APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS
In today’s world, using haphazard spreadsheets of applicants or relying on past email exchanges won’t cut it. Luckily, an applicant tracking software (ATS) solution can help.An Applicant Tracking System helps companies streamline the recruitment process by analyzing resumes, identifying top candidates and organizing interviews. A centralized database stores resumes and allows filtering by skills or job requirements. Companies can also post job openings on external job boards. These days, talented employees are getting harder to find. The current economic growth means there are more job openings and more competition for strong applicants.
ATS features
Applicant tracking – Companies can monitor an applicant’s progress through the hiring process. After each interview, members of the hiring team can score candidates and write comments.A profile is created for each candidate that includes searchable info, the applicant’s resume and additional documents, communication with recruiters, comments from the hiring team, surveys, questionnaires and reference checks.
Communication tools and templates – As candidates advance through recruitment stages, the software can automatically send follow-up emails, screening surveys and scheduling requests.
Branded career portal – Businesses can create a branded career portal on their websites. The portal provides company info, job openings, prescreening questions and a section for employee referrals.
Job posting – Hiring managers can use ATS software to post jobs directly to multiple job boards (e.g., Indeed and Monster) and social media (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook).
Resume collection and parsing – Resume collection allows companies to import resumes from numerous sources, including job boards, emails and social media. The resumes are automatically converted into a standard format and parsed for keywords so that companies can easily search, filter and compare candidates.
Video interviewing – Companies can conduct live or on-demand video interviews using webcams. The feature can be useful in hiring remote employees or candidates that will relocate.
Automated reference checks – An anonymous survey is automatically provided to references to rate and describe a candidate’s qualifications.
Analytics and reports – Analytics tools provide real-time data on the effectiveness of recruitment strategies. Metrics include number of applicants, candidate sources, recruitment time, resources spent and whether candidates drop out of the process. Hiring managers can also generate reports to ensure they comply with federal requirements and labor laws.
Onboarding – Businesses can use onboarding to welcome new hires. Employees fill out paperwork, set up a profile, access company resources and take training or development courses.
TOP APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS
The market size of applicant tracking system companies is reportedly in the 350 range, though many of them have only a few hundred clients. The potential for market growth is huge since the need for organization of employee information is becoming a necessity for companies big and small since the Internet Applicant Rule was set in place. This is a list of the top applicant tracking systems.
Workday
Founded in 2005 and is geared toward attracting the customers of top ATS Taleo and SAP. It has a healthy combination of mid-size companies and Fortune 500 businesses.
Taleo Recruiting
Started in 1996, and acquired by Oracle Companies in 2012. One of the leading ATS Softwares with over 20 million users. Taleo focuses on talent acquisition.
iCIMS Talent Platform
Founded in 2000 with a focus on creating a cloud-based recruiting software. iCIMS is one of the leaders in ATS and has over 3,000 clients.
Kenexa Brassring
Owned by IBM since 2012, Kenexa planted its roots back in the late 80s. It has been focused on recruitment since 2005.
SAP SuccessFactor
Founded in 2001, but now has over 6,000 customers and over 32 million users from 60 different job industries. It is available in 32 different languages.
Jobvite
Jobvite began in 2006, so it is fairly new for having so much success. This software boasts 1,600 clients and a database of 43 million job seekers all over the world.
Greenhouse
Greenhouse was founded in 2012 and has grown very quickly. A few of its major clients include Airbnb, Buzzfeed, Disqus and DigitalOcean.
Bullhorn
Founded by Art Papas as a marketplace for business applications. They are located in Boston, Massachusetts and currently have over 10,000 clients and 300,000 users.
LinkedIn Recruiter
Born from its namesake cult networking resource, Linkedin Recruiter gives access to its pool of 400 million professionals. Plus, it features 20+ filter options.
Lever
Founded in 2012, Lever has an advisory board with some pretty impressive names, including Marissa Mayer of Yahoo! and Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp. Lever has over 700 clients including Netflix, Yelp, Lyft and Quora.
ApplicantStack
ApplicantStack comes highly recommended by customers; even more so than the bigger name guys. It puts a major focus on resume parsing and optimizing the online job postings process.
BrightMove
BrightMove is designed by staffing experts, and is determined to keep its ATS up to date with the changing workforce. Maintenance and updates are its main goal.
Crelate Talent
Founded in 2012, Crelate Talent hopes to bring a personal level to applicant tracking. The focus is to maintain a software that mimics the traditional process of sorting resumes as done by a recruiter/hiring manager.
Softgarden
Softgarden, based in Germany, uses an SaaS platform to bring together 10 years of HR experience and research into its ATS.
- Well-rounded software with a free trial (no credit card needed)
- Not mobile-friendly
JobScore
JobScore hopes to simplify the networked recruiting process for the next generation of recruiters and hiring managers. It was founded in 2004 in California.
- Good system considering it is free
- Only posts to 25 job boards
Recruiterbox
More than 1500 small and mid-size companies use Recruiterbox to perform their basic ATS needs. It was founded in 2010.
- All around great reviews
- Basic issues, but they are quickly being resolved
BambooHR
BambooHR is great for medium and small businesses because it is easy to use and affordable. Plus, you can get a free 7-Day Trial.
- Manages new applicants as well as current employees in a company directory
- ATS needs some work as far as customization
Zoho Recruit
Offering a free trial period, Zoho Recruit helps hiring managers and recruiters utilize job boards and social media to find the best candidates for job openings.
- Great customization options
- Poor customer service
SmartRecruiters
?Founded in 2010, SmartRecruiters hopes to provide a well-built, affordable ATS option to small and mid-sized companies.
- Simple and great for social media recruiting
- Managing external recruiters is challenging, but good for internal management.
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