Hire the person, not the paperwork.
Top Applicant shows you who a candidate actually is — their character, their values, how they hold up when it counts — before you spend a minute in an interview. Fewer applicants. Better fits.
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We help employers hire for who a person actually is — matching you with candidates on character, values, and fit, not just keywords on a résumé.
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Free forever. Upgrade when needed.
Post your first job without a credit card. When you’re ready to hire on fit instead of filtering résumés, one plan unlocks matching, proactive discovery, and your whole team — and you can talk to us when screening gets serious. Transparent pricing, no sales call required.
Monthly
Annual
Post
For any employer who wants to start hiring today.
$
0
/month
$
0
/year
Free features forever:
- Unlimited job postings — no card, no trial clock, no catches
- Aapplicant tracking with automatic status emails
- Comprehensive company profile
- Applicant communications
Match
For teams ready to hire on fit, not volume.
$
250
/month
$
2.5k
/year
Everything in free Post, plus:
- All free features
- AI-assisted candidate matching with an adjustable match threshold
- Full candidate-database access
- Network with applicants
- Team hiring — includes up to 5 seats
Screen
For teams ready to hire on fit, not volume.
$
1k
/month
$
10k
/year
Everything in Match, plus:
- Screening functionality for bulk applicant assessment — pre-review candidates based on your settings
- External candidate invitations — screen people from LinkedIn, referrals, job fair, etc.
- Screening that runs across all your open roles at once
Insights Add-on
For higher-volume hiring that still protects the bar.
+
$
200
/month
Add this to any plan!
- Bruder Index for your current team — private internal profiles only you can see
- Match employees against your open and existing roles — spot who's in the wrong seat
- Team composition at a glance — where you're deep, where you're thin
Custom
For the people problems software can't solve alone.
Custom consulting services
Call for Pricing
Everything in Evaluate, plus:
- Org chart assessments — see whether the right people are in the right seats, top to bottom
- Cost optimization consulting — find where effort and spend are leaking
- Turnaround consulting — steady a struggling team and get it moving again
- Hands-on guidance scoped to your organization, not a template
Built to help you hire the whole person.
Character, drive, and fit, plus the tools to find, rank, and manage the right people from one dashboard. Fewer applicants, better matches, and less time lost to interviews that were never going to work.
See the whole person
Go beyond the résumé. Every candidate arrives with a four-dimensional profile — work history, portfolio, values, and a Bruder Index character read — so you know who someone is before the first conversation.
Meet fewer, better-fit candidates
Our matching ranks applicants on fit — title, experience, skills, location, and values — so your strongest matches surface first. Set the threshold to control how strict the filter is. Signal, not stack.
Go find talent, don’t wait for it
With Explore, browse and filter the full candidate pool, then invite compatible people to apply — before they ever see your posting. Hiring becomes two-way, not a one-way inbox.
One dashboard, the whole pipeline
Move every applicant through a clear pipeline — Pending, Evaluating, Move Forward, Rejected — with status emails sent automatically. It replaces a job board, an ATS, and a spreadsheet. Free from day one.
The Bruder Index scores four dimensions:
Leadership Index
Their capacity to lead and lift the people around them, grounded in integrity.
Carry Factor
How much complexity they can carry at once, juggling several things without dropping any.
Pressure-Shedding
How they hold up under stress, staying calm and effective when the work gets hard.
Power Factor
Their drive to finish: the persistence and problem-solving that gets work across the line.
Developed from 30+ years of real hiring experience and validated against hundreds of real employees with known outcomes — reliable, repeatable results.
Supporting Features:
Company Profile & Branding
Show candidates who you are — culture, values, benefits, and team — with a company profile that helps the right people say yes. Free at every tier.
Team hiring, with roles & seats
Bring your whole hiring team in. Assign roles and permissions, review candidates together, and add seats as you grow. Five seats included on the paid plan.
Saved lists & reusable job templates
Shortlist candidates into named lists, and reuse job descriptions and scheduling so repeat hiring takes minutes, not hours.
Direct messaging + mobile app
Message candidates directly — no email required to start — inside a closed, ad-free, professionally moderated network. Manage it all from the iOS and Android app.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything employers usually want to know before they post. Still have a question we didn’t cover? We’re happy to talk it through — no script, no pressure.
Still have a question?
Is Top Applicant free for employers?
Yes. You can post unlimited jobs, manage applicants, and build a company profile for free — no card, no trial clock. Paid plans add AI matching and proactive tools when you want them.
What’s included in the $250/mo plan?
AI-driven matching that ranks your best fits first, full candidate-database access, proactive discovery through Explore, Invite to Apply, saved lists, and team hiring with five seats.
How is Top Applicant different from Indeed, LinkedIn, or ZipRecruiter?
Those platforms rank résumés and reward volume. Top Applicant matches on the whole person — character, values, and fit — through a four-dimensional profile and the Bruder Index, so you meet fewer, better-fit candidates instead of sorting a taller stack.
What is the Bruder Index?
The Bruder Index is a proprietary character assessment built into every candidate profile. It scores four dimensions — Carry Factor (how much complexity someone can carry at once), Pressure Shedding Index (how they hold up under stress), Leadership Index (their capacity to lead and lift others), and Power Factor (their drive to finish) — surfacing qualities a résumé can’t show, so you understand who someone is before you interview them.
Is the Bruder Index scientifically proven?
It’s practitioner-built and field-validated. It was developed from 30+ years of real hiring experience and then tested against hundreds of real employees in real jobs — using their known performance outcomes to confirm it delivers reliable, repeatable results. It isn’t an academic or peer-reviewed instrument, and it isn’t a personality-type quiz: it measures character and resilience in the context of work.
What is a four-dimensional (4D) profile?
It’s a candidate view that goes beyond the résumé — combining work history and skills, portfolio media, values and work style, and the Bruder Index into one picture of the whole person.
How does candidate matching work?
Matching ranks applicants against your role on title, experience, skills, location, and values, so your strongest fits appear first. You set the match threshold to control how strict the filter is. Matching is part of the paid plan.
Can I reach out to candidates before they apply?
Yes. With Explore on the paid plan, you can browse and filter the candidate pool and invite compatible people to apply — even if they haven’t seen your posting yet.
Can my whole hiring team use one account?
Yes. The paid plan includes five seats with roles and permissions, so the right people can post, review, and invite together. Add seats as your team grows.
Do I need a credit card to start?
No. You can create an account and post your first job without entering payment details. You only pay if you choose to upgrade.
Still have a question?
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