How to Build Your Own TalentLyft
Replace TalentLyft with a custom build. Everything you need to hire top talent in one tool
Build Difficulty: 4/5
A few focused days to build a solid replacement
Estimated Timeline
Based on 91 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.
Recommended Tech Stack
Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components
PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions
Utility-first styling for rapid UI development
Key Features to Replicate
Top features across 8 categories. See all 91 features
Career Site(8 features)
Effortlessly create and edit blog articles and publish them in minutes with features to track author contributions
Build attractive, responsive and easy to manage career site with quotes, texts, icons, multimedia and blogs without coding
Professional custom career page creation services with up to 30% discount on job boards
Set up custom domain for your careers site to enhance brand presence
Easily add jobs from TalentLyft to own website and receive applications directly
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Interview Management(7 features)
Schedule activities with candidates like interviews and calls directly from ATS or schedule email for later
Structured interview templates and scoring tools to evaluate candidates objectively
Auto-schedule interviews with Collective & Round Robin Self-Scheduling functionality
Ready-made interview scorecard templates that can be adapted to specific needs
Allow candidates to schedule one-on-one meetings efficiently to remove unnecessary back-and-forth emails
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Automation(6 features)
Automate entire workflows with trigger-based actions to streamline the hiring process
Set up automated actions like sending assessments or interview invitations when candidates reach certain stage
Set up automated actions when specific rejection reason assigned, like sending email templates or adding to pool
Trigger automatic action whenever candidate is sourced, like automatic email follow-up
Set up automatic actions at every stage of nurturing relationships with candidates
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Candidate Management(6 features)
Create custom properties on candidate profiles to tailor them to specific needs
Maintain and rediscover old candidates from database that fit new job profiles
Automatically detect duplicate candidates and merge into unique profile to track all touchpoints
Enhance career development with internal mobility program by adding employees to internal job postings
Segment candidate base into talent pools according to common characteristics for easy targeting
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Job Distribution(6 features)
TalentLyft integrates with more than 3000 job boards worldwide allowing huge reach with just one click
Effortlessly link existing job board contracts and terms while maintaining current arrangements
Post on 3000+ job boards and social platforms in a few clicks
Create customized job ads to target specific regions with multiple location advertising
Target candidates in different regions by advertising same job in various locations
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Search & Filtering(5 features)
Advanced applicant tracking and candidate management with advanced search and filtering options
Powerful filters to find candidates with specific skills, recent engagement history, career site visitors or event registrants
Find candidates or create segments based on values in custom fields designed for specific business cases
Search entire candidate base by keywords and with boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT)
Save queries for future use and share them with team members to reduce time building queries
Sourcing & Outreach(5 features)
Find the right talent with AI-powered automation, lookup tools, and email sequences to reach best candidates first
Browser extension for easily finding and adding candidates to talent pool
Invite employees to recommend coworkers and have all referrals automatically tracked
Automated referral program to have employees spread the word about open positions
TalentLyft Chrome extension makes sourcing candidates easier by finding and adding candidates with one click
Communication(4 features)
Automatically deliver timely feedback to candidates whether they applied or got disqualified
Keep candidates informed and engaged with automated, yet personalized communication
Integrate with messaging platforms to send SMS, Viber and WhatsApp messages or receive Slack notifications
Manage all incoming and outgoing messages to candidates from one place with complete communication history
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DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 91 features at easy complexity.