Free CRM for Recruiters?

Hello RBC friends - seems like I've heard of such a thing around here before. Here's why I'm asking - yes I'm a corporate recruiter and we use Taleo as our ATS. Thing is all of us have an agency background and we're looking for a more efficient way to keep track of potential candidates/pipeline without asking people to apply through our website. Our version of Taleo is NOT going to give us that option. We're making do with Excel but it would be nice to have somewhere to upload resumes, LinkedIn profiles, etc.

Would love to hear from anyone out there that uses something like this!

Amy

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Permalink Reply by Ryan Leary on August 7, 2012 at 8:40am

It's not free but we use Avature. Great unrestricted sourcing database. There are others. I will get the names for you of those that I know people use with some efficiency.

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Permalink Reply by Glen Cathey on August 7, 2012 at 8:57am

Amy - it's not really a CRM, but http://www.smartrecruiters.com/static/ could be used for a candidate repository and contact management solution.

Claim to be free for life.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on August 7, 2012 at 9:09am

Thanks guys. I've talked to a couple of reps for Avature, I'm pushing for it if we ever get to dump Taleo. Sadly I don't control the budget. One of my coworkers and I have been playing around with smartrecruiters.com, very limited in resume formats you can upload though. Oh well, it's free which is I asked for. :)

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Permalink Reply by Theresa OKeefe on August 7, 2012 at 2:28pm

Hi Amy,

I'm using zoho.com. It's a pretty robust CRM for a free program. You can have up to 3 users registered and it will hold up to 100,000 records in the free version. Plus, you can put your data into Excel, save it as a .csv file and then import it to Zoho.com..here's the link to the free edition: http://www.zoho.com/crm/free-edition.html

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Permalink Reply by Nick Leigh-Morgan on August 8, 2012 at 8:13am

www.ikrut.com - readily admit that it has limited CRM capability as it's really designed for in house recruiters but completely free is still a very nice price.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on August 8, 2012 at 9:19am

Thanks Theresa and Nick! I'll check them both out.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Vaughn on August 8, 2012 at 10:59am

Amy - I have used Salesforce.com as a CRM in the past and it worked well. It is very affordable, robust, configurable and web-based. When I investigated it for our company last year the individual licenses were dirt cheap (less than $1K annually). I know it's not free but could we a great solution for you.

Dan

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Permalink Reply by Janine Davis on August 8, 2012 at 11:26am

I second the recommendation for Smartrecruiters.com, especially if you want to easily move your info out to social media and/or your own web site. It's free and easy, and we have been pleased with it. We use Bullhorn for our real ATS which is fabulous, but not free (though it's affordable).

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Permalink Reply by Suzanne Vaughan on August 8, 2012 at 12:20pm

Hireworx provides an integrated solution for ATS and CRM. You can convert your CRM contacts to candidates whenever you need to, which should solve your issue. http://hireworx.com if you’d like to find out more. Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on August 8, 2012 at 6:29pm

Thanks everyone! We're exploring all these options... appreciate the input!

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Permalink Reply by Seth Lidren on March 14, 2013 at 12:12pm

Let me guess, Amy, Taleo Business Edition? Sounds like a familiar complaint coming from my mouth. Bad thing, though, I control my budget and still haven't been able to switch. You can actually configure your system to be a semi-okay database and tracker for those "non-applicants". Given the option to create new candidates and upload resumes, if you have the pool built, you can house them there.

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Permalink Reply by Amy Ala Miller on March 14, 2013 at 12:18pm

Seth - exactly! :) We finally upgraded to LinkedIn Recruiter seats which can function (sort of) as a CRM... I've since left the company that was having this issue, but I don't know that anything's changed. Good old Taleo...