About
The studio behind First Shift
First Shift is built by Dazlab, Darren Clark's product studio, based in Sydney, Australia.
Built on Arbeo, a Dazlab product
Why First Shift exists
Dazlab is Darren Clark’s product studio, based in Sydney, Australia. It builds Handl, Mortar and Arbeo. First Shift is the home care front door for Arbeo Jobs, the applicant-tracking product Dazlab builds for small, non-enterprise teams.
We built it because the owners and office managers we talked to were hiring caregivers out of an Indeed inbox: often 30 or more applications by Monday, no way to tell a good one from a plausible one without opening every resume by hand, and a client start date that doesn’t move for anyone. First Shift reads every application against the ad and scores it. It leaves the state registry, background, TB and CPR checks to you, flagging what an application doesn’t state instead of running the check itself.
Pricing is published on /pricing, not hidden behind a sales call. Support is email only, no onboarding call required to get started.
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Verify, don't guess
First Shift says “not stated” when something isn't stated, instead of inferring it. We hold the same line in our own copy: no invented stats, no made-up customer numbers, no ratings we can't cite.
Built on Arbeo
First Shift is the home care front door for Arbeo Jobs, the applicant-tracking product Dazlab builds for small, non-enterprise teams.
Honest comparisons
Our comparison pages say when a competitor is the better fit: a franchise location, a 50+ caregiver agency with a recruiter, or an agency that needs EVV and scheduling in the same tool.
Support is human
Support is email only, and we reply within one business day. No phone tree, no ticket portal.
Free tools
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