Nobody reaches voicemail
It answers on the first ring at 9pm on a Sunday, during the lunch rush, and while you are already on the other line.
For shops, kitchens, salons and counters
A phone number that screens
your job applicants.
Put it on your window sign. When someone calls about the job, an AI asks the questions you wrote, in English or Spanish, scores them out of 100, and texts you the ones worth calling back. You read a ranked list instead of playing phone tag.
$29.99/month flat · cancel anytime · a free printed hiring sign, shipped within 1 business day
What it is
You get your own phone number. We answer it.
A real local number, yours, live the day you sign up. Put it on your window sign. Everyone who calls it is asked the questions you wrote, scored out of 100, and added to your ranked list.
We give you the number
A local number in your area code, yours to keep. Print it on your window sign, or hand out the QR code to your job page.
It asks your questions
You type in the questions you want asked, up to five. The AI asks those, in English or Spanish, in about two minutes. Nobody reaches a voicemail.
You get a ranked list
Every caller comes back with their answers, a short summary and a score out of 100. Tap to call or text the good ones.
Everything below is included for $29.99/month.
That is the only price. No fee per applicant, no fee per seat, no setup fee, no contract.
- Your own local hiring number, answered around the clock
- Up to five screening questions you write, and can change any time
- Unlimited applicants and unlimited calls
- Screening in English and Spanish on every call
- A public job page with a QR code you can print
- A printed hiring sign, shipped free within 1 business day
Try it yourself
Call the line and get screened.
This is a real hiring number for a demo restaurant. Call it, answer a few questions, and watch your own name land in the ranked list below.
Or read what one sign did for a plant nurseryOr just listen
34 second screening sample
Prep cook applicant, screened in 0:34
The same AI your applicants will talk to. No call needed, just press play.
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$29.99/month flat. Cancel anytime.
A screening, start to finish
This is the call you would have missed
Every call is written down, summarised and scored. Here is the whole conversation, and what the owner saw the moment it ended.
Screening transcriptLine Cook · 4 questions · answered by phone
Line
Hi, thanks for calling Tony's Trattoria! I'd love to help you apply. What's your name?
Caller
Maria Gonzalez.
Line
Nice to meet you, Maria. Have you worked in a kitchen before?
Caller
Yeah, three years at Olive Garden on the pasta and grill station.
Line
Great experience! What's your availability like?
Caller
I can start right away. Mornings, evenings, weekends — I'm flexible.
Line
Perfect. Why are you interested in this role?
Caller
I love Italian food and want to work somewhere smaller where I can learn from the chef.
Line
That's wonderful. We'll review your application and be in touch. Thanks, Maria!
94Maria GonzalezLine Cook · scored the moment the call ended
- 3 years line cook experience at an Italian restaurant
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Available to start immediately, flexible schedule
- Strong knife skills and familiarity with pasta stations
- Can work weekends and closing shifts
Sample screening from the product demo. Real callers to the hiring number appear in the live panel above.
What changes
Every applicant who calls gets screened and scored
You write the screening questions
One to five, in your own words. You can change them whenever you want, and the next caller gets the new ones.
Spanish speakers apply too
The screening runs in either language and the summary comes back in English, so every candidate reads the same way to you.
Applicants who won't call can still apply
Print the number, or the QR code to your job page. Someone who applies on the page is scored the same way and lands in the same ranked list.
One flat price
$29.99 a month, however many people call. No fee per applicant, no fee per seat, no annual contract.
It never rejects anyone
The score sorts the list, but every caller stays in your dashboard with their full transcript, so you can disagree with it.
Setup, once
Three steps, then it runs without you
There is no job description to write and no pipeline to set up. Setup is two fields, and the screening questions are a few lines of text you can edit any time after that.
- 1
Name the shop and the job
The form asks for your shop name and the job title. Once you pay, you get a local number, a job page and a QR code.
- 2
Type in your questions
Whatever you would ask on the phone yourself, up to five of them. That is what every caller is asked.
- 3
Put the number where people look
The window, the counter, the job post. Screened callers land ranked in your dashboard and the good ones hit your phone as a text.
Your questions
You write the questions it asks
The AI does not make up its own questions. It asks the ones you typed in, in the order you put them, and nothing else. A new shop starts with two written from the job title so the line works on day one. Rewrite them, delete one, add your own up to 5.
Job title
Line Cook
Question 1
What kitchen work have you done?
Question 2
What days and shifts work for you?
Question 3
Do you have a food handler card?
Answers come back word for word next to the score, so you can read what the person actually said.
Why the missed call is the whole problem
Hourly candidates apply to several places in an afternoon and take the first job that answers. If your phone rings while you are on the line, plating food, or closing out a register, that applicant does not leave a voicemail and try again tomorrow. They call the shop down the street.
Job boards do not fix this, because the bottleneck was never getting applicants. It is getting back to them fast enough to matter. A number that picks up every time, screens in the applicant's own language, and hands you a ranked list is worth more than another listing on another site.
Afterwards
Everyone who called, in the order worth calling back
2Active jobs
8Applicants
76Average score
3Needs review
MGMaria GonzalezLine Cook · via phone94
DCDavid ChenLine Cook · via web91
SRSofia RamirezServer · via phone88
Every applicant, phone or web, in one ranked list with the transcript attached. Walk through the real dashboard with sample candidates, no signup.
Pricing
One number, one price
$29.99per month, flat
- Your dedicated hiring number, answered around the clock
- Up to five screening questions you write, and can change any time
- Unlimited applicants and calls, however busy the week gets
- English and Spanish screening on every call
- A public job page with a printable QR code
- A printed hiring sign, shipped free within 1 business day
$29.99/month flat. Cancel any time, in two clicks.
Questions
The things owners ask before they sign up
What actually happens when someone calls?
The AI greets them and asks your screening questions in order. It records the answers, writes a transcript and a short summary, scores the applicant, and notifies you. It takes about two minutes.
Does it work in Spanish?
Yes. Applicants can be screened in English or Spanish, and Spanish answers come back summarised in English so you can read every candidate the same way. Your public job pages have a language toggle too.
What if applicants would rather not call?
Every job also gets a public page at myfriendlystaff.com/your-business/the-job, with a QR code you can print. Phone applicants and web applicants land in the same list, scored the same way, so you are not checking two places.
What does it cost?
$29.99 a month, flat, and that is the only price. Cancel any time. No fee per applicant, no per-seat pricing, no setup fee and no contract.
Do I have to change how I already hire?
No. It replaces the voicemail box, not your process. You still decide who to interview and who to hire. The difference is that you see every applicant who called, instead of the ones who happened to catch you free.
Who decides what the AI asks?
You do. You type in the questions you want asked, anywhere from 1 to 5 of them, and the AI asks those in the order you put them. A new shop starts with two written from the job title so the line works the minute you sign up, but they are ordinary questions: rewrite them, delete one, add your own. The change applies to the very next caller.
How long does setup take?
You enter your shop name and the job title, pay, and your number is live. Editing the screening questions takes another couple of minutes. Most owners are taking screened calls the same day.
Get your hiring number
The line starts answering as soon as you pay. $29.99/month flat, cancel any time. You can also call the demo line first and get screened yourself. It takes about two minutes.
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