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 management
8. Employment screening
9. Hiring management
10. Hiring tracking
11. HR database
12. Job applicant
13. Recruiting
14. Recruiting management
15. Resume management
16. Resume tracking
17. Software for hiring
18. Software for staffing
19. Talent acquisition
20. Talent management

Can you think of any more?