In May 2026, Lever launched AI Screening by VONQ, a partnership built to solve one problem: too many applications and not enough qualified candidates. BrightMove customers have not needed a partnership to solve that problem, because Wiz Submittal Eval has been scoring every candidate against the job the moment they are submitted, built directly into the ATS, not bolted on through a third-party vendor.
The problem every recruiter already feels: more applications, fewer qualified candidates
Lever’s own Spring 2026 release notes put a number on what recruiters have been living through: the average role now draws 257 applications, about 50 more than the year before. Yet the qualified applicant rate has slipped to just 11.5%. AI-written resumes and one-click apply tools have made it easy for candidates to apply to hundreds of roles in the time it used to take to submit one, and that volume has turned the top of the funnel into noise instead of opportunity.
For staffing agencies and RPO firms juggling dozens of open requisitions across multiple clients, that noise compounds fast. Every hour spent manually screening resumes for fit is an hour not spent placing candidates or managing client relationships.
What Lever just added: AI Screening by VONQ
Lever’s answer was to partner with VONQ, an agentic recruitment automation vendor, to bring structured AI screening to the top of the funnel. Every candidate who applies moves through a conversational screening experience, and recruiters receive a Candidate Dossier with a structured summary, screening insights against role criteria, and an explainable fit score. It is a real step forward for Lever customers, and it took a dedicated vendor partnership, a new integration, and a new line item to get there.
BrightMove already solves this, natively
BrightMove customers have had this capability built into the platform through Wiz Submittal Eval, part of the Track module every BrightMove account runs on. The moment a recruiter submits a candidate to a job, Wiz automatically evaluates and scores that submittal against the job’s actual requirements and produces a fit synopsis, so recruiters and hiring managers can see instantly why a candidate ranks where they do. No manual resume screening, no separate screening tool, no vendor integration to manage.
When that submittal goes to a hiring manager, Wiz Converse carries the same AI evaluation into the hiring manager’s inbox: a fit summary, a radar chart once there is enough data, and one-click Recommend Hire, Decline, and Mark in Review actions, plus the ability to open an Engage conversation with the recruiter directly. The hiring manager never has to leave their email to act on an AI-scored candidate.
Both features are backed by BrightMove’s Wisdom analytics platform, which tracks cycle time against your time-to-hire and time-to-fill SLAs and benchmarks recruiter performance, all from the same login your team already uses every day.
Why built-in beats bolted-on
- No second vendor relationship. AI Screening by VONQ is a partnership layered on top of Lever. Wiz Submittal Eval is part of the BrightMove platform your team is already licensed for.
- No new integration to maintain. Scoring happens inside the same submittal record your recruiters already work from, not in a connected third-party tool.
- Human-first by design. Wiz is built to augment recruiter judgment, not replace it. Every score comes with a synopsis a recruiter can review, question, and override.
- One login, every client account. Staffing and RPO firms running multiple client accounts get the same AI scoring across all of them without licensing a screening tool per account.
The industry is racing to bolt AI screening onto legacy ATS platforms because applicant volume has made manual screening impossible to sustain. BrightMove’s staffing and RPO customers have simply never had to wait for that race to catch up.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AI candidate screening?
AI candidate screening uses artificial intelligence to evaluate an applicant against a job’s requirements automatically, producing a score or synopsis instead of requiring a recruiter to manually read every resume.
What is Wiz Submittal Eval?
Wiz Submittal Eval is BrightMove’s built-in AI feature that automatically evaluates and scores a candidate’s submittal against a job’s requirements the moment it is submitted, producing a fit synopsis recruiters and hiring managers can review immediately.
How is Wiz Submittal Eval different from Lever’s AI Screening by VONQ?
AI Screening by VONQ is a third-party partnership Lever added to its platform in 2026. Wiz Submittal Eval is native to BrightMove’s Track module, included for every account rather than requiring a separate vendor relationship or integration.
Do I need a separate license to use Wiz Submittal Eval?
Wiz AI is an optional, consumption-based add-on on top of a BrightMove subscription. It is not a separate vendor contract, and account configurators can turn it on in Company Preferences at any time.
Does AI screening replace recruiters?
No. Wiz Submittal Eval and Wiz Converse are built to augment recruiters, surfacing fit and context so recruiters can spend their time on relationship-building and judgment calls, not manual resume review.
How do I see Wiz Submittal Eval in action?
Schedule a demo with BrightMove’s team to see Wiz Submittal Eval, Wiz Converse, and the Wisdom analytics platform configured for your own recruiting workflows.
See how Wiz Submittal Eval and Wiz Converse work inside BrightMove’s AI matching and recruiting analytics platform, built for staffing agencies of every size. Schedule a demo to see it scored against your own job requirements.