Question 1

What is a recruitment software?

Accepted Answer

A recruitment software or ATS (Applicant Tracking System) is a professional software tool for helping HR professionals to manage their requisitions, job ads, applications, talent pools, employment contracts, E-Forms... all from one place. Most recruitment software tools are still only confined for the recruitment functions but modern recruitment software now cater for the onboarding & induction function too. A modern recruitment software is expected to be 100% SaaS, comes with a free plan that companies can test from, and is expected to have a visible pricing model.

Question 2

What are the most important features of recruitment software?

Accepted Answer

The recruitment function should at a minimum include/cover: Requisition, Job Multi-posting to job-boards/social sites, should provide a career micro site, allow companies to customise their own recruitment process, automate both SMS and email communications with candidates and internal stakeholders, has the ability to build custom E-Forms, has talent pool management functions, powerful candidate search functions, shortlisting, Interview setting, branded communication templates, powerful custom field system that allows companies to capture any data they like in any format they like and be able to search and segment their database based on those custom fields.

Question 3

What are the Benefits that recruitment software can bring to your business?

Accepted Answer

A professional recruitment software brings so many benefits to a business and can be summarised with the following: Better matched candidates, quicker and at cheaper rate as well as it should improve both your employer brand and provide a better New Employee Experience.

Question 4

What are the different types of recruitment softwares?

Accepted Answer

Old Fashion - client server / private cloud: This would require companies to install it on their own server and having to mange the hardware and maintenance of the software. STAY AWAY FROM IT.

look like SaaS - but it's not:  This is where the vendor makes it sound like it's a SaaS offering buy it's not - they actually have to install a brand new database for you before you can be up and running - this means, there is a huge barrier to entry:  a). Expensive up front investment, and b). It's takes a long time before you're up and running.

Question 5

What is an integrated recruitment system?

Accepted Answer

An integrated recruitment system is a system that integrates within the rest of the HR technology eco system.  The two main areas are Payroll, Learning & Development and HRMS/HRIS.  Here are a few examples of such integrations between a recruitment system with other HR systems.

Request to Recruit

Recruitment (ATS)

Onboarding

Integration with Payroll / HRMS

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