Ask the experts - Zoho Recruit

Ask the experts - Zoho Recruit


We are delighted to come back with another edition of 'Ask the Experts' community series. This edition, we'll be focussing on everything about Zoho Recruit. The topics will focus on the features that are used/asked by the majority of users and also based on the topics frequently discussed with the customer support teams.

We are kickstarting the 'Ask the Experts' event on 26th March 2024 between 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM (EST).

Anything and everything about Zoho Recruit

We invite you all to post your questions or issues or suggestions you would like to discuss. Some of the topics that you may discuss on are:
  • Creating and publishing your job openings
  • Taking your candidates through your hiring pipeline
  • Scheduling interviews and communicating with your candidates
  • Customizing the product to suit your business
  • End-to-end process automation
  • Product road-map
This platform brings together Zoho Recruit product experts and techies who will be available to answer all your questions (instantly) for the entire three hours.



In case you've already tried and faced some of these issues, we will be there to help you tackle them. Go ahead, and start posting your questions about Zoho Recruit in the comments below. If you're an expert yourself, feel free to answer the questions.

On the 26th of March between 11AM to 2PM, ask your questions as comments and get them answered!

This is NOT a webinar. This is an 'Online Live Discussion' on Zoho Recruit Forums, where you can comment your queries under this post and our experts will reply to them for three hours straight.

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