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Applicant Tracking System Selection Guide
A prudent business person's guide to applicant tracking
systems
By Michele
Groutage
Part one of a two-part series.
As a veteran of the
recruiting industry, I regularly monitor
emerging HR/recruitment
technologies that help manage labor. About a year ago last
February, I listened with interest to the rumblings about
Web-based applicant tracking systems (ATSs). I had been a
Resumix user in the early '90s and thought, "WOW! This could
be pretty interesting."
I had questions, however. Was
it possible to take a software-based ATS product and Web
enable it, while ensuring data security? Better yet, if my
data now resides on the vendor's servers, does that data
become the vendor's or remain mine?
As the buzz grew
stronger, I started doing research, beyond what the vendors
were saying. My question was simple: How can I protect my data
from becoming the property of someone else?
During the next several weeks we will
explore more about ATS, providing you with the information you
need to make informative decisions. In my experience, there
are few guarantees in the area of an ASP/ATS; however, there
are precautions that any prudent businessperson should take
when investing in products and services provided by another
company. While most are common sense, many are overlooked.
Here are the first seven precautions, which can be applied to
ATS. You'll find seven more in part two of this series.
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First, investigate the vendor on your
own. You can conduct research on a public company on sites
like www.hoovers.com and find basic financial information
for private companies at Dun & Bradstreet at
www.dnb.com.
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Ask the company to describe its history,
product(s) and services offered. Ask also about all partner
companies and subsidiary relationship(s). You want to make
sure that the company's subsidiaries are not your
competitors.
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Ask how many clients the company has
that fit the profile of your needs. (Most ATSs are generic
workflows.)
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Ask about technology, features and
functionality. Can they do this and can they do that? You
are buying the technology, not slick graphics.
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Put the ball in the company's court.
Give the company a list of all the ATSs you are considering
and ask the people there to give you their perspectives. Ask
for what issues you should watch out and how they position
their company, products and services relative to each
vendor?
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Ask if the company is expanding or
decreasing its workforce. Decreasing isn't a good sign and
could affect your ability to receive product support in the
future.
Probe about support, asking
where the company is located, how many offices it has and
how you will be supported.
Michele Groutage is the Director of
Marketing & Development for MedZilla, Inc., the first site
on the worldwide web established in 1994, to provide
searchable resume and job database services for professionals
and employers in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medicine,
science and healthcare."
Applicant tracking
links
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Major Flaws in Many Applicant Tracking Systems by Nicheboards.com
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MSN ATS articles, Mon, 22 Aug 2011
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Major Flaws in Many Applicant Tracking Systems By Nicheboards.com Nicheboards.com Report Printer Version. Although measuring candidate sources is vital, most ATS's fail to ...
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SmartRecruiters: A Free ATS is Born
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MSN ATS articles, Mon, 22 Aug 2011
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This service gives recruiters in small and midsized businesses full access to an ATS without any restrictions or limitations. Never paying again for your ATS?
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Why Can’t My ATS Do What I Want It To Do? A Recruiter’s ...
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MSN ATS articles, Tue, 16 Aug 2011
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While visiting with numerous applicant tracking system vendors at the ... at this most recent conference state that “recruiters only use 30% of the functionality of an ATS”.
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Fool the ATS - Executive Recruiting | Post Jobs and Search ...
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MSN ATS articles, Tue, 16 Aug 2011
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White Papers. Challenges in Sourcing Six-Figure Talent; Measure Up: Quality Metrics Drive Quality Hires; My Pipeline: Using New Recruitment Methods to Find Quality Talent
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Getting Your Recruiters To Use Your ATS - ERE.net
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MSN ATS articles, Sun, 07 Aug 2011
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So why is it so hard to get your recruiters to use an applicant tracking system? In a nutshell, it’s because recruiters are creatures who follow the path of least ...
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Applicant Tracking System Software - ATS Software
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MSN ATS articles, Sun, 07 Aug 2011
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Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) - HR. Below is a comprehensive listing of applicant/resume tracking programs that are sponsors of Recruiters Network.
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Taming the ATS Beast : Articles & Resources : The Adler Group
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MSN ATS articles, Sun, 07 Aug 2011
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Taming the ATS Beast. By Carl Bradford, April 25, 2006. I spoke to a recruiter recently who has named his applicant tracking system (ATS) "the beast".
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How Recruiters Squander your ATS Investment Dollars : Articles ...
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MSN ATS articles, Sat, 06 Aug 2011
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How Recruiters Squander your ATS Investment Dollars. By Carl Bradford, July 25, 2006. It's not news that corporations are investing many, many thousands of dollars in their ...
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ATS's & ONboarding Systems | Recruiter Networking Group
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MSN ATS articles, Fri, 05 Aug 2011
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Hey folks, I'm looking at doing a follow up article on onboarding to focus specifically on onboarding functionality within ATS and/or ERP systems.
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PCRecruiter Articles
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MSN ATS articles, Fri, 05 Aug 2011
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Recruiting / Staffing Industry Articles and News from Main Sequence Technologies, Developers of PCRecruiter Staffing and Applicant Tracking Software
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