Screening steps you can keep in view.
Background checks, worker cards and required training can add handoffs. Keep candidate notes and hiring stages organized around your process, so the next step has an owner.
See the screening-to-start handoffReadyATS for cannabis teams
Cannabis applicant tracking software for licensed operators
Cannabis hiring comes with extra steps. Keep applicants, screening handoffs and onboarding moving — without burying your managers in admin.
ReadyATS brings job posts, AI-assisted review, text, email and candidate records together. Pro adds video interviews and onboarding with e-signatures.
In brief
Cannabis applicant tracking software is an applicant tracking system used by dispensaries, cultivation sites, and other licensed operators to post roles, collect applicants, and keep hiring in one place. Mainstream job boards may restrict cannabis listings, so a career page and a board that will accept the post matter as much as screening. ReadyATS is AI hiring software that also works as cannabis applicant tracking software, from $199 a month, with employer-set application questions, a branded career page, and AI resume scoring that a person can review, override, or turn off.
Plans from $199/moUS-based setup support
Dispensary teamsHarvest crewsProduction teams
Built around the work cannabis hiring demands
A good applicant is only the beginning.
Who can do the work? Who’s still waiting on a reply? What needs to happen before day one? Give every hiring manager a clearer answer.
People who can handle the work.
Look beyond cannabis enthusiasm. Review service judgment, careful handling and process discipline through job-specific questions and recorded answers.
See video interviewsFewer applicants left hanging.
A promising budtender or harvest worker needs a next step. Keep text and email conversations with the candidate record, so follow-up survives a busy shift change.
See the application experienceA pipeline for your next hiring push.
Harvest, packaging runs, store openings and replacement hires don’t all move at the same pace. Search your existing talent pool and manage each role through its hiring stages.
Explore your operationA scattered process vs. cannabis applicant tracking software
| Need | A scattered process | Cannabis applicant tracking software |
|---|---|---|
| Where the job is posted | A general board that may reject the listing | A career page you control, plus boards that accept cannabis roles |
| Application questions | Ad hoc, easy to skip | Questions you write, such as a state age minimum or a worker-card requirement, shown to the applicant |
| Applicants across locations | Separate inboxes or spreadsheets | One list, with a status per person and a view by location |
| First review | Opening every file in arrival order | A suggested match to the job, with evidence, and a person deciding |
| Later openings | Start over | A talent pool of people you have already reviewed |
Background checks & worker credentials
An offer isn’t the finish line.
A check in progress. A worker card to verify. Documents waiting for a signature. Make the handoff to day one easier to follow.
Your provider / state process
Put background checks and credentials on the hiring map.
Your authorized team coordinates the checks, worker registrations or approvals required for the role. Keep the candidate’s stage and notes up to date as that process moves forward.
Provider screening · worker credentials · team reviewIllustrative workflow. Required checks and approvals depend on the state and role. Ask us to confirm provider connections, scope and pricing for your setup.
These priorities come from the industry.
State screening requirements, customer-facing judgment and pressure on operating margins all shape the hiring process.
Explore the industry sources
- Nevada CCB: agent cards and background checks
- Massachusetts CCC: employee screening and registration
- New York OCM: Responsible Workforce Training
- NCIA: service skills, training and staff retention
- Vangst / Whitney Economics: 2026 workforce and margin trends
Requirements vary by state and role. These sources explain industry needs, not endorsements of ReadyATS.
Different roles.
One connected process.
Choose your operation to explore a hiring example.
Hiring example
Open roleBudtender
A better experience across the counter.
Customer service experience and inventory knowledge
AI searchCustomer serviceProduct learningInventory
A question worth asking
“A first-time customer feels overwhelmed. How would you help them feel comfortable?”
- 1Apply
- 2Review
- 3Interview
- 4Onboard
Bring retail, hospitality and customer service experience into the conversation.
Illustrative workflow. Your team reviews candidates and makes the decisions.
See the whole hiring flow.
