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How to Find and Hire Your Workers

A plain-language guide for General Contractors.

Raven Link gives you one place to search for workers, build shortlists for your jobs, and keep track of who you've hired. No spreadsheets, no digging through emails. Everything is in one spot.

Search for candidates
Add to your shortlist
Review & interview
Hire to your crew
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Find Candidates

When you log in, go to Candidate Directory in the left-hand menu. This is your search tool. Every worker who has submitted an interest form shows up here.

Searching and Filtering

Search by scope of work, trade, skill, or affiliation to narrow things down. You can also use the filters to find workers by location, certification, or other criteria. Take your time here — this is where you build your list.

Adding Someone to Your Shortlist

When you find someone you like, click the Add to My Workforce button on their row. A small window will pop up asking you which hiring pipeline to add them to.

  • Pick an existing pipeline from the list (e.g. "Welder Search – Phase 1"), or
  • Type a new name and click Create to start a fresh pipeline

What's a pipeline?

A pipeline is a named shortlist for a specific job or round of hiring. You can have as many as you need — think of it like a folder, one per position or project.

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Review Your Shortlists

Go to My Workforce in the left menu and click the Considering tab. This is where you manage everyone you've added.

The Four Columns

Column What it means
ConsideringOn your radar — nothing decided yet
InterviewingYou're actively talking to them
HiredYou've made your decision — they're on the crew
PassNot the right fit this time

Moving Candidates

  • Click the status buttons on a card to move them to a new column.
  • Or drag a card using the grip handle on the left side.

When you mark someone as Hired, they automatically move to your My Crew tab. Nothing else to do.

Archiving

If a candidate is no longer relevant but you don't want to lose them, archive them. They'll disappear from your active view but can be restored later using the Archive button at the top of the page.

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See Your Crew

Click the My Crew tab inside My Workforce. Everyone you've hired shows up here, grouped by the pipeline they came from.

This is your record of who is working for you, on which job. You can search by name or export the list to a spreadsheet.

My Crew is your view only. Other contractors cannot see who you've hired.

Quick Reference

Where What you do there
Candidate Directory Search for workers and add them to a pipeline
My Workforce → Considering Review your shortlists and move candidates through stages
My Workforce → My Crew See everyone you've hired, organized by pipeline