For logistics & transport

Hire drivers, warehouse staff, and ops teams — at the speed logistics demands.

Logistics businesses don't have time for slow hiring. A depot needs 15 drivers by Monday, a new warehouse opens in three weeks, peak season is six weeks out. Treegarden gives logistics and transport teams the speed, volume capacity, and multi-location visibility to hire fast and stay ahead of demand — without a dedicated HR department.

Bulk upload: 50 CVs at once
Multi-location: single dashboard
Job boards: 9 in one click

The pressure points every logistics operator knows.

High volume, short lead times, spread across locations, and a candidate pool that won't wait around. Logistics and transport hiring has a specific set of constraints — and most ATS tools were designed for none of them.

A depot needs 15 HGV drivers by the end of the month. The contract was signed on Friday. Your team starts the week with no process, no pipeline, and no shortlist. Every day without drivers is operational cost.

You're hiring for depots in three cities at the same time. Every site manager is doing their own thing. HR has no visibility into who's been hired, who's been ghosted, or which sites are most urgent.

Applications come in from candidates who don't have the right licence class, can't cover the required shift pattern, or are 80 miles from the depot. Without automated filtering, someone has to open every application to find that out.

Good drivers and warehouse operatives have options. If your interview scheduling takes five days of back-and-forth, they've already accepted an offer elsewhere. Speed in logistics hiring isn't a preference — it's a competitive requirement.

Six capabilities that match the pace logistics hiring requires.

Bulk CV Upload — Fill Roles at Volume

Upload up to 50 CVs at once with automatic candidate data extraction. Whether you're staffing a new depot, building a seasonal driver pool, or filling urgent warehouse vacancies, bulk processing eliminates manual data entry and gets candidates into your pipeline immediately.

Supports PDF, Word, and plain text CVs up to 20MB each
AI extracts name, contact details, experience, and licence information
Duplicate detection flags candidates already in your talent pool

Drop up to 50 CVs here

PDF, DOC, DOCX — up to 20MB each

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Auto-Reject for Role-Specific Requirements

Define screening rules specific to each role — licence class, experience level, location, availability. Treegarden applies them automatically the moment a candidate applies. No licence? Rejected instantly. Wrong location? Out of the pipeline before a recruiter even sees the application.

Rules fully customisable per role — no preset lists to work around
Rejected candidates receive professional automated notification emails
AI explains pass or fail reasoning for every candidate evaluated

Screening results — HGV Driver Class 1 (Coventry)

Terry Walsh 92% Passed
Bogdan Marin 87% Passed
Steve Collier 22% Auto-rejected
Gary Hutton 18% Auto-rejected
193 auto-rejected · 16 moved to review · Rejection emails sent automatically

Multi-Location Pipeline Visibility

Managing hiring across multiple depots, warehouses, or distribution centres? Treegarden gives you a unified view of every open role and every candidate, across every location. Filter by site, role type, or pipeline stage from a single dashboard — without switching between systems or asking site managers to send spreadsheets.

Separate pipelines per depot or warehouse — one view for head office
Role-based access: site managers see their pipeline, operations directors see everything
Analytics by location: identify which sites have the longest time-to-hire

Pipeline — HGV Driver (All depots)

Applied (22)

Terry Walsh
Coventry
Bogdan Marin
Coventry

Interview (7)

Jay Patel
Birmingham
Carl Dixon
Luton

Offer (3)

Terry Walsh
Coventry

Post to 9 Job Boards Simultaneously

Driver and warehouse roles need broad reach — general job boards, transport-specific platforms, and local job sites. Treegarden posts to 9 major boards including LinkedIn, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter from a single click. More reach, more applications, faster. No logging into each platform separately.

Post once to Indeed, LinkedIn, Adzuna, ZipRecruiter, Jooble, Trovit, BestJobs, eJobs, and Talent.com
Track which boards deliver the best candidates for each depot or role type
Close or update all listings at once when the role is filled

Posting to job boards

Indeed
LinkedIn
Adzuna
ZipRecruiter
Jooble
Trovit
BestJobs
eJobs
Talent.com

All 9 boards — one click to post

Fast Interview Scheduling

When the pipeline is moving fast, interview scheduling can't be a bottleneck. Treegarden integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook, and Calendly so candidates can book available slots directly, without back-and-forth emails. Good drivers won't wait for five days of scheduling attempts.

