APPLICANT TRACKING SOFTWARE (ATS)

An Applicant Tracking System helps recruiters keep close track of candidates and hiring processes, from first touch through to placement. An efficient ATS should help recruiters manage all job activities such as candidate selection, interviews, CV sends-outs, offer management, contract extensions and terminations and more.

Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) enables recruitment agencies to manage all aspects of their hiring processes whilst ensuring a positive candidate and client experience. Applicant Tracking Systems make it easy for recruiters to analyse their pipeline on each job whilst providing the opportunity to report on pipeline activities.

Recruitment Agencies with a good Applicant Tracking System operate far more efficiently than those without. A well utilised ATS helps recruitment agencies to reduce both time and cost-per-placement. Analyse job pipeline movement and measure return on investment per job stage.

A Recruitment CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system is a tool for holding candidate, client and company data. It often uses automation to nurture relationships clients, engage candidates and holds information in one central repository.  A Recruitment ATS can often be found within a CRM and focuses solely on the hiring process, acting as a step-by-step workflow for filling vacancies.  

An ATS that is integrated with your Recruitment CRM can bring a number of tools that can change the way you recruit, some essential features include:

Candidate Matching Feature – will find relevant candidates from your existing database to place in live roles  
‍Direct Apply – Will add candidates who have applied via the company website or a 3^rd party job board straight into your job workflow.  Interview Management Tool – This will help you when scheduling interviews and collecting feedback.  
‍Compliance Tools – A top CRM will also have your compliance workflows working seamlessly with your ATS to make sure only fully compliant candidates are placed.  
‍Post Placement Tools – This is most useful for Temp or Contract recruitment and will include adding additional rates, extending or terminating contracts and even generating contracts automatically from pre-made templates.