VerifiedScore 80-89Example profile
Backend engineering
Region: Middle East
- Go
- PostgreSQL
- API design
- Distributed systems
- Observability
- +1 more
Verified 12 days ago
Hire on proven skill, not polished résumés.
Every profile is built from a vetted assessment. Review talent anonymously, ranked by ability, and meet the people you choose once they agree.
Free plan to startFree for talent, always
- Proven before you look Every score comes from a vetted assessment.
- Blind until you both agree No names, photos or schools in review.
- Nobody gets ghosted Every applicant gets a report card.
- Post a role
- Ranked shortlist
- Reveal and hire
Name hidden
- 100% of applicants get a report card, so nobody is ghosted
- 0 hiring decisions left to AI alone
- 1 vetted assessment, reused across applications for 90 days
- 2 sides must say yes before a name is revealed
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Anonymous profiles proven by a vetted assessment, ranked by ability. No names or photos until the talent agrees.
VerifiedScore 80-89Example profile
Backend engineering
Region: Middle East
- Go
- PostgreSQL
- API design
- Distributed systems
- Observability
- +1 more
Verified 12 days ago
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- React DeveloperHooli
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Companies with live roles, and every role they are hiring for.
What changes when you stop reading résumés
The same hire, start to finish. Left is how it usually goes. Right is how it works here.
The shortlist
The usual wayBuilt from keywords and job titles on a document anyone can polish.
On CalHireBuilt from a vetted assessment score, so ability is the first thing you see.
The first read
The usual wayNames, photos and schools shape it, whether anyone means them to or not.
On CalHireProfiles stay anonymous until you and the talent both agree to a reveal.
AI-written applications
The usual wayEvery cover letter sounds equally impressive, so none of them tells you much.
On CalHireQuestions are unique to each session, and integrity signals go to a person.
The decision
The usual wayScreening software can filter people out before anyone looks.
On CalHireAI explains and recommends. A person decides, and the decision is logged.
Afterwards
The usual wayMany applicants never hear anything back.
On CalHireEvery applicant gets a report card on where they stood and what to improve.
The next role
The usual wayThe same take-home test, done again for every company.
On CalHireTalent proves skills once and reuses the score for 90 days.
How hiring works on CalHire
Three steps on each side, and nobody is left waiting at the end.
When you are hiring
Post a role
Describe the job and the skills it needs. Talent apply with a vetted assessment score, not a résumé.
Review vetted talent
See anonymous profiles ranked by proven ability. No names, photos or schools until you both agree.
Reveal and hire
Advance the talent you want. Identity is shared only with their consent, and everyone else hears back.
When you are looking for work
Take the vetted assessment
One skills test and a short written interview. It is free, and your score is valid for 90 days.
Apply without a résumé
Your verified profile is your application. Companies see your skills, not your name or photo.
Hear back every time
Advance or not, you get a report card on where you stood and what to work on next.
Hire for any role that runs on skill
20 assessment areas cover technology, business, operations and healthcare roles. Pick a field to see what we test and how it fits your sector.
Engineers, data people and security teams, assessed on reading code, debugging and judgement under constraints rather than on trivia.
- Software EngineeringAlgorithms, Data Structures, Object-Oriented Design and more.See what it tests
- Web & FrontendHTML, CSS, JavaScript and more.See what it tests
- Backend & APIsGraphQL, Authentication, Authorization and more.See what it tests
- Mobile DevelopmentiOS Development, Android Development, SwiftUI and more.See what it tests
- Data & AnalyticsSQL, Data Modeling, Data Cleaning and more.See what it tests
- AI & Machine LearningMachine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing and more.See what it tests
- Cloud & DevOpsAmazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and more.See what it tests
- SecurityApplication Security, Threat Modeling, OWASP Top 10 and more.See what it tests
- DatabasesPostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and more.See what it tests
- Hiring for technology and software teamsThe sector where application volume exploded and the resume stopped carrying signal first. Vetted assessment is the only screen that still separates applicants.Read the sector guide
The roles where taste and judgement decide outcomes, assessed on real scenarios instead of portfolios alone.
- Product ManagementProduct Strategy, Product Discovery, Backlog Prioritization and more.See what it tests
- Design & UXUI Design, UX Research, Interaction Design and more.See what it tests
- Marketing & GrowthContent Marketing, SEO, Email Marketing and more.See what it tests
- Project & DeliveryAgile, Scrum, Kanban and more.See what it tests
Accounting, HR and compliance roles in sectors that already expect a documented, challengeable reason for every hire.
- Finance & AccountingFinancial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Budgeting and more.See what it tests
- People & HRRecruiting, Talent Sourcing, Interviewing and more.See what it tests
- Legal & ComplianceContract Law, Corporate Law, Intellectual Property and more.See what it tests
- Hiring for financial services and fintechA sector where hiring decisions are already documented, supervised and challengeable. Vetted assessment fits the existing evidentiary habit rather than fighting it.Read the sector guide
- Hiring for the public sectorThe sector that invented structured, documented, challengeable selection. Vetted assessment is a continuation of that tradition rather than a departure from it.Read the sector guide
High-volume and frontline-adjacent hiring, where written clarity, comprehension and judgement are the job and a résumé shows none of them.
- Sales & Customer SuccessB2B Sales, Lead Qualification, Pipeline Management and more.See what it tests
- Operations & Supply ChainOperations Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics and more.See what it tests
- Hiring for customer support, BPO and shared servicesVolume hiring where written communication is the job. A text-based assessment measures the actual work directly, and accent bias never enters the room.Read the sector guide
- Hiring for retailHigh volume, thin signal and a start date that will not move. The honest question here is whether an assessment step fits at all, and for which roles.Read the sector guide
- Hiring for hospitalityA sector where appearance-based screening is still normal and rarely examined. Anonymity changes who reaches the interview more than it changes who gets hired.Read the sector guide
- Hiring for logistics and supply chainLicences and certifications are gates, not scores. Assessment belongs to planning, coordination and the supervisory layer, where judgement under pressure is the whole job.Read the sector guide
Sectors with licences and safeguarding checks. The assessment covers the large share of roles around them, and each guide is honest about the line.
