Jobs that attract many applicants are exciting but also frustrating.  There are many opportunities to find a great candidate, yet searching is time-consuming.

With so many candidates, how can hiring managers or recruiters know they are making the right choice?

Reviewing an entire document is one thing. But, it is a lot of work to sort through resumes, schedule interviews, and determine who makes the cut. Each of these aspects is important and critical to building a strong team.

Here’s how an applicant tracking system can help improve your selection process.

 

Complete More Tasks Through Automation

An applicant tracking system (ATS) automates a significant amount of the recruiting process. This type of software is a repository of information. It organizes the data associated with job applicants. Any given career can garner countless applications, especially through marketing and online advertisements. An ATS helps to improve the management of your workflows and processes.

An applicant tracking system does this by categorizing and filtering information. When someone applies for a job, an ATS can quickly learn and automatically find the answers to questions that show eligibility.

Those who do not qualify are tagged so recruiters can easily identify them. Or, they can be removed from the system. This is one of many features the recruiting platform provides to make it easy to ensure a higher quality pool of applicants leftover.

An ATS will crawl through resumes and cover letters looking for specific skills and keywords. This allows for filters and more specific searches. This programming can even read the application and rank applicants based on the custom criteria that’s been set.

It also provides a simple yet powerful interface for businesses and HR professionals. So, viewing applications and communicating with potential recruits is more straightforward.

 

Improves Your HR Efficiency

For a modern recruiter, the time between posting a job description and hiring for the position can be quite long. Without someone in the role, companies can lose productivity and profit, with existing staff working to fill in the gaps.

Hiring new employees and job seekers quickly is important. At the same time, your company does not want to rush the choice and end up with someone ill-suited to the role.

An ATS makes it easier for employers by reducing the time to hire without having to sacrifice the quality of the candidate. Many times, logistics and data entry slow down the hiring and onboarding process. Better yet, the software allows you to automate and streamline all of that. The database, reporting system, and information are all accessible in one central location.

This support can improve your performance and reduce costs as you continue growing as a small business or enterprise.

Ineligible candidates are automatically removed from the list. With smart keywords designed to rank through the rest, it won’t take hours to manage. Combining a pre-vetted pool of candidates, better data integrity and integration provides advantages. One of them is that you can hire better candidates faster.

 

Hire from the Existing Pool

An applicant will go through a lot of work on their resume to get on your radar. Then, your business puts in the work to consider them. If they’re not selected for a job vacancy, their information could disappear into a file folder.

Meaning, you’ll never see it again.

The ideal employees for your open roles may already be in your system. Still, it’s hard to remember who’s qualified for what. Expanding your pool of candidates and keeping track of applicants in less time is another key benefit.

If someone you have already collected and reviewed is the best person for the job, they’ll be included in the rankings. It’s especially emphasized when you have flagged their profile.

Despite that, be friendly and stay in contact with the potential recruit. Even if they didn’t make the final cut, keep them as a connection. Their skills could be valuable for a different job post you may need in the future.

The ATS helps with this by maintaining interview answers and records. This is also including feedback from the interviewer and any other employer who has interacted with them.

In general, candidate sourcing becomes more straightforward!

 

Reach More Applicants

The more qualified people you can reach, the greater the acquisition. Which opens up the opportunity to find the ideal talent for your organization’s open role. Many applicant tracking systems are integrated with top job search websites.

Instead of having to manually upload each position to job sites, the ATS will communicate with the sites to ensure the job is posted. You can create job postings that also integrate with social media such as LinkedIn. This is important for brand visibility. You may capture a passive candidate who is not actively applying for job boards.

Finally, these integrations work to ensure job postings are visible through search engines.

Systems like Google Jobs look at job sites and social media to curate lists of available positions. With an ATS doing the work of posting for you, you can rest assured that the information is spread widely, without extra work for hiring staff.

StaffingSoft is one of many ATS platforms that can help you find the right match. It’s one solution that can extend the reach of your advertisement, including on mobile.

When you can access an intuitive customized portal to check analytics, metrics, and reports, your HR performance will improve. Users can carry out straightforward administrative tasks as well and you’ll get more done on a standard workday!

 

Improving The Hiring Experience

Candidate relationship management (CRM) is crucial to keep applicants engaged. Prospective employees who experience a sub-par hiring process won’t be as eager to onboard or stay with the business. This is the first experience a candidate will have with your business, so you want it to be a good one. You can simplify the hiring experience, which can positively impact recruitment and retention.

Want to easily connect with qualified, potential employees by choice?

There is no longer the potential for missed messages or miscommunications. That’s because the applicant tracking system monitors each individual’s position in the hiring process.

Whether you hire an employee or manager, much of their information can be pulled from the existing, accurate data in the ATS. You won’t have to complete more paperwork!

 

Conclusion

An applicant tracking system can make a big difference in the candidate selection process’s ease and success. It also makes the hiring system better to pinpoint qualified candidates with the relevant skill, and ensure everyone has the best experience possible.

With the right software, your organization will get the talent you need, in a streamlined, positive, efficient way.

We welcome your questions and comments, sales@staffingsoft.com.