Benefits of Using an Applicant Tracking System

Today, recruitment domain has become highly competitive. For a single job opening there are more than 150 applicants, which makes it all the more difficult for recruiters to manage all the candidates effectively. The best way to solve this problem is by using an applicant tracking software which can not only simplify your recruitment process, but also make it speedy.

Let us look at some of the benefits of using a recruitment software.

Improves hiring efficiency

With the help of an Applicant Tracking System, it is possible to access all your recruitment campaigns and candidate data in a single place. By storing all the candidate information in a single system instead of having a litter of complex spreadsheet recruitment software simplifies the recruitment process, thereby reduces the amount of paperwork and administrative tasks which can be concentrated on hiring efforts.

The other benefit of getting information pertaining to interview progress and documentation at a single place is, it becomes easier for a recruitment agency to maintain the quality and control, especially when hiring a new staff. It reduces the risks of making mistakes or losing critical information like resumes and contact details of the candidate. Maintaining high quality hiring process can enhance the reputation of your business which can help you gain more business from clients thereby resulting in more chances of profitability.

Provides performance insights through analytics

Once all your recruitment information has been collated in the software, it can be used to create customized reports that can help you to monitor the different factors that can improve your recruitment strategy. For example; if you are interested in knowing how long it took to hire a software engineer, look at the time-to-hire report by vacancy report. If you want information pertaining to a specific job board that is giving you too many irrelevant applications, run the application by source report to get the requisite information.

The customized reports created by the recruitment software can help you to effectively measure your marketing strategy and number of applications. It also helps in reflecting the statistics pertaining to the recruitment which can be used to improve your future strategy.

Automates email communication

With the number of job applications increasing per number of openings, it sometimes becomes difficult for recruiters to individually reply to each of the candidates through emails. This is where recruitment software can be highly useful. It helps you to create personalized, automated email templates that can be used as a bulk reply to multiple candidates in a single go. For example; By creating a personalized email template for it is possible to send confirmation to candidates for the jobs that they have applied automatically with a single click. Or even a notification to tell them they have not been successful or even a reminder for an interview.

By creating personalized and automated email templates from an efficient recruitment software, it is possible to save your time and effort that would have otherwise resulted in a drudgery if you had to respond to each candidate individually.

Automates job promotion on job boards

With the help of a recruitment software, it is possible to publish your job descriptions on multiple job boards and social media networks with a single click using integrations. This not only saves your valuable time-to-hire but also money that could have been spent on manually logging and processing candidates individually.

By getting the right recruitment software for your agency, you can not only enhance your hiring efficiency, but also streamline your recruitment process.

Viral Vora is the Ceo of Talentnow Solutions, a leading Recruitment Software company. Viral is an industry veteran and writes about the various aspects of recruitment technology.