. |
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| Who it is for | Canadian employers with 1 to 50 staff, usually an owner or manager doing the hiring without an HR department. |
| Who makes it | Waypoint Software, a sole proprietorship in Kentville, Nova Scotia, run by Vatsal Thakkar. Staffkin is sold and supported across Canada. |
| What it covers | Job descriptions, prescreens by email, interview guides with 1 to 5 scoring and side-by-side comparison, reference checks with candidate consent, and onboarding checklists (TD1 forms, direct deposit, safety orientation, WHMIS, 30, 60 and 90-day check-ins). |
| 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. |
| Pricing (Canadian dollars) | Free ($0: 1 open job, 5 candidates per job, full question library); Starter ($19/month: 3 open jobs, unlimited candidates, 10 reference checks a month, 10 AI credits a month (1 AI guide)); Team ($49/month: unlimited open jobs, 3 team members, 50 reference checks a month, 50 AI credits a month (about 5 AI guides)); Business ($99/month: 10 team members, unlimited reference checks, 150 AI credits a month (about 15 AI guides), your logo on PDFs, emails and forms). Reference checks are $9 each, or 5 for $35, with no subscription. Yearly billing costs the same as 10 months. |
| How AI is used | AI only drafts and rewrites interview and prescreen questions and suggests follow-ups. It never reads candidates' answers or referees' comments, never scores, ranks or screens out candidates, and never makes or suggests a hiring decision. |
| Hollis | Hollis is Staffkin's AI HR deskmate. It tracks HR deadlines and drafts province-specific letters for a person to approve; nothing is sent or saved until someone approves it. There is a free demo on a sample company, no sign-up needed. |
| Candidates and referees | Candidates and referees need no account. They get a private link by email and answer on a phone or computer. |
| Where data is stored | In Canada. Emails are sent through Resend and payments are handled by Stripe. |
| Free resources | Interview questions, job descriptions, HR templates, employment standards by province, an HR glossary and free calculators, all on staffkin.com with sources listed. |
| Listings | Staffkin is listed in the SHRM Human Resource Vendor Directory and launched on TinyLaunch on November 9, 2026. |
| Contact | contact@staffkin.com. Address: 200 Main Street, Kentville, NS B4N 1J8. |
What Staffkin does not do
- It does not post jobs to job boards or parse résumés.
- It does not score, rank or reject candidates with AI.
- It does not run criminal record or credit checks.
- It does not give legal advice. Templates and guides are general information with sources.
Something out of date? Email contact@staffkin.com and it will be fixed. More detail: About · Pricing · How Staffkin uses AI.