Sage HR + The Cognitive Integration
The Cognitive integrates with Sage HR so AI interviewing and sourcing run alongside the workflow small and midsize businesses using Sage for HR already use: you import active candidates from the Sage HR stage you choose, invite them to a live AI interview, and write each score, summary and report link back to the candidate as a note. Sage HR is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations, all connected through one unified integration from the dashboard. Your Sage HR stages and decisions stay yours: the integration never moves or rejects a candidate.
What does the Sage HR integration do?
- Stage-based import: you choose which Sage HR stage feeds The Cognitive, and a sync brings those active candidates in for interview invites.
- Note write-back: for imported candidates who have interviewed, the score, a summary and the report link are written back to Sage HR as a note, where Sage HR accepts notes through the integration.
- Your decisions stay in Sage HR: the integration never changes a candidate's stage and never rejects anyone.
- Beyond your applicants: The Cognitive's sourcing reaches ~900M public profiles, so the people you interview are not limited to Sage HR applicants.
- One HR lead, one batch: import a Sage HR stage and invite every candidate in it at once.
- Sage HR remains the system of record - The Cognitive layers interviews and evidence on top, never a second database to reconcile.
The Cognitive in a Sage HR workflow
Sage HR is part of Sage's HR software, and recruitment is one module next to attendance, expenses and engagement. Sage describes it as "end-to-end recruiting software" for any size of business.
Sage HR teams usually import from the stage after application and invite candidates in batches as roles open.
A business running payroll or accounts on Sage often has 1 person covering all of HR, and interviewing is where that person runs out of hours. Imported candidates book their own live AI interview, and the HR lead reads scored reports with the hiring manager. The note with score, summary and report link sits on the candidate in Sage HR, where Sage HR accepts notes.
How does candidate sourcing get into Sage HR?
That is the gap The Cognitive's AI sourcing fills. A search brief written in plain English runs across ~900M public profiles with contact details enriched from 30+ sources; the role becomes a durable role pool that keeps everyone each search finds. Each candidate a search returns costs 1 credit, an email reveal 5 and a phone number 10, charged only on a successful reveal, so browsing a search result is cheap and only the shortlist you act on is not. People you source stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into Sage HR automatically; you decide who to interview and who to add to Sage HR yourself.
Sage HR's recruiting module tracks the people who apply to your adverts; The Cognitive finds people outside it across ~900M public profiles. Anyone sourced there is not written into Sage HR automatically.
How does setup work?
- 1. Connect: open the integration from The Cognitive dashboard, choose Sage HR, and sign in with the credentials Sage HR asks for.
- 2. Choose a stage: pick the Sage HR stage whose active candidates should be imported for AI interviews.
- 3. Sync, invite, write back: run a sync, invite the imported candidates, and push the score and report link back to Sage HR as a note once they have interviewed.
- Nothing in Sage HR moves on its own: stages and decisions stay with your team.
Why teams add The Cognitive to their ATS
Sage HR is a system of record, not a sourcer or an interviewer. The Cognitive finds people across ~900M public profiles and interviews them live with AI, scoring every criterion 1 to 5 against the rubric you set, then writes the score and report link back to Sage HR. AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Sage HR have AI interviews or video screening?
Sage's recruitment page describes neither. It covers applicant tracking, candidate scoring against predefined criteria, a career portal and interview scheduling that syncs with online calendars. The Cognitive adds the interview: imported candidates book a live, two-way AI video interview of 10 or 20 minutes without an account, and a note with score, summary and report link returns to Sage HR.
Does Sage HR source candidates outside your applicants?
Sage HR works with the people who apply through its career portal and application forms. Sage's own FAQ puts long-term work on "finding the right talent" under talent acquisition tools. The Cognitive does that finding across ~900M public profiles, and can reveal verified emails for 5 credits and phone numbers for 10. Sourced people are not written into Sage HR automatically.
Is recruiting included in Sage HR?
No, recruitment is an extra module. Sage describes Sage HR as "Core HR and leave management with additional modules for performance, timesheets, shift scheduling, recruitment and expenses", with modular pricing. The Cognitive is priced on its own too: AI Sourcing starts at $49/month and AI Interview at $99/month, on monthly plans you can cancel anytime.
Does The Cognitive integrate with Sage HR?
Yes, it is one of The Cognitive's 60+ ATS integrations. A sync imports candidates from the Sage HR stage you pick, they take a live AI interview when you invite them, and each result is written back to Sage HR as a note with the score and report link.
Can The Cognitive source candidates into Sage HR?
The Cognitive sources candidates alongside Sage HR: it searches ~900M public profiles from a plain-English brief and enriches contact details from 30+ sources. Sourced people stay in The Cognitive's role pool and are not written into Sage HR automatically. Search results cost 1 credit per candidate returned; an email reveal costs 5 credits and a phone number 10, charged only on a successful reveal.
Which Sage HR stage should feed AI interviews?
Sage HR teams usually import from the stage after application and invite candidates in batches as roles open. You choose the source stage in The Cognitive, each role can use its own rubric, and every decision after the interview stays with your team in Sage HR.
Do I need engineering help to connect Sage HR?
No engineering is needed: an Sage HR admin authorizes the connection from The Cognitive dashboard and picks the source stage.
Which plans include ATS integration?
ATS integration comes with the Scale and Pro interview plans. Plans are monthly, and you can cancel anytime.
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