CLARA, Inc.

When a client is growing fast and applications are outpacing their team's capacity, CLARA screens every applicant — not just the ones who survived a keyword filter. Fractional HR leaders can set up a role in minutes, let CLARA evaluate the full applicant pool for transferable skills and performance-predicting competencies, and deliver a ranked, evidence-based shortlist to the hiring manager. Less time in the resume pile. More time on the conversations that matter.

If hiring managers keep rejecting shortlists, the problem is usually upstream — inconsistent screening criteria applied differently across every reviewer. CLARA standardizes evaluation against the actual skills the role requires, not whoever reviewed resumes that week. Every candidate is assessed on the same criteria, every time. You bring the hiring manager a shortlist they can trust — and evidence to back it up.

Many clients are already paying for an assessment tool, a screening step, and an ATS — and still missing great candidates. CLARA consolidates skills-aligned screening, contextual candidate follow-up questions, and a legally defensible skills-based profile into one platform that lives inside their existing ATS. As a fractional advisor, you can simplify their stack, reduce their spend, and deliver better outcomes. That's a strong consulting win.

Early-stage and small companies rarely have the budget for an enterprise hiring stack — but they can't afford a bad hire either. CLARA gives startups access to skills-aligned screening that was previously out of reach, starting at $460/month with no implementation fees and no per-user costs. As a fractional HR leader, you can stand up a professional, structured hiring process for a client who has never had one — and do it fast.

Running hiring for more than one client simultaneously means context-switching constantly — different roles, different criteria, different hiring managers. CLARA's multi-instance capability lets consultants and fractional HR leaders manage separate client environments from one platform, keeping each client's hiring fully contained and organized. No crossover, no confusion, no rebuilding your process from scratch every time you open a new engagement.

Many clients know their hiring process isn't working but don't know how to change it. CLARA gives fractional HR leaders a concrete tool to move clients from resume-dependent, credential-based screening toward evaluation grounded in what candidates can actually do. The platform produces explainable, auditable outputs — so when a client asks why a candidate was surfaced or passed over, there's a real answer. You're not just advising a mindset shift. You're delivering one.