Product

Everything a specialist desk does, end to end.

One workspace, from a folder of CVs to a placed candidate — parsing, search, compliance, deals, outreach, tender intel and shortlists, all wired to each other.

CV parsing on ingest

Drop in a PDF, DOCX or a whole ZIP. Hone reads each CV the moment it lands and turns it into a structured candidate you can search, filter and shortlist.

  • PDF, DOCX and ZIP uploads — parsed in seconds
  • Profession, registration, compliance, location and experience extracted
  • Auto-dedupe on ingest; vertical-aware (healthcare vs construction fields)

Plain-English search

Type the brief the way you'd say it out loud. Hone turns it into structured filters across every candidate you've ever ingested, and remembers the searches that matter.

  • Type briefs in plain English — no filter-building
  • Structured filters applied across every ingested candidate
  • Saved searches that alert you when a new match arrives

Compliance tracking

Regulator registers, card schemes and clearances — tracked, dated and reminded on, next to the candidate they belong to.

  • Manual GMC register checks; NMC, HCPC, GPhC and SWE tracked with expiry reminders
  • CSCS, CPCS and NPORS card schemes tracked with expiry reminders
  • DBS, right-to-work, occupational health and mandatory training on the candidate page

Deals & pipeline

A weighted kanban pipeline that matches the way specialist desks actually work — from qualified lead to logged placement, with a forecast you can trust.

  • Kanban pipeline with drag-and-drop stages
  • Weighted deal value and per-stage probabilities
  • Placements logged against the deal, feeding forecasting

Multi-channel outreach

Each recruiter connects their own Gmail (Outlook coming soon). Send email, SMS and LinkedIn from Hone, run sequences and campaigns, and reply to every thread without leaving the workspace.

  • Per-recruiter Gmail OAuth — Outlook coming soon
  • Email, SMS and LinkedIn outreach with sequences and campaigns
  • Replies land back inside Hone, threaded on the candidate

Tender + framework intel

Live monitoring of the frameworks and tenders your desk actually bids on — with FOI intelligence pulled apart and surfaced next to the right tender.

  • NHS and construction frameworks monitored for changes
  • Tender deadlines tracked with reminders
  • FOI intelligence extracted and surfaced against the right tender

Shortlists & candidate portal

Present candidates the way clients want to see them — and let candidates apply and update their compliance without you chasing files by email.

  • Build and share shortlists with clients on a public link
  • Public apply portal for inbound candidates
  • Published candidate microsites for high-touch presentations
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