A pipeline built for one role doesn’t scale to 50
Each opening lives in its own sheet, status drifts hourly
You can’t answer "how close are we to 30 hires this week?"
People who didn’t make this batch disappear before the next one opens
BULK for fixed headcount to a date. ONGOING for rolling hire.
Fixed target, fixed deadline. "Hire 25 sales associates by Nov 15." Done when the headcount is met.
Always-on intake for evergreen roles like call-center operators or warehouse staff. No close date.
"Hired 7 of 10" front and centre — you always know how close the wave is to its target.
Strong candidates who didn’t make this wave move into the next one automatically. Nothing slips through.
Real situations where bulk hiring breaks normal ATSes
Black Friday, Christmas, summer — peak-season classes that repeat year after year
Example: Hire 25 sales associates per store opening, 4 store openings in a quarter
Continuous classes of 15–20 operators, weekly start dates
Example: Run a rolling ONGOING wave with 20-person target per onboarding class
NGOs and military-adjacent orgs hiring fast against a real deadline
Example: Recruit 100 field coordinators for a 6-week deployment window
Pick BULK or ONGOING, set the target headcount, pick the deadline (or leave it open).
Bulk assign from talent pools, applications, or any candidate list. Auto-create on schedule for repeating classes.
Watch "hired 7 of 10" update live as offers are accepted. Hand off rejected-but-strong candidates to the next wave.
Wave ends, results are archived, leftover strong candidates roll over so the next class starts ahead.
What teams typically notice
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