Case Study: The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden achieves streamlined recruiting and onboarding with Paycor

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Discovers HR Efficiency with Paycor

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, a historic attraction serving over 1.5 million visitors annually, relies on a large seasonal workforce of nearly 500 employees across 20 departments. With only two full‑time HR professionals, the zoo struggled with hundreds of paper applications, limited candidate communication, no onboarding integrations, and difficulty tracking the roughly 250 part‑time hires each year.

By implementing Paycor’s Applicant Tracking and Onboarding integrated with their HR platform, the zoo centralized recruiting, improved visibility into candidate status, and automated onboarding tasks. The result: significantly reduced paperwork and time spent on hiring, better data for audits and future recruiting, more self‑sufficient managers, and an HR team able to focus on strategic work while staff have more time to support the zoo’s programs and events.

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Jeff Walton

Director of HR