People hiring in Nepal: what’s the hardest part after you receive applications?
Hi everyone, I’m building a recruitment tool called HireOS and would appreciate some honest feedback from employers, HR staff, recruiters, and small business owners in Nepal.
The idea is to help with the work between receiving applications and deciding whom to interview: organizing CVs, screening against job requirements, and showing the evidence behind recommendations. AI would assist, while employers retain control over hiring decisions.
I’m still developing it, so I’m trying to understand which problems are actually worth solving before expanding further.
If you’ve hired someone recently:
- Where did you find applicants—job portals, LinkedIn, Facebook, referrals, or somewhere else?
- Roughly how many applications did you receive, and how long did reviewing them take?
- What was the most frustrating part: finding suitable applicants, reviewing CVs, assessing skills, scheduling, or candidates dropping out?
- What tools do you currently use, and what do you already pay for?
- What would a new tool need to demonstrate before you would trust it with a real vacancy?
I’m also exploring whether businesses need help finding freelancers for specific projects. Have you recently chosen between hiring an employee and engaging a freelancer? How did you find someone and decide whom to trust?
Specific experiences—including “we don’t need another tool”—would be useful. I’m particularly interested in what happened during your last actual hire, rather than whether the idea sounds good in theory.
Applicants and freelancers are welcome to share what frustrates them on their side too.
If you’d be open to a short conversation about your hiring process, please let me know. Thanks!