18-second walkthroughProduct illustration · sample data
- 1Post
- 2Screen
- 3Connect
- 4Hire
AI ChatbotIncluded in Basic & Pro
Keep applicants moving.
Even when your floor is busy.
Give a budtender or production applicant a clear way to get started on their phone. The AI chatbot guides them through your career-page questions. Your team gets the answers in a hiring process it can follow up on.
- Guided applications
- Screening questions
- Mobile-friendly chat
Video InterviewIncluded in Pro
Hear how they’d handle
your next customer.
Ask a budtender how they’d welcome a first-time shopper. Ask a production applicant what they’d do with a labeling discrepancy. Review the answer, transcript and team feedback when it fits your schedule. Your team evaluates the response and makes the decision.
- Job-specific questions
- Transcripts
- Reviewer feedback
A price you can plan around.
Your margins matter.
Your hiring budget should, too.
What is hiring admin costing your team?
Put a number on time spent chasing applications, messages and paperwork.
Estimated monthly time cost$7585 hours × $35 × 52 weeks ÷ 12
The subscription equals 1.3 hours of your team’s time per week at your selected hourly cost.
A time-cost illustration, not a savings promise. Actual results depend on your process and use. Plan scope and additional usage charges still apply.
Basic
$199/month
For getting your operation’s hiring organized.
- Up to 10 active jobs
- Unlimited applicants
- Job board integrations
- Candidate management
- AI chatbot
Pro
$499/month
For interviews, onboarding and your next stage.
- Everything in Basic
- Up to 25 active jobs
- Video interviews
- Onboarding + 500 e-signatures
Need more capacity? Compare all plan details
Prices shown are monthly USD rates. Feature availability and usage limits vary by plan. SMS usage may incur additional charges.
Illustrative imageUS-based client success
A real person.
A smoother start.
Bring your roles, your screening steps and your current hiring headaches. Our US-based client success team can help you organize the workflow and get your managers comfortable using it.
A few things you might be wondering.
What is cannabis applicant tracking software?
It is an applicant tracking system used by cannabis operators to post jobs, collect applications, and manage hiring in one place, including employer-set questions and a career page that does not depend on a single general job board.
Can I post cannabis jobs on every job board?
No. Some general job boards restrict or flag cannabis listings. A branded career page, and boards that accept the role, give applicants a way to apply when a general board will not carry the post.
Does ReadyATS make the hiring decision?
No. AI resume scoring in ReadyATS is a suggestion with evidence. Every stage change, interview invite, offer, and rejection is made by a person at the employer. See how ReadyATS uses AI in hiring.
Can I hire for more than one location?
Yes. ReadyATS can hold openings and applicants for more than one location in one dashboard, so a multi-site operator is not running a separate inbox for each shop.
Is this for dispensaries or cultivation teams?
Both, plus processing and other cannabis business functions. Use job-specific questions and hiring stages for customer-facing, inventory, cultivation and production roles. Your team defines the experience and requirements for each opening.
What about background checks and cannabis worker cards?
Bring your screening provider and state requirements to the demo. We’ll walk through the candidate workflow and confirm any available provider connection, scope and separate fees. ReadyATS does not issue worker cards or grant state approval.
Can I use this for harvest crews and seasonal hiring?
Yes. Post the roles you need, search your candidate pool, review experience and keep conversations in one place. ReadyATS is hiring software; it does not supply temporary workers or manage their payroll.
Can onboarding include our documents?
Pro includes onboarding and 500 e-signatures. Use your onboarding documents to support a consistent new-hire process. Your team remains responsible for required training, state-required documents and state approvals.
Can you help us get started?
Yes. Our US-based client success team can guide you through setup. Request a demo to walk through your roles, hiring process and plan options.
What happens when I continue to signup?
You’ll go to ReadyATS to create your account and finish setting up your selected plan. Prices shown are monthly USD subscription prices. SMS usage may cost extra; full plan details are linked above.
Keep hiring from holding your operation back.
Choose your plan, or bring one open role to a demo. See how the work gets from application to onboarding.