Case Study: Major DIY Retail Chain slashes time-to-first-shift from 16 to 6 weeks and achieves 85% hires-from-interview with Weirdly

Stand-alone ATS for high volume

Major DIY Retail Chain, one of Australia’s largest employers with thousands of staff across hundreds of stores, struggled with decentralised, store-level recruitment that left busy store managers handling hiring, creating contract risk, and leaving as many as 60,000 applicants without outcomes. The chain needed a stand-alone, high-volume ATS to centralise screening, scheduling and onboarding while protecting candidate experience—so they engaged Weirdly to deliver a volume-focused talent platform and workflow.

Weirdly implemented a configured Talent Platform with drag-and-drop “buckets,” instant longlists, automated interview scheduling and document workflows (working-rights checks and e-signature), multi-channel comms, a reporting dashboard and a customised assessments-first approach that removed resumes. The solution went live in nine weeks and drove measurable impact: hires-from-interview rose to ~85%, time from job req to first shift fell from 16 weeks to 6 weeks (time-to-offer as low as 42 hours), candidate experience scored 8.9/10, hire hit rate climbed to an average 80% (up to 90%), and diversity and onboarding metrics improved significantly under Weirdly.