iCIMS Hire Expectations™

Today's guest blog post comes to you from Ryan Yeoman, co-Founder of Capterra, a business software company that provides a comprehensive resource for all your business software needs, notably applicant tracking software.

People are typically the largest expense for a company; so it’s no wonder that the #1 priority for most CEOs is recruiting and retaining good people. The right applicant tracking software can help you find good people and will reduce expenses related to finding them. ATS is a proven tool that helps you focus on your top priority.

There have long been ATS options for large and mid-sized companies, but until recently, applicant tracking solutions were too expensive and too complex to be used by smaller companies.

As more ATS solutions are offered as a service and hosted online, more companies can take advantage of the benefits.

Are you ready?

Top Reasons to Consider ATS

• Automate so you can interview.
  
  Applicant tracking software helps manage and automate the recruiting and hiring process. It doesn’t take away the work that you have to put in, but it does greatly reduce the administrative headaches, paper pushing, and time it takes to fill a position. Perhaps most importantly, it enables you to focus on the candidate rather than the paperwork.


• If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.
  
  With the right ATS solution, you can quickly and easily create the metrics and reports needed to gauge the effectiveness of your hiring process. ATS software gives hiring managers, team members, and Human Resources associates visibility into the entire process.


• Stay compliant.
  
  It’s getting tougher to keep track of all the activities, reports, and statistics required to maintain compliance when hiring. With applicant tracking software, you can capture and report candidate activity with ease. Cumbersome paper applicant and hire logs and reactive audits become a thing of the past.

How do you know if you’re ready?

If you’ve caught yourself thinking any of the following, you’re ready:

• “I’ve had it. I can’t keep up with this mountain of resumes. I can’t possibly review and manage all of them.”
• “You’re kidding me. I can’t possibly fill all those positions by then.”
• “Ok, think. Where did I put the incoming applicant worksheet? And where did the applicant activity log go?”
• “I’m sick and tired of copying and re-copying all this information on 19 different forms. Why am I entering all of this again?”