How Pieology tripled their applicant pool with Workstream

Pieology, a pizza brand known for its customizable offerings, faced challenges in sourcing and hiring qualified employees quickly. By implementing Workstream's automated hiring processes, Pieology tripled its applicant pool in just one week, hiring over 700 applicants.

"One of my managers told me the other day, 'With Workstream, my hiring organizes itself. It's a dream!' It was then I knew we had made the right choice in partnering with Workstream on this crucial part of our business."

Tara Lindstrom

VP of Marketing and Human Resources of Hundal Companies

The problem

Managers can't hire fast enough

Hundal Companies is a family-owned franchise company headquartered in Livermore, California. They have 3 brands—Jamba Juice, Carl's Jr., and Pieology Pizzeria—across 50 locations throughout California and Utah.

The Pieology franchises held by Hundal Companies improved their hiring practices by posting job openings efficiently and processing applications faster.

For the Pieology brand, having fully staffed restaurants is especially important. Employees guide customers from start to finish in crafting their perfect pizza. As such, they are the face of the brand and are a huge factor in the customer’s overall experience in their store. It takes a lot of employees to keep pizzas flowing smoothly through the line, and because of this Pieology has to hire a lot of people to make sure they are always adequately staffed.

Hiring is by far their top challenge. One of the issues they face is recruiting qualified applicants quickly before they sign on for another position elsewhere.

Pieology's managers do all their own hiring, but they are often working the line as well, so they are unable to get back to the applicants right away. Once they do, it can be a game of phone tag. And managers often have to use their personal phones to text applicants since younger applicants don't check email as often

The manual interviewing and hiring process they had was time-consuming, tedious, and not getting the desired results.

Employees are vital to Pieology because they guide customers from start to finish in crafting their perfect pizza. As such, they are the face of the brand and are a huge factor in the customer’s overall experience in their store. It takes a lot of employees to keep pizzas flowing smoothly through the line, and because of this Pieology has to hire a lot of people to make sure they are always adequately staffed.

Hiring is by far their top challenge. One of the issues they face is recruiting qualified applicants quickly before they sign on for another position elsewhere.

Pieology's managers do all their own hiring, but they are often working the line as well, so they are unable to get back to the applicants right away. Once they do, it can be a game of phone tag - and they often have to use their personal phones to text applicants since most younger applicants do not check email anymore.

The manual interviewing and hiring process they had was time-consuming, tedious, and not getting the desired results.

The Solution

Automation accelerates the hiring process

The hiring team at Hundal Companies knew they needed to empower their hiring managers with the technology to make hiring more efficient and effective. With Workstream's HR, Payroll, and Hiring platform, they were able to automate tedious hiring tasks and attract more applicants than ever before.

Job board integration

With Workstream's job board integrations, Hundal Companies is now able to post to over 2,500+ job boards at once. These other job boards include Indeed, Glassdoor, Facebook and even supporting text-to-apply and scan-to-apply features, which makes it exponentially more convenient for applicants to send in their applications.

Smart screening

Using Workstream, Hundal Companies created custom screening quizzes, enabling them to automatically surface the best applicants and filter out those that aren't qualified. Managers no longer needed to manually sift through applications or manually not applicant qualifications.

Automated self-scheduling

Workstream eliminated the complicated process of setting up calendars and sieving through slots that are available for an interview through the use of automated scheduling. We can also be integrated with your personal calendar to make the process even easier.

2-way texting

Workstream made communication between employers and applicants easier via automated text messages. It is easier for both employers and applicants to schedule, postpone, and cancel interviews. By providing such a convenient communication process, applicants are now more inclined to inform them when they can no longer make it for interviews.