Fill every shift before it opens
ATS Mako is restaurant and QSR hiring software that texts, screens, and advances crew applicants in minutes - across every location, fully branded to your restaurant.
30-day free trial. No setup fees, no long-term contracts.
Food-service hiring is won in seconds, not days
Applicants for the line, the register, and the drive-thru take the first job that answers. Here is where the pipeline breaks and where the shift starts running short.
Applicants go cold before a manager can call
A cook applies at 2pm between shifts, waits an hour, and takes the job down the block that texted back first. In food service the first reply wins the hire, and manual phone tag never keeps pace.
Every location fills shifts on its own island
One store drowns in applicants while the next scrambles for a closer. Spreadsheets and store inboxes hide where hiring is stalling until the schedule already has holes in it.
Turnover never stops, so hiring cannot either
QSR and full-service crews churn all year. A pipeline that pauses on nights and weekends is a pipeline that leaves your line short exactly when the rush hits.
Screening eats the shift you needed on the floor
Reading a stack of applications and playing voicemail tag on every applicant pulls managers off the line and into busywork instead of running the store.
One platform to hire every crew you need
Designed for speed. Built for scale. ATS Mako replaces the scattered SMS, email, scheduling, and tracking tools your restaurants juggle with one white-label hiring engine.
Instant SMS the moment they apply
Automated two-way text reaches every crew applicant within minutes and replies land in one shared conversational inbox, so nobody drifts to a faster employer.
AI voice screening around the clock
AI phone screening calls applicants day or night, asks your qualifying questions, and feeds results straight into the pipeline - no manager pulled off the floor.
One pipeline across every location
Route each applicant to the right store or franchise, and roll every site up into a single live view so you see hiring health before the schedule breaks.
Bulk actions at crew scale
Message, tag, and advance thousands of applicants in a single click. Fill a dozen openings across the district without touching a spreadsheet.
AI candidate ranking on your criteria
Resume parsing and keyword scoring surface open availability, food-service experience, and shift fit first - built on your criteria, not ours.
Your brand, end to end
Your logo, your colors, your domain on every Apply Here page and message. Candidates see your restaurant group, not a marketplace or a generic ATS.
From application to on the schedule
Set the trigger. We handle the rest. Every applicant moves the moment they apply, so your line is staffed before the rush.
Capture
Applicants land in one pipeline from job boards, QR codes on the counter, and your branded Apply Here page.
Screen
AI voice and instant SMS qualify every applicant automatically, and AI ranking floats the best shift fits to the top.
Fill
Bulk SMS and status-triggered automations move crew from applied to hired in minutes, so no shift goes uncovered.
What a faster hiring engine looks like
Illustrative results teams see when every applicant gets an instant, on-brand reply instead of a callback that never comes.
Figures are illustrative of typical performance and not a guaranteed outcome.
Reach every applicant by text - the compliant way
Crew applicants live in their texts. ATS Mako makes SMS the core of hiring, not an add-on, while keeping every message on the right side of the rules.
- Consent and opt-out built in. Outbound texts run on lawful prior consent with a clear opt-out and automatic opt-out handling.
- Quiet hours respected. Business-hours-only sending keeps late-night applicants from getting a 1am ping.
- Lockable legal sections. EEO and disclaimer text stays intact across every template your locations use.
- Real-time engagement tracking. Delivery receipts, reply detection, and instant recruiter alerts in one timestamped feed.
Restaurant hiring software FAQ
What makes ATS Mako good for restaurant and QSR hiring specifically?
Food-service hiring is high volume, high turnover, and speed-decided. ATS Mako answers every applicant by text within minutes, screens them with AI voice around the clock, and lets you bulk-move crew across every location from one platform - so line cooks, cashiers, and shift leads never go cold waiting on a callback.
Can I run hiring across many restaurant locations from one place?
Yes. Route each applicant to the right store or franchise, give local managers their own branded Apply Here page, and roll every site up into a single live view so corporate sees group-wide hiring health without chasing spreadsheets.
Is texting job applicants compliant?
ATS Mako is built for compliant SMS recruiting. Outbound texts run on lawful prior consent with a clear opt-out, honor business-hours quiet times, and handle opt-outs automatically. Email keeps automatic unsubscribe handling intact. Always confirm your own consent workflow with counsel.
Does the platform look like my restaurant brand?
Fully. ATS Mako is white-label: your logo, your colors, and your domain across every career page, message, and offer letter. Candidates experience your restaurant group, not ATS Mako.
How fast can we get started?
You can start a 30-day free trial with full feature access and no setup fees or long-term contracts, or book a 30-minute demo. Staffing and enterprise teams get guided onboarding and seamless migration from your current ATS.
Stop chasing crew. Start closing them.
Give every restaurant a hiring engine that answers, screens, and fills shifts on its own - fully branded to you.
Guided onboarding and seamless migration included.