🔥 Only 100 founding spots · SoCal early access
Stop losing $5,864 every time someone ghosts.
Watch them work a paid 3-hour trial before you commit a dime.
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First 100 founding spots — early access for SoCal operators
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3 candidates nearby
Maria G.
Line Cook · 0.8 mi
James T.
Prep Cook · 1.2 mi
Sofia R.
Server · 0.5 mi
TABLE: YOUR RESTAURANT
ORDER: #4,827
TIME: EVERY. SINGLE. QUARTER.
1x LINE COOK (quit via text)
1x INDEED POST ($300)
47x IDENTICAL RESUMES
2x NO-SHOW INTERVIEWS
1x BAD HIRE (11 days)
The hiring cycle that's bleeding you dry
⏰ Monday 9 AM
Your line cook just quit via text.
You post on Indeed before the breakfast rush. The clock starts.
👻 Tuesday 2 PM
Two interviews scheduled. Zero showed up.
You're running doubles, your crew is burning out, and your phone has 47 identical resumes you'll never read.
💸 Two weeks later
You hired someone. They lasted 11 days.
That cost you $5,864 in recruiting, training, and lost productivity. Right back where you started.
75%
annual restaurant turnover
$5,864
cost to replace one hourly worker
50%+
of interview candidates ghost
BLS · Cornell CHR · QSR Magazine
How SizzleHire works
Three steps. No app for candidates. No resumes for you.
AI builds your listing. We push it everywhere.
Tell us the role, the vibe, the shifts. Our AI generates a job post in your voice — not corporate HR speak. We push it to Google Jobs, social ads, and SMS channels where restaurant workers actually look.
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New Listing
Line Cook
$18–22/hr
Posted 2m ago
New Listing
Prep Cook
$16–19/hr
Candidates text in. You see them in 30 seconds.
Candidates apply via SMS — no app, no login, no portal. They record a 30-second video showing who they actually are. You get an instant SMS alert and open a TikTok-style feed of video applications. Swipe through ten candidates during your coffee break.
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2 new applicants
Maria G.
Line Cook · 0.8 mi
One tap to talk. One click for a paid trial. Hired by tomorrow.
Like what you see? Tap to start a text conversation — they get a real SMS, you see replies in your dashboard. Schedule a 3-hour paid trial shift with one click. We hold the pay in escrow and pay them instantly after. If they're the one, hire with a single click.
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Chat with Maria G.
Hey Maria! Loved your video. Are you free for a trial Thursday?
Yes! What time works? I can do morning or evening 🙌
Let's do 10 AM – 1 PM. $22/hr for the trial.
Perfect, I'll be there! 🔥
One click. They're hired
Payroll starts automatically. No paperwork. No waiting.
Operators are already talking
What bad hires actually cost you
Drag the sliders. See your numbers. Then decide if $149/month is worth it.
Industry range: $2,305 to $5,864
You're losing
$52,500/yr
per year in turnover costs
SizzleHire saves you
$13,962/yr
with 30% lower turnover
That's $4,375 going up in smoke every single month.
“I watched restaurant operators get crushed by a hiring system that was never built for them. Gen Z doesn't use job boards. Resumes don't show you who someone is. And no platform let you watch someone actually work before you commit. So I built one.”
Sean O'Donnell
Founder, SizzleHire
📍 Southern California · 🏗️ Built with restaurant operators
Questions from real operators
Indeed gives you resumes from people who may or may not show up. SizzleHire gives you 30-second video applications, SMS-speed communication, and paid trial shifts where you watch someone actually work before you hire them. Most operators keep both for 60 days, then cancel Indeed.
No. They apply via a text link, record a video on their phone’s browser camera, and communicate entirely through SMS. Zero friction. That’s why they actually complete the application.
You schedule a 3-hour shift through SizzleHire. The candidate shows up, works alongside your crew, and you see how they actually perform — not how they interview. We hold the pay in escrow and pay the candidate instantly after the shift. You hire the ones who earned it.
Join anyway. SizzleHire builds your bench — candidates near you with video profiles ready to go. When someone walks out on a Friday, you have people to text, not a process to start.
$149/month locked in permanently. No contract, cancel anytime. When we launch publicly, the price goes up. Founding members keep their rate forever.
$149/month for founding members — locked in permanently. That includes unlimited job postings, video and SMS applications, paid trial shift management, instant candidate pay, and your SMS conversation dashboard. Less than one bad hire. Less than $5 a day.
Independent restaurants, small chains, fast casual, fine dining, food trucks — if you have a kitchen and hourly workers, SizzleHire is built for you. We’re especially popular with operators running 10–50 employees who are doing all the hiring themselves.
Most operators get their first video applications within 24 hours of posting. The fastest hire on our platform was 48 hours from job post to paid trial shift. Compare that to the 23-day average on Indeed.
No contract. Cancel anytime. Month-to-month. Founding members keep their $149/month rate permanently — even after we raise prices at public launch.
We’re currently accepting restaurants in San Diego, Orange County, and Los Angeles. SoCal only for now — we’re expanding city by city to make sure every market launches with enough candidates to be useful from day one.
Less than one bad hire. Less than $5/day.
- Unlimited job postings
- AI job description generator
- Video + SMS applications
- Paid trial shift management
- Instant candidate pay
- SMS conversation dashboard
No contract. Cancel anytime. Founding pricing locked for life.
Your next great hire is 30 seconds away.
First 100 SoCal restaurants lock in founding pricing for life.
First 100 founding spots — early access for SoCal operators