THE CLIENT
About WeVote
As a nonpartisan, nonprofit, digital voter guide, WeVote enables users to view their ballots, see endorsements for all candidates and measures from their local network, and collaborate with others who share their values.
THE CHALLENGE
Streamlining Complex Hiring Processes
WeVote is a volunteer-staffed nonprofit organization that maintains a digital voter guide informed by the issues users care about and the people they trust. Through its free, nonpartisan, open-source website and mobile app platforms, WeVote seeks to help users become better voters, up and down the ballot.
The organization targets the digital generation of voters: the individuals aged 17 to 35 who are less likely to engage with traditional voter guides. To help them understand candidate positions and relevant issues, WeVote curates content based on the users’ zip codes, as well as the candidates and causes they select. Users can even take WeVote with them to the polls for an easy-to-use reference when voting.
When Greg Buechler joined WeVote, the organization tasked him with rapidly scaling its operations and volunteer recruitment process. After examining the current process and having discussions with the organization’s executive director, Greg knew that the existing talent acquisition process had to be revamped. This system was not scalable, especially given the organization’s rapid growth needs and the goal to attract digital-generation volunteers efficiently.
“The entire process of acquiring talent was run with a Google Sheet and a Google Doc,” said Greg. “I began to lobby pretty heavily for a robust applicant tracking system.”
Having spent more than 30 years in the talent acquisition space, Greg has worked with at least ten different applicant tracking systems (ATS) solutions. He knew the candidate experience and the internal recruitment experience exceptionally well, so he was clear on the exact features he needed to make the WeVote talent acquisition process as frictionless as possible.
WeVote gave Greg the green light to search for an ATS solution. However, the organization’s unique needs complicated the situation: As a nonprofit with limited resources, WeVote required a solution that was cost-effective yet powerful enough to handle a high volume of applicants and streamline the recruitment process. Additionally, the solution needed to be lightweight, easy to implement, and highly customizable to accommodate various recruitment workflows and integrate seamlessly with other tools and platforms.
It seemed impossible to find a solution that would fulfill each requirement, but Greg found everything he needed in JazzHR.
“JazzHR checked all the boxes,” said Greg. “Plus, it has a clean, easy-to-use interface that limits the ability of users to make errors.”