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DOHOPS FEATURE

Hiring Pipeline — Post, Screen
& Onboard in One Place

With 74% annual turnover in QSR and only 54% of new hires reaching 90 days, hiring is a constant reality. DohOps puts job posting, applicant tracking, interview scheduling, and onboarding into the same platform your team already uses daily.

Streamline Your Hiring Back to DohOps

The Constant Hiring Cycle in Franchise Retail

For most franchise operators, hiring isn't an occasional activity — it's a permanent operational function. The numbers tell the story: QSR experiences approximately 74% annual turnover. Only 54% of new hires reach the 90-day mark. And replacing a single hourly worker costs $1,500 or more in recruiting, training, and lost productivity.

For a 10-store convenience store operation with 8 employees per location, 74% turnover means replacing roughly 59 employees per year — at a total cost of $88,500 or more. For larger portfolios, the numbers are staggering. This is not an HR problem you can solve and forget. It's a recurring operational reality that requires a systematic, efficient process.

Yet most franchise operators handle hiring the same way they handle everything else: manually. They post a listing on Indeed, collect paper applications, call applicants from their personal phone, conduct interviews with no structured process, and onboard new hires with a printed packet of papers. The process is slow, inconsistent, and disconnected from the systems the new hire will actually use on the job.

74%
Annual turnover rate in QSR — hiring never stops
54%
Of QSR employees reach the 90-day mark
$1,500+
Cost to replace a single hourly worker

The DohOps Hiring Pipeline

Four stages — from job posting to productive employee — managed entirely within DohOps.

Stage 1: Post Job Listings

Create job listings directly in DohOps with pre-built templates for common roles: cashier, shift manager, cook, stock clerk, overnight attendant. Each listing includes the job description, requirements, location, pay range, and scheduling expectations.

DohOps generates a shareable job listing page with a branded URL that can be posted to Indeed, Craigslist, social media, and your own website. The system tracks which source each applicant comes from — so you know which channels produce the best candidates for your operation.

For multi-location operators, post identical listings across all locations simultaneously, or customize requirements and pay ranges by store. One posting action can open positions at 10 locations at once.

Stage 2: Screen Applicants

Applications flow into DohOps with structured information: contact details, availability, experience, and answers to your custom screening questions. Auto-filters eliminate applicants who don't meet basic requirements — underage for overnight shifts, unavailable for required hours, no reliable transportation.

Qualified applicants are organized in a visual pipeline: New → Screening → Interview → Offer → Hired. Managers move candidates through stages with notes, ratings, and tags. Multiple managers can collaborate on the same pipeline, with each person's actions tracked.

The screening stage dramatically reduces time-to-hire. Instead of reviewing stacks of paper applications or scrolling through email submissions, managers see a clean dashboard of qualified candidates ranked by match score. Time spent on clearly unqualified applicants drops to zero.

Stage 3: Schedule Interviews

Schedule interviews directly through DohOps. The system shows the manager's available time slots (coordinated with their existing DohOps schedule) and sends automated confirmation messages to the candidate. Reminders go out 24 hours and 2 hours before the interview.

If a candidate doesn't confirm or no-shows the interview, the system automatically marks them and moves to the next qualified candidate. For high-volume hiring — which is the norm in franchise retail — this automation eliminates the back-and-forth phone calls that consume manager time.

Interview guides with structured questions are available for each role. Consistent interview questions across locations help multi-unit operators maintain hiring quality standards regardless of which manager conducts the interview.

Stage 4: Onboard & Activate

When a candidate is hired, one tap transitions them from the hiring pipeline into the DohOps employee system. The new hire receives an app download invitation and their credentials. From there, DohOps handles the rest automatically:

  • Training modules assigned: Pre-start date training appears in their app immediately — food safety, POS operation, customer service, opening/closing procedures.
  • Schedule access granted: The manager adds them to upcoming schedules. The new hire can see their shifts before their first day.
  • Messaging channels enrolled: Automatically added to their store's general channel and their shift-specific channel.
  • Gamification activated: Points start accruing from their first training module completion. First Week Star badge is set as their first milestone.
  • GPS time clock configured: Their device is registered for geofence-verified clock-ins from day one.

The result: a new hire who feels organized, informed, and supported from the moment they're hired — not thrown into the deep end with a paper packet and a "figure it out" attitude. This is the critical first impression that determines whether they become part of the 54% who make it to 90 days, or the 46% who don't.

Why In-Platform Hiring Matters

The advantage of DohOps hiring isn't just convenience — it's continuity.

Faster Time-to-Productive

New hires begin training before their first day. By the time they walk in, they've already completed orientation modules, passed basic quizzes, and know their first week's schedule.

Less Manager Time on Hiring

Auto-screening, automated interview scheduling, and one-tap onboarding eliminate the manual steps that turn hiring into a full-time job for franchise managers.

Consistent Hiring Standards

Structured screening questions and interview guides ensure every location follows the same hiring process — regardless of which manager is doing the hiring.

Zero-Friction Onboarding

The transition from "candidate" to "active employee" is seamless. No separate onboarding system. No re-entering information. One platform from first application to first shift.

Hiring Is Only Half the Equation

Getting someone hired is step one. Keeping them past 90 days is where the real savings happen. Every dollar spent on hiring a replacement — the $1,500+ per hourly worker — is a dollar that could have been saved if the previous employee had stayed.

DohOps addresses retention from the very first interaction. When a new hire downloads the app and sees their training modules ready, their first week's schedule published, and a gamification onboarding badge waiting for them — that's a different experience than getting a paper packet and a handshake. It signals professionalism, organization, and investment in the employee.

The hiring pipeline isn't separate from the retention system — it's the first stage of it. The gamification points earned during training, the messaging channels where the team welcomes a new member, the schedule visibility that lets them plan their life — these aren't just features. They're the first 90-day retention strategy, built into the hiring flow itself.

The First 90 Days Are Everything
46% of QSR employees quit before reaching 90 days. The hiring pipeline's seamless transition into training, scheduling, and gamification is designed to bridge this critical period — giving new hires a reason to stay beyond their first paycheck.

Frequently Asked Questions

DohOps generates shareable job listing pages with branded URLs. These can be posted to Indeed, Craigslist, social media, local job boards, and your own website. The platform tracks which source each applicant comes from for channel effectiveness analysis.

Yes — create custom screening questions for each position. Auto-filter applicants who don't meet basic requirements like availability, minimum age, and transportation. Pre-built question sets are available for common retail roles.

When a new hire completes onboarding, they're automatically added to schedules, assigned training modules, enrolled in messaging channels, and activated for gamification. No manual setup across multiple systems — one tap transitions a candidate into a fully configured employee.

Yes — configurable permissions let store managers handle their own hiring while area managers and HR teams maintain oversight. All actions are logged for accountability.

For franchise retail hiring — hourly workers, high-volume, constant turnover — DohOps provides everything you need. It's not designed for corporate executive recruiting. It's designed for the reality of filling cashier, cook, and shift manager positions efficiently and repeatedly.

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