The challenge
Retail hiring lives and dies by the calendar.
Holiday and seasonal peaks mean hiring hundreds in weeks, then onboarding them before the surge — all while loss prevention makes verification non-negotiable. The teams that win staff up fast without cutting compliance corners.
Why Cleo for Retail
Built for how you actually hire.
Scale for the season
Hire hundreds from one flow when peak hits, then dial back when it passes.
Verify the till
Background checks for cash- and inventory-handling roles, built in.
Onboard day one
I-9 and onboarding handled so new hires work the floor, not the back office.
Checks that matter here
The verification this work demands.
Common roles
Sales associateStockerCashierKeyholderSeasonal hire
Compliance focus
BackgroundI-9Ban-the-box
Peak-ready
hundreds of hires in weeks
One verified flow handles screening, drug and I-9 across every location — so managers review qualified, ready-to-work candidates instead of chasing paperwork.
The outcomes operators care about most
See Cleo built for retail.
Tell us your roles and your volume — we will show you the flow, the checks, and the pricing tuned to how you hire.