Peak season needs hundreds of people. Screen them all.
Warehouse and logistics hiring means big, urgent intakes for pickers, packers, forklift operators and drivers, often on nights. BeCareers screens every applicant on the things that decide whether they can start - shifts, licences, travel - before your team picks up the phone.
Why first-stage screening breaks in warehouse & logistics
Peak-season volume
Q4 intakes can mean thousands of applications in a few weeks. Manual screening can't keep up, so agencies fill the gap.
Licences and tickets
Forklift and HGV roles need specific training, licences and cards. Checking each CV by hand is slow and inconsistent.
Nights and remote sites
Shift patterns and getting to site decide whether someone lasts. Ask about them before interview, not after.
Multilingual workforce
Warehouse teams are often multilingual. Screening in the candidate's own language widens your pool.
What a screen looks like for warehouse & logistics roles
Every applicant gets a short conversation about the must-haves you set. You get the result:
- Every applicant invited to screen as soon as they apply, day or night
- A transcript and summary for each, against your must-haves
- Side-by-side comparison, shared with your team and exported to your ATS
- Your team's time back for interviews, not first-stage calls
- Night shiftsYes, four a week (Met)
- Peak overtimeYes, in December (Met)
- Travel for 10pm startOwn car (Met)
Available for four nights a week, 10pm to 6am, and extra shifts in December. Drives to site in her own car.
Have you used a handheld scanner or pick-by-voice before?
- C+E licenceYes, passed last year (Met)
- Driver CPC (DQC)In date, expires 2028 (Met)
- Tachograph cardYes (Met)
Four years on rigid vehicles, with C+E since last year, so less time on artics. Driver CPC card and tachograph card both in date.
How much artic driving have you done since passing C+E, and on what kind of work?
- Truck typesReach, counterbalance (Met)
- Accredited trainingRTITB (Met)
- Recent experienceLast month (Met)
RTITB-trained on reach and counterbalance trucks, last operated a reach truck a month ago. Can work days or lates. You still assess and authorise him on site.
What is the highest you have worked at on a reach truck, and in what racking?
- Driving licenceSix years, no points (Met)
- Own van, courier insuranceYes (Met)
Held a full licence for six years with no points. Owns a panel van with courier (hire-and-reward) and goods-in-transit cover.
How many drops a day are you used to, and on what kind of route?
Example conversations and recruiter summaries, shortened. You choose the must-haves and questions for each role. See screening questions for 13 roles
What you could screen every applicant for
You set the criteria for each role. For warehouse & logistics roles, employers typically include:
- Availability for nights, weekends, rotating shifts and overtime at peak
- How they will travel to site, including for early starts
- Forklift training certificate for counterbalance or reach trucks, and the accrediting body (for example RTITB, AITT or ITSSAR)
- HGV category (C, C+E), Driver CPC card and digital tachograph card for driving roles
- Warehouse, picking or scanner experience
The AI reads each CV against these, asks follow-up questions wherever the CV doesn't answer them, and gives you a transcript and summary. See how it works.
Screening questions for warehouse & logistics roles
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