Product Updates
Version 3.50
Tasks & Notes
January 20th, 2026
Never let anything slip through the cracks
Add tasks and notes directly to candidates and clients, set due dates, and track everything in a central dashboard. Assign tasks to team members, mark items as private, and keep your entire recruiting workflow organized and accountable.
Version 3.40
Key Documents Hub
January 11th, 2026
All your candidate files, organized in one place
Store and access important candidate documents beyond just CVs. Upload reference letters, portfolios, certifications, and more—everything you need to make the case for your candidates, always at your fingertips.
Version 3.30
External Transcript Upload
January 10th, 2026
Bring in meetings from anywhere, AI does the rest
Upload transcripts from any meeting platform and our AI automatically identifies and links them to your candidates and clients. Perfect for external interviews, client calls, or any recording that lives outside your usual workflow.
Version 3.20
Smart Notifications & CV Management
January 5th, 2026
Stay informed your way, keep documents current
Choose exactly which email notifications you receive for job applications. Plus, easily replace outdated CVs with fresh versions—the new document is instantly available across all your shortlists and reports.
Version 3.10
Custom AI Assessments
December 30th, 2025
Create tailored candidate evaluations powered by AI
Design your own assessment templates with custom sections and criteria, then let AI help you evaluate candidates consistently. Whether it's technical skills, cultural fit, or role-specific competencies—build assessments that match exactly how you work.
Version 3.00
Pipeline & Placements Dashboard
December 26th, 2025
Track your active roles and celebrate your wins
Get a complete view of your recruitment pipeline with dedicated sections for active roles and successful placements. Easily see which candidates have been placed, track your placement history, and showcase your success rate—all from one beautiful dashboard.
Version 3.00
Smart Meeting Intelligence
December 20th, 2025
Automatically connect your meetings to the right candidates and clients
Your meeting recordings now work harder for you. Our AI analyzes transcripts and automatically links them to the relevant candidates and clients in your pipeline. View all related meetings in one place, get AI-generated summaries, and never lose track of important interview insights again.
Version 2.90
Candidate Database Additions
December 18th, 2025
From your valued feedback we have implemented a columns settings modal on the candidate database page. Here you can hide/unhide existing columns or add "Additional Details" Columns which include things like Address Details, Benefits, Compensation, Visa Status etc.
You will also be able to add this data to any existing candidate or when creating new candidates.
Version 2.80
Public Job Postings
December 5th, 2025
Create a branded public careers page showcasing all your open positions, or share individual job posts. Customize everything - your company logo, brand colors, job descriptions with a rich text editor, and which form fields applicants see.
When candidates apply, the system automatically scrapes their LinkedIn profile, extracts CV text, generates an AI fit rating, and adds them to your role's Longlist. You'll receive an email notification for every new application.
Built with 7-layer security including reCAPTCHA, rate limiting, and input validation.
Version 2.70
AI Copilot Everywhere
November 24th, 2025
We've supercharged the AI Copilot experience:
Quick Chat: A floating AI button on candidate pages gives you instant access to drafting emails, analysing fit, or asking questions – all with automatic context
Report Editor: Talk to AI to refine candidate reports. Ask questions, request changes, and watch edits happen in real-time
Version 2.60
Candidate Profile Pages
November 16th, 2025
Your Candidate Database just got more powerful. Click any candidate to see their full profile, view every role they're part of, and track their complete journey with a cross-role activity timeline - all on one page.
Version 2.50
Workspace Collaboration
November 10th, 2025
Bring your team together in one workspace. Invite members via email, and they'll instantly see all your shortlists, clients, and candidates. Switch between workspaces in the sidebar if you're part of multiple teams. Per-seat billing automatically adjusts as members join.
Version 2.40
Chrome Extension for LinkedIn
November 3rd, 2025
Never leave LinkedIn to build your pipeline. Our new extension lets you:
Add candidates to any role with one click
Save profiles to your candidate database
Create clients from company pages
Generate AI-drafted messages for outreach, interviews & offers
Version 2.30
Candidate Report PDF Export
October 30th, 2025
Export polished candidate assessment reports as PDFs - complete with custom cover pages featuring your client's logo and brand colors. Configure branding in the Branding & Assets section of any role's settings. Perfect for sharing with clients or internal stakeholders.
Version 2.20
Meetings Page refresh!
October 20th, 2025
We have given the Meetings Page a refreshed design! We have added page separation for your meeting history, monthly/weekly view to manage and record upcoming meetings and much more!
Version 2.10
AI Copilot Refresh & Gmail Sending Capability!
