Hire retail staff.
In 2 days, not weeks.
HeyHire fills sales associate, cashier, and stockroom roles with local, pre-screened candidates who actually show up. You just pick who to interview.
Retail hiring is broken.
Holiday season is coming. Your best associate just quit. The fitting rooms are unstaffed. Customers are walking out. Sound familiar?
Six out of ten retail employees leave within a year. Seasonal spikes make it even worse — you're constantly in hiring mode.
Between recruiting, onboarding, and the weeks of understaffed floors dragging down conversion rates, every departure is a revenue hit.
Two to three weeks to fill one position. That's weeks of longer checkout lines and customers who don't come back.
We built HeyHire because retail hiring is constant. You shouldn't need a full-time recruiter for a 6-store chain.
Here’s exactly
how it works.
You do the easy part. We do everything else.
Post in 60 seconds.
- Publish your opening and we push it to local candidates automatically.
- SMS blasts, job map, social network. All handled for you.
Post in 60 seconds.
- Publish your opening and we push it to local candidates automatically.
- SMS blasts, job map, social network. All handled for you.
We screen. You review.
- AI filters every applicant by experience, availability, and proximity.
- You only see candidates who are actually worth your time.
We screen. You review.
- AI filters every applicant by experience, availability, and proximity.
- You only see candidates who are actually worth your time.
Text, interview, hire.
- Message candidates directly and they self-schedule interviews.
- Go from first message to hired in 2 days.
Text, interview, hire.
- Message candidates directly and they self-schedule interviews.
- Go from first message to hired in 2 days.
What happens when you stop relying on job boards
Hiring tools built for
how retail actually operates
Post a Role in 60 Seconds
Sales associate, cashier, stock room, visual merchandiser, key holder. Select the role, set your schedule needs, and your opening is live across HeyHire's local network.
- Pre-built templates for every retail position
- Set shift patterns: mornings, evenings, weekends
- Unlimited posts across all stores
Create New Position
Reach Candidates Who Live Nearby
Retail schedules change weekly. You need people who can pick up a shift with short notice. HeyHire targets candidates within a short distance of your store.
- Hyper-local targeting within commuting distance
- SMS outreach to candidates with retail experience
- Your opening reaches phones, not buried inboxes
AI Screening for Retail
Every applicant is scored on retail experience, customer service skills, availability (including holidays), and proximity. Your dashboard shows a ranked shortlist.
- Filters by retail experience and product knowledge
- Holiday and weekend availability matching
- Proximity ranking so you hire locals who stay
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Text Candidates Directly
Sales associates don't check email at work. SMS reaches them on their break.
- Two-way SMS chat from your dashboard
- 85% response rate within 15 minutes
- No app download required for candidates
Interviews That Book Themselves
Fit interviews between store opening and peak shopping hours.
- One-tap self-scheduling via SMS link
- Syncs with Google Calendar, Outlook, and iCloud
- Automated reminders reduce no-shows by 60%
Interview Invitation
Select a time that works for you
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View their availabilityEverything else under the hood
Video screening, payroll sync, analytics, and more. Tools built for retail operations.
Customer Service Reel
90-second video intros. See a candidate's energy and customer approach before they hit your sales floor.
Learn moreSeasonal Surge Screen
Bulk screen holiday applicants. AI filters by availability, experience, and willingness to work Black Friday.
Learn moreStore Analytics
Track time-to-fill by store and role. Spot which locations need staffing attention before conversion drops.
Learn moreHRIS & Payroll Sync
ADP, Workday, Paychex, Gusto. New hires flow into your systems automatically.
Learn moreMulti-Store Dashboard
One login for your retail chain. Bulk post across stores, or share great candidates between locations.
In-Store QR Posters
Custom QR posters for each location. Place them in the break room or by the register for walk-in applicants.
BOPIS & Local Inventory CTA
A hiring strip on your buy-online, pick-up-in-store path so the same customers reserving a size can refer a friend for stock shifts.
Mall-Dead-Hour Intake
Use the 10-11:30 a.m. lull before the lunch pop to run group interviews without leaving the sales floor unmanned on Saturday.
Learn morePer-Banner Lookbooks
Career pages that flex high-touch luxury copy versus off-price value without sharing the wrong discount story with the wrong candidate pool.
Suburb vs. Urban Transit Weighting
Route candidates by bus, parking subsidy, and night-exit safety so a closing shift is not a no-show when the last train is gone.
Zebra-Device Friendly Threads
SMS that works in the backroom on the same device your team already uses to scan out inventory—no clunky logins mid-shift.
Learn moreFlagship to Outlet RBAC
Store managers, visual leads, and LP each see the candidate data their role is allowed to touch, especially in co-tenancy malls with shared back halls.
Holiday hiring used to take us six weeks of job fairs and Indeed postings. Last year we used HeyHire and staffed up 15 seasonal associates in 10 days. Every single one had retail experience and actually showed up for their first shift.
Frequently asked questions
You run retail holiday hiring like a flash inventory drop, not like a year-round corporate req. Open seasonal roles in a bulk wave—POS, back-of-house, omni, gift wrap, whatever your mall bundle needs—then let HeyHire's SMS fan-out hit local candidates the same way your marketing blasts a BOGO, because speed matters more when labor is a spike, not a steady state. The AI pass can split day-stock versus overnight unloaders, and you can set caps per store so a district lead does not accidentally over-hire a low-volume outlet while a flagship is still short. Managers approve candidates in one thread, and compliance packets stay attached to the store code that actually needs the body on Black Friday weekend. The dashboard shows which ZIP codes and referral sources are converting, so you double down on the bus routes that are actually working, not the job fair that looked busy but produced ghost offers. The moment the season cools, pause or reassign the pipeline without deleting history, which keeps next summer's back-to-school push faster because you are not re-uploading the same WOTC packet from scratch, which is how a six-store chain competes with an Amazon who already automated half of the workflow you are still doing in a spreadsheet, so you are not the store that is dark on Super Saturday while your competitor is fully zoned, staffed, and converting.
All hourly retail roles: sales associates, cashiers, stock room associates, visual merchandisers, key holders, fitting room attendants, and seasonal staff. If the role keeps your store running, HeyHire can fill it.
Absolutely. HeyHire's bulk posting and SMS outreach are built for seasonal surges. Post multiple roles at once, and our AI screens the flood of applicants so you only review the best. Most retailers staff up their entire holiday team in under two weeks.
Yes. HeyHire's multi-store dashboard lets you manage hiring across all your locations from one login. Each store gets its own branded hiring page and local talent pool. You can share top candidates between stores too.
Indeed relies on email, which retail candidates rarely check. HeyHire uses SMS — 98% open rate vs. email's 20%. We also pre-screen every applicant, so you never waste time reviewing unqualified applications. And our local-first approach means you reach people who actually live near your store.
For salaried leadership roles, we recommend our sister company MenuTalent for hospitality-adjacent retail. Visit menutalent.com to learn more.
Yes. Retail sees staffing swings around every major season. HeyHire's speed is built for exactly this. Bulk post roles, get a wave of local applicants via SMS, and staff up in days. Pause postings when things slow down.
Yes. HeyHire integrates with ADP, Workday, Paychex, Gusto, and 50+ other HRIS, payroll, and scheduling tools. New hires sync automatically.
HeyHire works across industries
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15 minutes is all it takes. We'll walk through your stores, your roles, and show you exactly how HeyHire fills them faster than anything you've tried.