Every applicant screened in minutes
CE.D is a hiring chatbot for European hauliers and logistics operators. Every applicant gets a WhatsApp conversation in their own language within minutes of applying. It confirms what they are licensed to drive and whether their paperwork is current, then a recruiter reads the answers and decides who is worth your time.
From your advert to a shortlist
You keep the hiring decision, and you keep advertising wherever you already advertise. We take the part that eats a recruiter's week, which is talking to everyone who applies and proving that a driver's paperwork says what they claim it says.
You send us the requirements
Your advert stays yours, on whichever boards and driver groups you already use. What we need is the brief behind it. Which licence class the run takes, and what would make an applicant worth a phone call.
The chatbot interviews everyone who applies
Your requirements become the question set. Everyone who answers your advert gets a WhatsApp conversation within minutes, and by the end of it we know what they can drive and whether their CPC and permits are current.
A specialist sends you a shortlist
A recruiter reads every screened applicant and decides who makes the cut. The shortlist lands in your inbox with each answer attached, so you can see why someone is on it.
How the chatbot screens a driver
A driver applies and the Screener opens a WhatsApp thread within minutes. It asks what your recruiter would ask. Which categories they hold, when the CPC runs out, whether the tacho card is current, what routes suit them. There is nothing to install and no form to abandon, which is why they tend to finish it.
A recruiter approves every shortlist. Nobody reaches you on the strength of a chatbot conversation alone. What that means for the EU AI Act is covered in the questions below.
CE.D Screener
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- CE.D Screener: Hi Andris! Thanks for applying for the long-haul CE driver role. Four quick questions, answer whenever suits you.09:02
- Driver Applicant Andris: ok 👍09:11
- CE.D Screener: Which licence categories do you hold, and how long have you been driving?09:11
- Driver Applicant Andris: CE since 2019, C before that09:14
- CE.D Screener: Is your Driver CPC still valid, and until when?09:14
- Driver Applicant Andris: Yes, valid to March 202809:15
- CE.D Screener: Do you have a digital tacho card and any ADR certificate?09:15
- Driver Applicant Andris: Tacho yes. No ADR09:16
- CE.D Screener: Last one: international routes, or domestic only?09:16
- Driver Applicant Andris: International, happy with 3 weeks out09:17
The same conversation, in two of our 14+ languages. Drag the handle, or focus it and use the arrow keys. A driver gets whichever language they applied in; your shortlist arrives in English.
Where a driver vacancy stalls
Rarely for want of applicants. The delay is almost always somewhere else.
| Measure | A web form | The CE.D Screener |
|---|---|---|
| Completion rate | Web forms get abandoned. Drivers do not carry CV PDFs on their phones between shifts. | A WhatsApp conversation asks one question at a time. Natural, quick, and fits their day. |
| Paperwork speed | Licence scans and certificate expiries sit in inboxes for days, requiring manual chasing. | The chatbot collects and pre-vets licence categories, CPC, and permit expiries in the first thread. |
| Response time | Callbacks take days. By the time a recruiter reads the form, qualified drivers have accepted other runs. | First replies and interview scheduling happen instantly, 24/7, whichever of our 14+ languages they applied in. |
A qualified driver is usually talking to several operators at once, so the first useful reply matters. The chatbot sends it the same day, whatever time the application arrives.
Built for hauliers and logistics operators
Driver hiring is what the Screener does today. The same conversation engine handles the other roles, and the paperwork that has to keep moving alongside them.
Driver hiring
CE and C class, long-haul or regional. You advertise as you always have. We screen everyone who answers and confirm the licence and CPC before handing over a shortlist a recruiter has signed off.
Warehouse and yard staff
Forklift and reach truck operators, plus pickers and loaders. Same conversation, different questions. Which tickets they hold and which shifts they can cover.
Licence and permit checks
CPC expiry dates, tacho cards, ADR certificates, single permits, A1 documents. All collected and read before anyone agrees a start date.
Driver and candidate comms
First replies and interview scheduling, handled in the driver's own language rather than sitting unread in a recruiter's inbox.
Common questions about the Screener
Fifteen minutes, one vacancy
Bring one role you are struggling to fill. We will show you the questions the chatbot would ask for it, and what running a pilot would actually involve.
The roles you are trying to fill
Licence categories, routes, depots, and how many seats are open.
How applicants reach you now
Which channels they come from, and who reads them first.
The questions the chatbot would ask
We walk through the actual question set for your roles.
What a pilot involves
Scope, timeline, and what you would see back first.