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What should an applicant tracking system do?

More importantly, what do you want and need from your applicant tracking system? In theory, it is an easy answer, “I want an applicant tracking system that will save me time and money.” But, what features and tools will you need to accomplish this? To select an applicant tracking system, start by identifying your software needs:

1. Review your Hiring Process

* Document the steps, interaction, and points of… Continue

Added by Julia on October 27, 2009 at 9:13am — No Comments

Top 10 Free Ways to Advertise Your Job Openings

Save quite a bit of cash by taking advantage of these free ways to advertise your job openings:

10. Blog

Writing a blog is free (we recommend using WordPress.com), and allows you to put your message on the web without involving your IT department.

9. Twitter

With TwitterFeed, you can easily setup your jobs to auto-post on your Twitter site - just follow these… Continue

Added by Julia on October 20, 2009 at 10:27am — 10 Comments

Blog about the Applicant Tracking Industry SEO and HR

Ask any marketer about search engine optimization and they gladly go to into a dissertation on its benefits. Although marketing is talking purely about sales leads to the website, the same principles can be applied to attracting applicants to positions. Below is a quick guide to SEO and how you can apply it your recruiting process.

What is search engine optimization (SEO)?

According to Wikipedia: Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or… Continue

Added by Julia on August 6, 2009 at 9:29am — 3 Comments

Stop Playing the Feedback Waiting Game

Whew – you’ve reviewed the applicant list and you have narrowed it down to the cream of the crop. The next step is to send the information to the hiring manager(s) for review.

Do you:

- Manually compile the applicant data, and send the information to the hiring manager via fax or email

- Call or email the manager to request their feedback on who to proceed with

- Try to decipher the hiring managers feedback and if necessary follow up for more info

- Participate in… Continue

Added by Julia on July 29, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

You Say Potato…

Although our industry is commonly referred to as “applicant tracking”, I’ve heard it referred to as a number of different names. Below is my short list of alternative names (feel free to mix it up by adding database/software/system/solution to the end of any of them.)

1. Applicant data tracking

2. Applicant management

3. Applicant resume management

4. Application monitoring

5. Candidate management

6. Candidate resume management

7. Employment… Continue

Added by Julia on July 9, 2009 at 8:46am — 2 Comments

Go Green with an Applicant Tracking System

The average U.S. office worker goes through 10,000 sheets of paper a year. Instead of relying on a manual paper intensive hiring process, go green with the online applicant tracking system!

Going green with an applicant tracking system:

- Reduces your carbon footprint: Remove the paperwork from your hiring process by… Continue

Added by Julia on May 26, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments