ClearCo is a unified talent platform that connects all the key aspects of the employee lifecycle—hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, learning, engagement, and payroll. This comprehensive system ensures everyone understands their goals, equips managers to provide effective support, and gives leadership a clear, real-time view of the entire organization.
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PROS
- ClearCo offers a host of HR solutions that work well with another. You can choose the solution you need or combine them all to have a comprehensive talent management platform in your stack.
- The majority of users find ClearCo’s interface to be quite intuitive and easy to navigate.
- Many users have highly rated ClearCo’s support team for speed and quality of response. Several users have also reported a smooth implementation experience.
CONS
- ClearCo’s pricing is not readily available on their website. You also can’t create a trial account on your own from the website and have to go through the sales team for more info.
- Some users felt that the reporting feature is limited in customizations.
- According to a few users, the candidate search function doesn’t always bring up the correct candidate(s) and could use some improvement.
- ClearCo doesn’t currently have a mobile app, but the platform is well optimized for mobile use both for hiring managers and candidates.
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ClearCo provides a series of cloud-based HR solutions that you can purchase individually or combine as needed. Their applicant tracking system (ATS) packs employer branding and candidate sourcing capabilities with job post distribution to multiple job boards and customizable career sites. You can also screen candidates through recorded video interviews or live interviews with third-party video conferencing integrations, send them offer letters, and onboard them via ClearCo’s own onboarding solution.
To drive employee performance and engagement, ClearCo facilitates different kinds of employee reviews, goal planning, as well as surveys so you can continuously gauge the health of your organization’s culture and improve accordingly. The platform covers employee recognition too with employee celebrations and shoutouts features.
You can also plan for the future with ClearCo’s Workforce Planning module. Currently, this module packs features for continuous talent planning, talent metrics & assumptions by role, people analytics, headcount forecasting, hiring plan development, data visualization tools, equipment management, and more.
Overall, we think that ClearCo is a solid platform that many medium and large-size businesses can benefit from. It is feature-rich and user-friendly, and the team behind it offers great support and implementation services according to most people that use it.
We use Clear Company for every new hire to get through all the communication and compliance portions with them. We send offer letters through Clear Company that are customizable, and we receive communication back from applicants via Clear Company as well. Once an applicant has accepted an offer, we also use Clear Company to streamline their background check. Clear Company provides a nice portal where we can clearly see where we are in the hiring process for an applicant.
The applicant tracking system works well for our small (less than 500 employees) business. It integrates well with our background check processes. It improves our communication with potential hires.
My company started using Clear Company because we wanted to make the onboarding process smoother for new hires. Prior to using Clear Company, we had a disjointed process. We had to individually craft emails to applicants in the recruitment process, and check in constantly on where we were in the process of recruiting them and completing background checks. Clear Company allowed us to streamline the process. We were able to set up customizable templates for ongoing communication with new hires. We were also able to streamline the background check process.
It takes some time to learn how to use it. We have not tried integrating with our payroll/HRIS software because it doesn't seem like it will function that well. It doesn't integrate with our social media.
I have not used other tools just like Clear Company, but we added Clear Company to our tool chest because it offers functionality that our HRIS software does not when it comes to applicant tracking and onboarding.
If you're considering using Clear Company, think about what functionality it will add that you don't already have with your other HR software. In our case, it adds additional applicant tracking and background check integration functionality that we wouldn't otherwise have. I would also consider the price. It is well-priced for our smaller business where we only pay for the essentials for a few users each month. The price could add up quickly in larger businesses, so you need to consider if the value-add of the product is worth the price tag.
I know they integrate with more payroll/HRIS systems than they used to (but still not with ours). They have improved the user interface over time as well.
I think Clear Company is good for small to medium-sized businesses. It is right-priced for this size of business and adds functionality that most businesses this size might be lacking in their other HR software.
I don't think Clear Company would be necessary or very useful for very small businesses who are not hiring very regularly. My business is smaller but experiences high turnover, so Clear Company is a good add for us. If you are not doing a lot of hiring, I don't think it would be much of a value add for the price.
As someone committed to my organization's success, I rely on ClearCo to streamline our recruitment, offer letter, and onboarding workflows. ClearCo's customizable workflows allow me to tailor our HR processes to meet our organization's specific needs and goals. By utilizing ClearCo daily, I am able to confidently manage and optimize our recruitment processes, ensuring that we are attracting, hiring, and onboarding the best talent in the most efficient manner possible. Ultimately, ClearCo allows me to focus on what I do best: leading my organization to success.
ClearCo is my preferred HR software because of its user-friendly interface. The system's functionality is not only impressive but also has practical applications. Unlike other HR software, ClearCo focuses on providing useful tools and features rather than unnecessary bells and whistles. Additionally, ClearCo makes it easy to post job vacancies on multiple job boards, including unemployment job boards, ensuring compliance.
Our decision to buy ClearCo was informed by the platform's impressive array of integrations. As a company, we recognize the importance of streamlining our onboarding processes, and we found that ClearCo offered a centralized system that helped reduce the manual aspects of candidate onboarding.
We have been able to rely on ClearCo's reporting metrics to track our progress in meeting our onboarding goals, and we've found the self-service portal to be an excellent tool for candidates to review their onboarding checklist. Additionally, the platform's seamless offer letter approval process has made it easy for us to process and approve offer letters in a timely manner.
Overall, our experience with ClearCo has been extremely positive. We have been using the platform for two years, and it has become an essential tool in our HR toolkit. We are confident that ClearCo will continue to support our onboarding efforts and help us achieve our HR goals.
