Vovana - AI recruiter for frontline workers

Hey everyone! We're Charlie, Corey, and Cam, the founders of Vovana 👋

TL;DR

Vovana’s AI recruiter instantly engages applicants, conducts phone screens, and schedules interviews for frontline roles. Candidates receive a response as soon as they apply, and can get an in-person interview scheduled in <15 minutes. Companies hire faster with lower turnover, while saving managers dozens of hours each month.

👨‍💻 The Team

We’ve all experienced frontline hiring firsthand:

• Charlie (CEO) started as a cashier at Jerry’s Foods before earning a CS degree from Harvard and helping launch and scale Chorus to $1M ARR as a founding engineer.
• Corey (Head of Growth) went from installing countertops to becoming a top-performing sales rep at Box and Datasite.
• Cam (CTO) worked jobs from warehouse worker to bartender before engineering sonar systems for the Navy.

❌ The Problem

Frontline hiring is inefficient, slow, and expensive. Hiring managers spend countless hours conducting repetitive phone screens, playing phone tag with applicants, and manually scheduling interviews. Meanwhile, candidates often wait days for a response, leading to frustration, drop-offs, and poor candidate conversion. For businesses that depend on frontline workers, this inefficiency causes:

• Productivity losses and burnout due to understaffing
• Overloaded managers juggling hiring and daily operations
• Higher turnover from poor candidate fit
• Overspending on job board advertising

🚀 The Solution

Our AI recruiter calls applicants immediately after they apply, conducts personalized phone screens, and instantly schedules qualified candidates for interviews with hiring managers.

Unlike traditional recruiting methods, Vovana offers:

• Immediate Responses: Applicants receive a call or text as soon as they apply and can get interviews scheduled in under 15 minutes.
• 24/7 Availability: No more playing "phone tag" with applicants.
• Reliable Screening: Our AI is never rushed, ensuring no questions remain unanswered while providing a responsive and respectful interview experience.
• Seamless Integration: Custom-built to integrate with your existing hiring processes and systems.

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🙏 Our Ask: How You Can Help

1. Who do you know that's hiring frontline workers? We would love to connect with Retail, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, warehouse, and other businesses with high-volume hiring needs.
2. Connect us with Operations or HR leaders who want to reduce hiring costs and time while improving the candidate experience.

👉 Reach out to us at founders@vovana.com