Integrates with Google Calendar, Outlook, and Calendly
Candidates self-schedule from available slots — no back-and-forth
Availability checking prevents double-bookings across sites

Interview slots — Wednesday 11 March

8:00 am Terry Walsh — Coventry Depot Booked
9:30 am Available Open
11:00 am Jay Patel — Birmingham Booked
2:00 pm Available Open

Hired on Friday. Behind the wheel on Monday.

1

Candidate accepts offer

All data transfers instantly to Treegarden's HR module. No re-entry of information already in the system.

2

AI generates role-specific onboarding checklist

For a driver: licence verification, tachograph card setup, vehicle assignment, health and safety induction, route briefing. For warehouse: equipment allocation, safety certification, shift assignment. Every task tracked.

3

Documents collected digitally

Contract, right-to-work documentation, licence copies — all sent for digital collection and tracked in the platform. No lost paperwork, no chasing.

4

Leave management and HR active from day one

Leave entitlement, absence tracking, and performance management are active the moment the employee record is created. No separate system to configure.

"A driver hired on Friday shouldn't be sitting in an office on Monday filling in paper forms. Treegarden moves their information from offer accepted to employee record automatically, so your team can focus on getting them operational."

Candidate to employee. One platform. No re-entry.

What logistics teams see when they switch to Treegarden.

55%

reduction in time-to-hire

50

CVs processed per upload

9

job boards from one click

1

dashboard for all locations

Everything logistics hiring requires. Built into one platform.

Bulk CV upload with AI parsing (50 files at once)
Auto-reject screening rules per role (licence, location, availability)
Multi-location pipeline with role-based access control
9 job boards published simultaneously
Candidate self-scheduling (Google Calendar, Outlook, Calendly)
AI-generated onboarding checklists per role type
Leave, absence, and performance management from day one
GDPR-compliant data storage, consent, and erasure
Kanban pipeline with drag-and-drop stage management
Full data export to Excel

Common questions from logistics and transport hiring teams.

Answers to what operations managers and transport recruiters ask us most.

Can Treegarden handle urgent, high-volume hiring for logistics teams?

Yes. Treegarden is built for high-volume, time-sensitive hiring. Bulk CV upload processes up to 50 applications at once with automatic data extraction. Auto-reject rules filter unqualified candidates instantly. Combined with 9 job board publishing, you can go from posting to shortlist in hours.

Does Treegarden support multi-location hiring?

Yes. Treegarden gives you a unified dashboard for all open roles across all locations. You can filter candidates, pipeline stages, and hiring activity by site, role, or team — giving logistics managers visibility across every depot or warehouse at once.

Can I set automatic screening criteria for driver roles?

Yes. You can define auto-reject rules for any role — including licence class, years of experience, location preference, or availability. Treegarden applies these rules automatically the moment a candidate submits an application.

Does Treegarden integrate with job boards popular for logistics roles?

Yes. Treegarden publishes to 9 major job boards from a single click, including LinkedIn, Indeed, and ZipRecruiter. This covers the main channels where drivers, warehouse operatives, and logistics professionals search for work.

How does Treegarden handle onboarding for operational staff?

When a candidate is hired, all their data transfers automatically from the ATS to Treegarden's HR module. You can create role-specific onboarding checklists covering document collection, equipment allocation, health and safety training, and induction tasks — all tracked in the platform.

Is Treegarden suitable for logistics companies without a dedicated HR team?

Yes. Treegarden is designed to make structured hiring manageable without a full HR department. Automated screening, one-click job board publishing, and streamlined interview scheduling reduce the manual workload significantly — letting operations managers and line managers run hiring without specialist HR support.

Fill your depots before peak season hits. Not after.

Book a demo and we'll walk through how Treegarden fits your logistics hiring workflow — or request a quote and get pricing tailored to your fleet size and location count.

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