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Applicant Tracking System Upgrade: Why a modern platform matters

In today’s competitive job market, organizations are increasingly relying on applicant tracking systems (ATS) to streamline their recruitment processes and identify the best talent. However, as technology evolves and new solutions emerge, it becomes crucial for businesses to evaluate their current ATS and consider an upgrade or replacement when necessary. An ATS upgrade can offer significant benefits, including improved efficiencies, leveraging advanced technology capabilities, and reducing costs while maximizing value. In this article, we’ll explore these key reasons in detail, helping you understand when it’s time to make the switch. Enhancing Efficiency One of the primary reasons to consider replacing Read more

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Hiring Process Alignment: ATS for Strategic Success

The success of any organization relies heavily on its ability to attract, recruit, and retain top talent. However, the hiring process can often be complex and disconnected from an organization’s broader strategic objectives. To bridge this gap, companies are increasingly turning to applicant tracking platforms to implement and monitor alignment between their hiring process and strategic goals. In this article, we will explore how leveraging an applicant tracking platform can streamline the hiring process, enhance strategic alignment, and drive organizational success. The Importance of Hiring Process Alignment Before delving into the role of applicant tracking platforms, it’s crucial to recognize Read more

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Rethinking Talent Acquisition: The Case for Active Candidates

In the competitive landscape of modern recruitment, employers often default to focusing on passive candidates—individuals who are not actively seeking employment but may be open to new opportunities. However, as the dynamics of the job market evolve, it is crucial for employers to challenge this conventional approach and consider the benefits of actively pursuing candidates. This article explores why focusing on active candidates can be a more effective strategy from an employer’s perspective, highlighting the drawbacks of the passive candidate approach and emphasizing the potential for fresh energy and motivation that active candidates can bring to a role. Breaking Free Read more

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Artificial Intelligence Recruiting: 5 HR Trends

September 9, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Simplicant blog, Trending

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have come up in a lot of recent discussions we have had with business leaders regarding their HR and recruiting related technology plans for the year ahead. It is fair to say that the expectations from AI span a very broad spectrum. It is also clear that while many are attracted to AI due to the “coolness” or “trendiness” factor, an increasing number of business leaders are now interested in how AI-powered capabilities can improve the efficiencies and outcomes of their hiring efforts. Here, we highlight some of the practical areas where applying AI is Read more

Calendar Sub-Events To Schedule Interview Slots

September 22, 2017
Recruiting, Simplicant blog

A few weeks ago, we introduced our calendar feature which enabled our customers to create and schedule recruitment-related activities, such as candidate interviews. Today, I’m happy to announce our new sub-events feature. The sub-events feature enables you to create multiple events – or what we call ‘sub-events’ – for the same candidate in one go. Say you have a candidate who is needs to be interviewed separately by three people at different times. Previously, this would have required a recruiter or HR staff member to create three separate events for each interview slot, and there is no way of grouping Read more

Talent Acquisition With Social Recruiting

January 20, 2012
Features, Simplicant blog

Referrals have historically been a major source of quality performers for any company. The concept behind it is simple: Its classic word-of-mouth marketing in play. Smart people on your team know other smart people who become applicants, which ultimately raises the bar of the candidate pool. To leverage the power of referrals, Simplicant have just launched a useful set of tools that will allow members to easily post job vacancies to specific individuals on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn within seconds. This instantly expands your audience and the visibility of your job opening increases manifold. The result is Read more

Detailed Analytics And Your Recruiting KPIs!

January 16, 2012
Features, Simplicant blog

This has been a much-requested feature from our community and its not hard to see why. Reports on your hiring pipeline and application influx can surface areas of improvement and the key performance indicators that will help you objectively assess your recruiting efforts. At the end of the day, if you’re not benchmarking your performance, you’re losing out – Its as simple as that. As with every other department, employers need to be well informed on how their recruitment efforts are faring with time and whether they are investing in the proper channels. Answers to questions like “Are their any Read more

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