I am dissatisfied with ClearCo for the following reasons: the response time has exceeded 48 business hours, the offer letter approval workflow lacks an automated function for candidate receipt, and there have been issues with candidate duplication. Keep in mind these issues fail to compare to the benefits we have received in using this system.
ClearCo stands out because of its comprehensiveness. Customizing workflow, reporting, and tracking processes lets you know they get "it."
When looking to purchase ClearCo, it is essential to evaluate several key factors to ensure the tool meets your organization's needs. These factors include the size of your company, the frequency of job postings, the number of employees that require access, and current workflows. By carefully considering these aspects, you can confidently determine if ClearCo will be the right fit for your organization.
I have used ClearCo for two years and cannot think of any significant evolutions/changes during that period. It has been pretty steady for use.
ClearCo is suitable for medium to large organizations with a Recruiting/HR department to support its use.
Based on my analysis, I would recommend organizations with high-volume recruiting needs to consider other options instead of ClearCo.
An organization can choose the cadence at which they require employees to set new goals and make progress reports. Whenever I finish a goal, I login and mark my goal complete. Only employees connected to that goal can see my progress, notes I have added regarding that goal, and if that goal has been completed. It is very quick and easy to create a new goal or make an update. I would say I login about once or more a month. But another company may only require employees to login at year end during performance review time. It is up to how the company uses the software.
Easy to use and navigate for anyone including those technologically challenged. Easy to set up a performance review from the backend perspective. Lastly, I like how an entry level employee can see how their goals are vertically integrated into the top goals/company's strategic plan. I believe this visibility helps all employees understand the end goal better and that they are an important part of a bigger goal.
I have used ClearCofor less than a year and am happy with the ease of the product. Our company was looking for a performance review system that was more integrated and connected to our strategic plan. Our company bought ClearCo because of the many features, advantages, and benefits the product offered over our past performance review provider. One key benefit was the platform provides transparency on the progress of an individual's goal(s) and the team's goals. The organization as a whole can see goals the top executives set for the term and how each contributor's goals vertically connect to supporting those top goals.
I did not care for the performance review builder where they use job descriptions from a prebuilt template. I thought the template was incomplete and lacking in descriptions of job functions/responsibilities. Also, if an organization's goal is to build individual performance reviews for each position, using this software may be very time consuming. This software is better for a standard template review process for groups of employees. Building the review template is not quick because it takes time to learn how to build it first.
The visibility into a company's goals and others goals is different (and nice). Employees can congratulate others and make comments when their peer's goals are achieved, which is different and a positive employee engagement tool. There is the capability to create more customized performance reviews, if willing to put in the time. There is also the capability to "set it and forget" when creating a performance review. The system will notify an employee/manager when it is time for their review.
A company should identify their needs first. They might not need this comprehensive performance management tool. They should think about what is currently working and what is not working. I suggest making a list with 1. must haves, 2. would likes, and 3. I wish. This list will guide the buying decision.
They planned to build out the job description feature more.
An organization where it is critical to the business that everyone in the organization (from the bottom up) knows and understands the company's goals and who is responsible for each subgoal.
A business that does not like their strategic plan to be known. Or, a business that does not create a strategic plan.
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- Candidate sourcing: Post and promote jobs on multiple job boards, create custom-branded career sites that feature your open roles, enable Linkedin easy-apply, text-to-apply, and mobile-apply options for applicants, and build a talent pool of qualified candidates that you might consider for future roles.
- Candidate screening: Automate interview scheduling, contact recorded video interviews or live interviews with third-party video conferencing integrations, and use interview scorecards to collect feedback in a consistent format.
- Offer management: Create offer letters and share them with successful candidates. You can also collect electronic signatures within the platform.
- Onboarding: A branded self-service portal for new hires that helps you keep track of all the devices and equipment you assign them, ensure compliance with automated I-9, W-4, state tax, and other forms, facilitate team member introductions, assign tasks with deadlines, and more.
- Performance management: Pre-built review templates, quarterly/bi-annual/annual performance reviews, competency and roles-based reviews, peer reviews, automated reminders, goal planning, and alignment tools.
- Employee engagement: Recognize employees with celebrations and shoutouts, and make their voices heard by collecting their feedback through engagement, e-NPS, onboarding, DEI, emotional wellbeing, and other surveys.
- Workforce planning and analytics: Continuous talent planning, talent metrics & assumptions by role, people analytics, headcount forecasting, hiring plan development, data visualization tools, device & equipment management, and more.
ClearCo integrates with all the leading payroll providers and HRIS/ERP systems including ADP, Paychex, Paylocity, Proliant, SinglePoint, and Ultimate Software.
ClearCo customers can choose between Modular Access, i.e. purchase certain modules individually, or they can purchase Platform Access to be able to use all modules and solutions within ClearCo’s suite.
The pricing of ClearCo's modules isn't detailed on their site. Their sales team will work out a deal for you based on your company size and the modules you’re interested in.
ClearCo is best suited for medium and large-sized businesses.
With ClearCo, you'll get a customized project plan depending on the modules you need, company size, and the deadline that would be ideal for you.
Since 2004, ClearCo’s full-spectrum Talent Management platform has enabled thousands of companies to maximize talent by empowering people at every stage of the employee journey. ClearCo integrates data-driven best practices, expert-informed content, and tailored software tools to recruit, ramp, recognize, and retain employees, uniting people and processes to achieve business success.
Company HQ
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Number of Employees
240+
Year Founded
2004
Amount Raised
$63.5M
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