Editor’s Note

Hiring is a very stressful and time-consuming task. Due to the amount of research, planning and interviewing it requires, it can be very taxing on you and can even swallow up your whole workdays.

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Research Report Summary: The State of Applicant Tracking Systems 2018

In today’s tight labor market, organizations continue to look for any competitive advantage that improves their ability to find, attract, hire and retain the best possible candidates. Many turn to applicant tracking systems (ATS) to improve their Talent Acquisition (TA) capabilities.

Featured Research: Informatica Case Study

After six months live with a previous vendor, Informatica came to a fork in the road as promises and functionality limitations started to hit a wall. The global team needed a single talent platform that could support their hiring needs, provide a technology architecture that would evolve with their business and present real-time actionable analytics for insight into their international workforce.

Featured Research: Keys To The Successful Adoption Of A New Applicant Tracking System

Making a business case to your senior management to make a large purchase can sometimes be intimidating. You know you’d love to add an applicant tracking system (ATS) to your HR strategy. How do you demonstrate the value of such a purchase to someone who does not see the day-to-day minutia of your time consuming HR tasks like posting jobs to different job boards, or communicating with candidates? One option to offset the potential cost of an applicant tracking software is to investigate the Work Opportunity Tax Credit “WOTC,” which can often pay for the cost of an ATS purchase.

Featured Research: 16 Ways Your ATS Can Improve the Candidate Experience

A great candidate experience makes recruiting a lot easier… but a 2018 HR.com survey of 500 professionals found that 50% felt their ATS delivered a poor candidate experience. As a former recruiter who spent the past 15 years building recruiting technology, I found this troubling. Crafting and consistently delivering a great candidate experience is worthwhile, but hard. It requires the successful co-ordination of people, process and technology.

Featured Research: How to Use Social Media to Recruit and Hire

According to GlobalWebIndex, the average internet user has more than 5 social media accounts. People go to these different communities to share what’s on their mind and converse with like-minded people. Like a town center, social media sites have become the focal point for online interaction.

Why Every Hiring Manager Needs An ATS

In the recruiting world there has long been a division among HR professionals: they either praise the time-saving properties of an applicant tracking system (ATS) or they believe an ATS doesn’t catch all suitable applicants. Applicant tracking systems have come a long way in recent years and new technology allows products and tools to be more competitive. Currently, around 75% of recruiters and hiring professionals use a recruiting or applicant tracking system.

The Power And Pitfalls Of Applicant Tracking Systems

Today’s HR professionals have a wide range of digital platforms and apps at their disposal to bring greater efficiency, and better outcomes, to the hiring process. Hiring is a stressful, time-consuming task that can swallow up whole workdays. The amount of research, planning and interviewing it requires can be taxing.