October 10th, 2025
We have given the AI Copilot a fresh, modern new look! On top of this, we have increased its accuracy in responses, made it more simple to use and also implemented the feature where you can easily send the emails directly with Gmail!
Version 2.00
AI Copilot, Templates, Automated Notetaker Summary Emails, plus much more!
October 6th, 2025
We've build some amazing features into Shortlists over the last 3 weeks around one goal: to remove pointless admin so recruiters can recruit.
🤖 AI Co-Pilot
Your personal AI assistant for recruiting. Draft emails, research candidates, generate reports, and optimise your workflow - all in one place. Give it context and it will handle the rest!
📝 Train Your AI Co-Pilot
Customise how your AI writes in 5 key stages: Outreach, Hiring Manager Intros, Decision Making, Client Updates, and Assessment Reports. Simply paste in your real world examples and it will learn the way you communicated
🎙️ AI Notetaker Upgrades
Smart summaries: Key points, action items, decisions, and risks—delivered instantly
One-click reports: Turn meeting transcripts into polished candidate reports with ease.
Smart summary Emails: after each of your meetings, the notetaker will send you a summary of what happened, and it will pick up if its a interview changing the way it analyses what occurred.
Version 1.90
Auto-Record Your Meetings!
September 10th, 2025
On the notetaker page, you can now easily toggle to auto-record all your upcoming meetings, if you didn't want to press record on each. Making it much easier to integrate Shortlists into your workflow! Automatically pull in your meeting/interview transcripts and recordings with ease!
Version 1.80
AI Notetaker for
Google Meet
August 21th, 2025
You can now bring Shortlists’ AI Notetaker directly into your candidate interviews on Google Meet.
Add it to any interview via Shortlists
Automatically captures and transcribes the conversation
Video + transcript are saved in Shortlists
Easily add notes to your candidate reports in one click
No more manual note-taking — just focused interviews.
Version 1.70
Longlist CV & URL Upload
August 11th, 2025
Upon popular request, you can now upload both a CV and a LinkedIn URL when generating Longlist candidates, resulting in a much more accurate output — while still allowing you to upload either one individually for quick report generation.
Version 1.70
Placement Job Description
August 10th, 2025
Based on your feedback we have developed a "Replace Job Description" button on your placement pages - allowing you to replace & upload new Job descriptions to be used for shortlist & longlist report generation!
Version 1.60
Longlist CV Upload
August 8th, 2025
Now you can also upload candidate CVs to generate AI longlist reports, our popular Linkedin URL option is still here! Use whichever works best for you, or mix and match for even richer results.
Version 1.50
Shortlist AI Report Improvements
August 8th, 2025
Based on your feedback, we’ve completely rebuilt the shortlist AI report generator from the ground up using the latest AI technologies. After extensive testing across a wide range of scenarios, it now delivers more accurate, insightful, and well-structured results. The AI now fully considers all content you provide — including CVs, interview transcripts, job descriptions, and more — to produce smarter, higher-quality reports.
Version 1.40
One-Click Candidate Rejection
August 7th, 2025
As requested by users, we’ve added a Reject button to each candidate card in the internal shortlist view. This gives you an additional way to move candidates to the “Rejected” column — alongside the existing drag-and-drop functionality, which remains fully supported.
Version 1.30
Bug Fixes
August 6th, 2025
Resolved an issue where candidates could not be dropped into columns containing many entries. Drop zones now correctly extend to match the full height of each column, ensuring smooth and consistent drag-and-drop functionality.
Version 1.20
Longlist
July 7th, 2025
Longlist lets you share a curated set of potential candidates with your client — giving them a chance to rate, review, and align with you on who they’re excited about.
What you can do:
🔗 Upload LinkedIn links and let our AI do the heavy lifting — it pulls in CVs, expected salary, and even gives a match score for the role.
💬 Get structured feedback from your client on each candidate — no more guesswork.
🎯 Narrow the scope early to avoid misaligned shortlists and wasted time.
This feature is perfect for validating role expectations and locking in the hiring direction with your client from day one.
Version 1.10
Candidate Database
July 2nd, 2025
You can now upload all your candidates into Shortlists and manage them directly from your dashboard. In this way, you can keep your entire talent pool in one place and manage them from Shortlists. See how in the video.
Next up will be automatic consent for the database, so you don't have to worry about GDPR anymore. We also added better AI extraction for candidate info so have to type less.
Version 1.05
Email notifications
July 1st, 2025
Never miss out on what your client thinks again. You’ll now get an email notification every time a client leaves or updates feedback on a shortlist - See how it works in the video. We also added password reset and optimized the mobile experience across Shortlists for both you and your clients.