As a recruiter consistently making placements is linked to your ability to source quality candidates. To help boost your recruiting efficiency, you must have come across a number of solutions that include an ATS, but what does it mean? How does an ATS help boost productivity and most importantly how does it work? This post will talk you through everything you need to know about an ATS.
An ATS is an applicant tracking system, ATS ’s technology solutions that automate a vast array of recruitment processes and simultaneously exists as a central archive for candidate data. ATS’s house and store candidate data - including pipeline history, CVs and various job applications. ATS’s are engineered to provide visible pipelines across the recruiting process - from sourcing to placement. With candidate data housed in a central database, teams with the right ATS transform their productivity, increase business growth and drive margins.
The main component of an ATS functionality allows recruiters to track and manage all candidate information within their databases in a centralised system. Depending on the recruitment software functions or the provider that you use for your recruitment processes, your ATS system should allow you to
ATS’s can be purchased as standalone solutions or as an integrated feature within a more extensive solution. Our solution EVA combines an ATS, CRM and AI bot in one easy-to-use web platform.
Using EVA, recruiters are able to accelerate their work, easily managing applicant volumes 10x greater than with a conventional ATS. EVA increases:
A good applicant tracking system is designed to help solve a large number of the most prevalent recruiting challenges and pain-points that a recruiter faces in their day to day roles.
Do any of these sound familiar to you?
If you answered Yes to one or more of the questions above, then here are some features you should make sure your ATS software can deliver before your next recruitment software purchase decision.
An ATS (Applicant Tracking System) should be able to help you source candidates for vacancies based on candidate profiles that exist within your system. EVA uses machine learning algorithms to recommend the most relevant candidates for a vacancy, allowing you to consistently place quality hires over a long period of time.
A good Applicant Tracking System (ATS) will save time and effort, by allowing you to post job ads across multiple job boards in a single click.
An ATS should provide a single and central location, that make managing candidates relationships seamless. The ATS should house all candidate information and make it easy to search and find candidate profiles.
When a candidate sends over a CV, an ATS should automatically parse the information within a CV directly to the database. The Applicant Tracking System should save all information including cover letters, contact information, previous work history etc - to form a detailed candidate profile that becomes searchable and relevant. Discover how EVA uses candidate data here
A good ATS should automate the process of scheduling across the stakeholder communication process. Whether it's via SMS, email or even via ChatBot, your ATS should be able to sync calendars and set up interview dates.
An ATS should provide real-time tracking and analysis that cover the most valuable metrics against your recruitment activities. It should be able to aggregate all sources of data to allow you to make data-driven decisions.
An ATS should make communication seamless across a recruitment team. Different tiers of access should be available within the system, as well as different roles assigned across the recruitment process.
The benefits of a good ATS are simple - productivity, better processes, communication transparency and much more.
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