The moment it happens

Post new Workable applicants to Slack

Each new applicant's name and job appear in Slack as soon as they apply.

Runs: The moment it happens
Apps: Workable
AI: Not needed
Access: r_candidates, w_... for subscription (r_jobs)

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: when someone applies in Workable, post their name and the job title to #hiring-team in Slack.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

In a small recruiting team, nobody refreshes the Workable inbox all day. An applicant for the senior developer role arrives at 9:10, the recruiter is in interviews until noon, and by the time anyone notices, the candidate has had a reply from three other companies. Speed to first contact matters, and a quiet inbox hides it.

When someone applies, Workable sends an event that triggers a run at once. The automation formats the candidate's name and the job they applied for into a one-line message and posts it to the Slack channel you chose, so everyone on the hiring team sees it in the place they already look.

It is handy for agencies with several recruiters sharing a pipeline and for hiring managers who want to watch their own role.

What you get out of it

First contact happens sooner
A Slack ping the minute an application arrives means a strong candidate hears from you the same morning, which often decides who gets their attention. Candidates choose between employers quickly, and replying first often decides who they talk to.
The whole team sees the same news
Recruiters, coordinators and hiring managers all watch one channel, so nobody wonders whether someone else already spotted the new applicant. That shared view also avoids two recruiters contacting the same person on the same day.
No refreshing the Workable inbox
People stop checking for applicants every hour and rely on the channel, which gives them back focus time without risking a missed application. Fewer interruptions also means recruiters can run interviews without wondering what they missed.
Roles with low volume get noticed
For a niche role that attracts one applicant a week, an alert makes sure that rare application is not buried under other notifications. For rare or senior hires, one missed application can be a missed hire.
A visible pace of hiring
Scrolling the channel shows how many people applied to which jobs each day, which helps when explaining to leadership how a posting is performing. That helps you judge whether your job ad, board or referral program is working.

How it works

What happens, step by step

When someone applies through Workable, Workable tells ClickRuntime straight away.
ClickRuntime picks out the applicant's name and the job.
A short message is posted to your Slack hiring channel.

Before it runs live

Connect Workable
Paste your automation's link into the other app's webhook settings

What you get

RunsThe moment it happens

Post new Workable applicants to Slackjust nowSucceeded

Slack · #hiring-teamNew applicant: Nadia Karim for Customer Success Manager

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Workable steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

new_candidate_alert_workable.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_event, notify

@on_event
def handle(event):
    payload = event.json or {}
    if payload.get("event_type") != "candidate_created":
        return {"posted": False}
    c = payload.get("data", {})
    notify.slack(f"New applicant: {c.get('name')} for {(c.get('job') or {}).get('title', 'unknown job')}",
                 channel="#hiring-team")
    return {"posted": True}

FAQ

Common questions

Does the Slack message include the resume?

The message carries the candidate's name and the job title, not the resume itself, so personal documents are not posted into a shared channel. The team follows the link into Workable, where access is already controlled.

Can I get alerts only for certain jobs?

Yes. The job in each event can be checked, so your AI assistant can limit alerts to specific roles or departments and send each to a different Slack channel, such as engineering applicants to a hiring-eng channel.

Is it immediate or on a timer?

It is event-driven. Workable sends the notification when the candidate applies and the post appears in Slack within moments. There is no polling interval, so you do not wait for a scheduled check. No waiting for a scheduled check is involved.

What permissions does it need?

r_candidates, w_... for subscription (r_jobs). Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run for each event the app sends.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

The moment it happens