- HealthcarePatient Care, Nursing, Medical Coding and more.See what it tests
- Hiring for healthcareLicensure comes first and is not negotiable. Assessment belongs to the non-clinical majority of healthcare hiring, where it does considerable good.Read the sector guide
- Hiring for educationTeaching qualifications and safeguarding checks are non-negotiable gates. Assessment fits the professional-services layer and the non-teaching majority of school and university staff.Read the sector guide
- Hiring for constructionTrade skill is proven on site, not in a browser. Assessment belongs to the professional and supervisory layer, which is where most construction hiring risk actually sits.Read the sector guide
Any role can add the soft skills & leadership assessment alongside its own.
Licensed roles, such as clinicians, teachers, commercial drivers and skilled trades, still need their licence or certification, and no assessment replaces it. Each sector guide says plainly where an assessment helps and where it does not. See every sector
Prove it once. Get hired on skill.
Take one vetted assessment, stay anonymous while companies review your skills, and hear back every time.
Join as talent- Free for talent, always Proving your skills and applying never cost you anything.
- Your identity stays yours Companies see your skills first. Your name is shared only when you say yes.
- A real answer every time Advance or not, you get a report card with what to work on next.
Six things a job board can't do for you
Each one exists because a résumé, a keyword filter or a silent inbox let someone down.
A verified skills profile, not a résumé
Talent takes one vetted assessment: a skills test plus a short written interview. You get a composite score you can compare like for like, and it stays valid for 90 days.
86Composite scoreExample profile Blind review, built in
You see the role, score band, skills and region. Name, photo, school and work history stay hidden until you and the talent both agree to a reveal.
Integrity checks a person reviews
Questions are unique to each session, and signals such as typing cadence and response timing go to a human reviewer. Nobody is failed by a machine.
A report card for every applicant
When you pass on someone, they automatically get a growth-framed report card on where they stood and what to work on. Your company never ghosts anyone.
AI explains, people decide
Rankings and summaries come with their reasons. People on your team decide who moves forward, and the record shows who decided and why.
Compliance as you hire
Designed for the EU AI Act's high-risk rules ahead of December 2027, with controls for NYC Local Law 144, GDPR, UAE PDPL and Emiratization reporting.
The trust layer
A score is only worth something if you can trust it.
So we verify the person behind every score, keep their identity private until they agree to a reveal, and keep a named person accountable for every decision.
Built to detect cheating
Liveness checks, questions unique to each session, response timing, typing cadence and signs of AI-written answers. A flag goes to a person, never to an automatic fail.
A human always decides
AI ranks and explains its reasoning. A person on the hiring team makes the call, and the record shows who. AI never turns a talent away on its own.
No personal data reaches an AI model
Names, photos, schools and work history are stripped before any scoring, ranking or interview. The models only ever see skills.
Every decision can be explained
Each person-affecting decision is logged with its reasons and the human who made it, which is what the EU AI Act and bias audits ask you to show.
Pricing that scales with you
Talent is always free. Companies start free and upgrade as they grow.
Free
Free
forever
The full core product on one role, with low caps.
- 1 active job
- 20 talent / month
- Verified, anonymous pipeline
- Report cards & zero-ghosting (calhire-branded)
Most popular
Growth
$149/mo
billed monthly · 14-day free trial
The full hiring loop for growing teams.
- 5 seats
- 10 active jobs
- 200 talent / month
- Hiring analytics
- Verified, anonymous pipeline
Scale
$599/mo
billed monthly · 14-day free trial
For mid-market teams hiring at volume.
- 15 seats
- 50 active jobs
- 1,000 talent / month
- ATS integrations
- Custom templates
- Benchmark access
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers to what companies ask us first.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan is the core hiring product with usage caps; the pricing page lists exactly what it includes. Talent is free forever, on every plan, and is never charged to prove skills or to apply.
Do you charge a fee when we hire someone?
Not for direct hires. When talent applies to your job, there is no fee beyond your plan. A one-time placement fee (by default 10% of the hired talent’s salary, unless your plan or agreement sets a different rate) applies only to agency placements and to hires from marketplace outreach, where you invite talent from the talent marketplace. The percentage is shown before you send the outreach offer, and the fee is charged once, when the talent accepts an offer.
What is anonymous-first hiring?
Talent proves skills once in a vetted assessment and applies without a résumé. You evaluate a verified skills profile and a score, with name, photo and work history withheld until you and the talent both agree to reveal. Identity is released at the reveal or offer stage, never before.
Does talent still need a résumé?
No. A CalHire profile is built from a vetted assessment rather than a document, so the same profile works for every application and stays valid for 90 days. Companies see evidence of ability instead of a formatting exercise.
Does CalHire support single sign-on?
Yes. SAML 2.0 single sign-on with your identity provider is available on the plans that list it; the pricing page shows which.
How is talent data protected?
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, isolated per tenant with row-level security, and every access is audited. In-region data residency is configured with you where your plan lists it. Our hosting arrangements are still being finalised, so we confirm the region rather than name it in advance.
Can we export our data?
Yes. Each plan on the pricing page lists whether analytics CSV export is included, and GDPR erasure workflows are built in on every plan.
Do you offer onboarding support?
Every plan includes email support. Higher support levels are listed plan by plan on the pricing page.
Your next hire has already proven it.
Start on the free plan, post a role, and review anonymous talent ranked by what they can actually do.