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Applicant tracking software

Track, manage and process candidates in less than half the time with end-to-end applicant tracking software. Your applicant tracking system (ATS) will help you to align talent and recruitment decisions with business strategy, attract and secure top talent fast and deliver a winning candidate experience. Get in touch to find out more.  

What can ATS software do for you?

An ATS must support your business to improve critical metrics like cost of hire and time to hire. Our powerful, top-tier applicant tracking software delivers comprehensive hiring solutions that help you drive revenue, unlock efficiencies and see real business results. It can also empower your HR teams to optimise and streamline your talent acquisition strategy. You can measure and increase recruitment ROI and automate time consuming and manual recruitment tasks, while ensuring better communication with recruiters.

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Key features of our applicant tracking software

Automated vacancy creation

A vacancy requisition can be raised by a hiring manager following a process defined by HR, and automatically aligned with the T&Cs that have been set for the post. Once the vacancy has been authorised, it becomes available in the ATS for your recruitment team to add further details before it’s published.

Smart interview setup

Automate interview scheduling and efficiently secure timeslots with your ideal candidates. Smart scheduling allows simple candidate timeslot selection, and you will have full applicant tracking capabilities throughout the interview stage.

Pre-defined qualifying criteria

Qualifying questions can be defined against each vacancy to ensure a fit between the skills and competencies required for the role and shortlisted applicants, removing the requirement for time-consuming manual shortlisting.

Streamlined applicant communication tools 

Effortlessly streamline applicant communication through the use of email templates. Manage emails automatically or by command with the option of mail merge templates and bulk email processes.

Branded applicant site

Your applicant website can be designed to match your organisation’s branding, look and feel, ensuring your recruitment page is more than just a job search function. Your ATS can reflect your value proposition with your own videos, blogs and information pages.

Time-saving integrations

Cast your net wider by pushing role advertisements automatically to external job boards and your social channels.

Configurable workflows

Different approval routes and workflows can be configured based on your hiring processes. You can customise your ATS to make it work for you.

Collaborative interview scoring

Make post-interview feedback fully collaborative using interview score cards. Document and store feedback and ensure the team is aligned, with full visibility for HR and hiring managers. Automated prompts keep the process moving.

Dedicated agency portal

Agencies can submit candidates’ applications using a dedicated portal. This enters them straight into the ATS for internal review and processing – avoid spreadsheets, unnecessary admin and email chains.

Seamless flow of data

With a seamless flow of data between your other HR systems, successful candidates will automatically become a live employee record ready for onboarding.

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Benefits of applicant tracking software

Stay in control of hiring and progress the best candidates with smart applicant tracking software:

  • Automate and self-serve: Boost efficiency with automation and enable applicants and managers to self-serve.
  • Save time, reduce cost: Eliminate time spent manually creating job requisitions, inputting applicant data and shortlisting candidates and reduce third party spend.
  • Accelerate time-to-hire: Speed up approval workflows and the offer process and move faster to secure top talent.
  • Make internal collaboration simple: Automated collaborative interview scoring improves in-house operations.
  • Improve the candidate experience: Help candidates to easily search and apply for roles.
  • Get advanced reporting and insights: Demonstrate ROI with intuitive dashboards and reports.
  • Build an inclusive workforce: Keep sight of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) targets throughout the recruitment process with a powerful ATS that supports your company goals.

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Applicant tracking software FAQs

What does an applicant tracking system do?

An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a type of recruitment software that optimises the hiring process. An ATS will help employers and HR departments automate processes, remove unnecessary admin and speed up time to hire while creating a positive candidate experience.

What is applicant tracking system software used for?

An applicant tracking system (ATS) is used to automate and improve the hiring process. It streamlines processes at every stage, including vacancy creation, interview scheduling and feedback collation from HR and hiring managers. It also facilitates simple communication between organisations and candidates, and information sharing between recruiters and internal teams.

Find out how an applicant tracking system can help improve your recruitment and selection process in our guide for hiring teams.

How do you use ATS recruitment software?

ATS recruitment software can be used to source the ideal candidates to fill your vacancies, improving time to hire and candidate experience. This includes:

  • Setting up your ATS to advertise vacancies externally
  • Sharing information between recruiters and internal teams
  • Scheduling interviews and collating feedback post interviews
  • Reporting on DE&I to make recruitment more inclusive

Read our guide on how to choose the best applicant tracking system for your business.

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