After having been working as Consultant for one of European leaders in Talent Management and Talent Acquisition solutions vendor, involved in large scale projects in which TM and TA are part of huge HRIS integration piece of work, here you find my recommendations for a perfect Applications Tracking System (ATS) buying tips that fits with HR Tech trends

Products or Vendors

Kenexa, SuccessFactors, Saba, TalentLink, HR Access, Taleo, Oracle, iCIMS, Adver-Online (HR Office), ApplicantPRO, Applicant Tracking Solution (HRsmart, Inc.), Applicant Tracking System.co, Ascendify, Bullhorn, ClearCompany, Colleague (Colleague Software), Greenhouse, HRS (Powered by Recruitment Force), iKrut (Zodo), Jobscience Staffing (Jobscience), Jobvite, Magnetic HR, MosaicTrack, m|ployee ATS (m|ployee), Newton Software, OrangeHRM, PCRecruiter (Main Sequence Technology, Inc.), Qandidate.com, SilkRoad Recruiting (SilkRoad), SmartSearch (Advanced Personnel Systems, Inc.), StartDate Applicant Tracking (HireGround Software), TalentBrowser, TargetRecruit, The Resumator, Workable, ZipRecruiter, Workday, Cornerstone ondemand

Why ATS?

Why not Recruitment Management System (RMS) or Unified Talent Acquisition Solution or Talent Sourcing Platform or …? Call it what you want, today’s ATS does a lot more than track applicants (e.g. Onboarding processes, integrations with assessment providers, interfaces with Payroll and HRIS, interfaces with job Boards, legal reporting, KPI’s …etc.)

Minimum Vendor Qualifications

ATS must be available for purchase/subscription as a standalone offering (e.g. not requiring a specific HRIS or other module/platform) Must disclose your single user (or bottom level) pricing when completing your profile for the ATS Guide

Information to be collected

COMPANY

• Product officially launched
• Headquarters location
• Other offices
• Industry / Geography Focus
• CEO / Top Executive
• Typical customer size (# of recruiter users)
• Number of active paying clients
• Total number of active users across all clients
• Notable clients
• Advisory Board member(s)
• Key partners
• Other key products/modules

FEATURES

• Portals
• Career Centers / Sites
• Corporate Branding
• Employee Referral
• Agency/Vendor Management
• Onboarding
• Social Media – Recruiters can post to… (Facebook, LinkedIn, viadéo…etc.)
• CRM (Candidate Relationship Management)
• Candidate Apply Options
• Resume Search & Match
• Resume/CV Sourcing
• Workflow Management (Options)
• Calendars & Interview Scheduling
• Requisition/Vacancy Approval Management
• Offer Creation & Approval Management
• Standard Reports
• Reporting Features/Options
• Browser support
• Any required browser plug-ins
• Mobile / Tablet Capabilities
• Form Builder
• Integrated Partners
• Integration options (for non-partners)
• Compliance Management
• Other prominent features
• Time to set up a basic client
• Languages deployed
• Deployed in Countries
• Support options
• Servers & Data Backup
• Data Security
• Customer Data Retrieval
• Training
• Professional Services
• Monthly Core Pricing – Single User
• Monthly fee per additional user
• Initial Setup Fee – Single User
• Free Trial / Test Drive
• Fees structure for extras

Sourcing

• Social Media – Recruiters can post to… (Facebook, LinkedIn, viadéo…etc.)
• CRM (Candidate Relationship Management)
• Candidate Apply Options
• Resume Search & Match
• Resume/CV Sourcing

Tracking & Reporting

• Workflow Management (Options)
• Calendars & Interview Scheduling
• Requisition/Vacancy Approval Management
• Offer Creation & Approval Management
• Standard Reports
• Reporting Features/Options

User Interface & Integration

• Browser support
• Any required browser plug-ins
• Mobile / Tablet Capabilities
• Form Builder
• Integrated Partners
• Integration options (for non-partners)
• Compliance Management
• Other prominent features

Delivery & Support

• Time to set up a basic client
• Languages deployed
• Deployed in Countries
• Support options
• Servers & Data Backup
• Data Security
• Customer Data Retrieval
• Training
• Professional Services

Investment

• Monthly
  
  Core Pricing – Single User
• Monthly fee per additional user
• Initial Setup Fee – Single User
• Free Trial / Test Drive
• Fees structure for extras