Since the beginning of the year, I have spoke with an increasingly large number of applicant tracking system (ATS) newcomers. While one might expect the main reason for the influx to be reducing costs in general, there is a very specific goal almost all have in common. They wanted to manage the large number of candidates applying for positions. Of course this can easily be correlated with the current unemployment rate at 8.5%. One HR professional from a smaller organization said she had over 900 candidates apply for a position in just a few days, and she was relying on files, folders and Excel. She chalked up as a big challenge and started investigating ATSs.

As an advocate for ATSs, I can tell you at least a dozen benefits per feature. However, I thought that I would turn it around and quickly give the top five features these individuals found most valuable:
• Applicant Portal with Online Applications
• Candidate / Job Order Matching Technology
• Searchable / Filterable Candidate Pool
• Source Tracking
• Candidate Ranking

Best of luck!!!
Jake Stupak
www.TheATSGuy.com
www.JobDigTracker.com