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Applicant Tracking System Upgrade: Why a modern platform matters

Category: Modern Hiring Practices, Simplicant blog, Trending

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

Hiring Process Alignment: ATS for Strategic Success

Category: Hiring Strategy, Simplicant blog, Trending

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

Rethinking Talent Acquisition: The Case for Active Candidates

Category: candidate management, Modern Hiring Practices, Simplicant blog, Trending

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

Mastering Interview Feedback Management

Category: Hiring Collaboration, Interview Management, Simplicant blog, Structured Recruiting, Trending

Interview feedback management is the process of collecting, organizing, and using feedback from job interviews to improve the recruitment process and ultimately hire the best candidates for a company. A modern applicant tracking system (ATS) can greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of interview feedback management by providing a central platform for storing and organizing feedback, automating key processes, and enabling collaboration among recruiters and hiring managers. Use a Structured Interview Management Approach Structured interview management is a systematic approach to conducting and evaluating job interviews that aims to minimize bias and ensure a fair and objective assessment of candidates. Read more

Recruitment CRM System and Applicant Tracking

Category: candidate management, Simplicant blog, Talent Sourcing, Trending

A recruitment candidate relationship management system (recruitment CRM) allows businesses to manage and track their interactions with potential candidates, from the initial contact to all communication throughout the hiring workflow. This can include sourcing and storing contact information, scheduling interviews, and tracking the status of each candidate in the hiring process.  Source candidate leads with a recruitment CRM A recruitment CRM generally includes a set of features that allows employers to scan through a variety of sources for qualified talent, identify top candidates and “bookmark” them in the system in the form of leads. The system also provides the ability Read more

Artificial Intelligence Recruiting: 5 HR Trends

Category: 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

10 Hiring Tips For Sourcing Right Candidate Data

Category: Recruiting, Simplicant blog, Trending

Successful recruiting in today’s job market requires that hiring managers learn to source and utilize the most relevant candidate data in their hiring process. Let’s take a look at how a complete comprehensive recruiting platform can help your company take the guesswork out of the hiring process while improving the quality and speed of getting to closure. Rapid advances in technology and ways in which people communicate and network has quickly rendered old methods of recruiting obsolete. The Society for Human Resource Management recently reported that the average job listing takes well over one month to fill. This means that recruiters using Read more

7 Habits Of Highly Effective Recruiting Teams

Category: Best Practices And Tips, Employer Branding, Hiring Trends, Modern Recruiting Software, Simplicant blog, Smart Hiring, Trending

To be successful at recruiting new talent, your recruiting team must do more than simply collect candidate profiles or resumes for the positions in question. Here, recruiting success is not necessarily a measure of the volume of candidates obtained. Rather, successful recruiting teams are able to utilize the most effective methods that help them quickly narrow their search to a selection of potential hires and then identify the candidates that are most likely to make a positive impact to your growing organization. This is easier said than done – for instance, it requires looking beyond a candidate’s credentials and having both the mindset and the tools Read more