There are a lot of considerations when it comes to identifying, analyzing, and ultimately selecting an applicant tracking software for your recruiting firm.
However, what’s the end game? How do we cut through all of the “dancing baloney” and figure out what’s most important in an applicant tracking software?
Well, that’s actually quite easy. That’s because “the bottom line is the bottom line,” so to speak. THIS is the #1 goal of any applicant tracking software:
To help you source the very best candidates in the shortest amount of time possible and present them to your client before your competition does.
Makes sense, doesn’t it?
If you present candidates before your competition does, but they’re not the right candidates and your client is not interested in them, then that doesn’t really help you, does it?
And if you find really great candidates, but it takes you a long time to find those candidates and by the time you do find them, it’s too late because the job has been filled, that doesn’t really help you, either, does it?
No, you need to find great candidates and you need to find them in the shortest amount of time possible. You need to find them immediately, if not sooner.
Applicant tracking software . . . time travel?
In fact, if you could find an applicant tracking software that would allow you to travel back in time to find the candidates that your clients want before they even know they want them, then THAT would be the applicant tracking software you need.
Barring time travel, though, what can an applicant tracking software do to help you achieve this #1 goal?
- Increased automation—Doing things manually only slows you down. When things happen automatically, that’s where you really start to save time. This is especially the case when it comes to monotonous, time-sucking tasks such as data entry.
- Social media integration—Top candidates are on social media. Do you have time to spend on social media all day? No, you do not. But your applicant tracking software can still advertise your open positions on social media, all while you continue to recruit like a boss.
- Customization—Getting things done quickly is all about the steps of the placement process and how you like to work. A great applicant tracking software will conform to your process and allow you to work at maximum levels of speed and efficiency.
Does your applicant tracking software operate with this #1 goal in mind? Does it help you to source the very best candidates in the shortest amount of time possible and present those candidates to your client before your competition?
If not, it might be time for a change.
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