HireClix Launches Second Chance Pages to Further Improve the Candidate Experience

New career site enhancement serves job seekers relevant opportunities when job listings have closed, retaining candidate interest and increasing application/conversion rates

HireClix, a leading recruitment marketing services company, today announces the launch of its Second Chance Page functionality – a career site enhancement that automatically directs candidates who click on closed job listings to openings that match closely with the job for which they were originally searching. This feature transforms the candidate experience, maintaining engagement and ensuring qualified job seekers never hit a dead end during their engagement with an employer’s career site.

According to HireClix’s recent 2025 Candidate Experience Survey, 36% of job seekers abandon an application due to length or poor navigation. In a dynamic labor market, even small improvements to the career site experience can translate to significant gains in qualified applicants.

“Today’s job seekers are fickle, so every touchpoint in the candidate experience matters,” said Neil Costa, CEO and Founder at HireClix. “When a job seeker hits a dead end, they often abandon the search entirely or move on to a competitor’s career site. Our Second Chance Pages are designed to build trust, provide smart options, and create a positive employer brand journey. Building career sites that provide candidates with a better overall experience while giving employers a second opportunity to engage those job seekers will drive a greater number of qualified applicants. A strong career site is built to make a great first impression, but no one wants to miss out on top talent simply because one specific job opening was filled – and now they don’t have to.”

The Second Chance Pages are deployed as a part of HireClix’s enterprise career site solution. The enhancement leverages snippets of data from the original job the candidate was interested in and provides a personalized set of alternative openings, redirecting candidates to relevant open roles. HireClix’s Second Chance Pages can deliver these similar roles by adjusting the factors related to job title, job category, location, or other job details.

Rather than landing on a 404 error page, job seekers remain engaged within the employer’s ecosystem, naturally improving application rates and ensuring qualified candidates aren’t turned away. Second Chance Pages also improve employer branding as a poor candidate experience can lead to abandonment, similar to an e-commerce transaction.

“Regardless of the ATS each client uses, employers have let these 404 errors happen for years with a total disregard for the candidate experience. That ends today with the launch of HireClix’s Second Chance Pages. We believe the candidates and the employers deserve better,” Costa continued.

“Since launching our HireClix Career Site, we have received direct feedback from applicants who talk about the clean, easy-to-use experience they had when applying for a job at Ninety Nine Restaurant and Pub,” said Michelle Davidson, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Ninety Nine Restaurant and Pub - Restaurant Growth Services. “Second Chance Pages give us the peace of mind that we aren’t losing applicants interested in working for our brand just because the job they originally saw is no longer available.”

This offering aligns with HireClix’s mission to make recruitment marketing more human and efficient. Second Chance Pages demonstrate HireClix’s commitment to transforming recruitment marketing into a consumer-grade, conversion-driven experience that helps employers attract top talent and drive quality hires. This news follows the launch of HireClix’s Recruiter Hub, which empowers recruiters with personalized, high-impact landing pages.

To learn more or schedule a demo, visit www.hireclix.com/recruitment-marketing/career-site-solutions-second-chance-pages.

About HireClix

HireClix is a recruitment marketing agency that provides full agency of record and strategic talent acquisition consulting services to help clients achieve their recruiting and employer branding goals. HireClix offers recruitment advertising agency services including programmatic media buying, contract negotiations, campaign management, and creative services. Additionally, HireClix built its strategic consulting practice to support talent acquisition executives as they navigate overall strategy, recruitment technology, process optimization, program development, and many other challenges in today’s recruitment marketplace. HireClix also provides full career site development and design services on a state-of-the-art and secure content management system for employers, leading to enhancements in their employer brand and candidate experience. HireClix was founded in 2010 with a focus on helping clients get the best overall return on investment for their recruiting dollars and continues to be the fastest-growing recruitment advertising agency in the industry, advertising in 40+ countries around the globe for a diverse group of enterprise clients. Learn more at www.hireclix.com.

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