[font='Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif]The hiring process has greatly evolved over the past 100+ years. In the past, the most common way for a company to find a new employee was to put a “Help Wanted” sign in their store window or perhaps an ad in the local newspaper. Interested candidates physically went to that business’ brick and mortar building and filled out a paper application by hand. If person in charge of hiring (personnel perhaps?) wanted to interview a certain applicant, he or she called that person’s LANDLINE telephone to get in touch with him/her. At some point, that paper application was put into a manila folder, which was crammed into a probably over-flowing file cabinet.[/font]
[font='Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif]My how times have changed.[/font]
[font='Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif]Today’s hiring process is much different. The advent of technology such as applicant tracking systems, the proliferation of social media networks and the wide-spread usage of mobile devices has transformed the way companies find talent, along with how job seekers connect with prospective employers. Since the first ATS was introduced in the 1990’s, these recruiting software systems have improved by leaps and bounds and at warp speed. What were once considered “electronic filing cabinets used to simply store and index resumes,” these [font='Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif]recruiting systems[/font] now boast advancements such as social media integration, CRM capabilities and mobile integration...READ MORE![/font]
