When designing software for the employment industry, functionality and usability are two of the most important considerations. Recruiters and hiring managers known that time is money, therefore, if a software option takes too long to master, they are losing money. Because of this, recruiting software must be designed in a way that encourages easy use. In hopes of increasing the ease of locating new clients, applicant tracking software company Catch the Best has recently announced the addition of a new keyword search feature.
This feature enables users to type in various keywords that summarize what they are looking for in a new employee. Their system them electronically skims their resume database and locates the job seekers who are fit the criteria the best. This enables hiring managers and recruiters to decrease the amount of time they spent locating potential employers.
"We are always striving to enhance the hiring process for our current and future customers by incorporating requested functionality that aligns with out vision of a simple, effective applicant tracking and resume management solution," said Mike Wagner, who is the company's Vice President of Marketing & Business Development.
Since the best employees are often in high demand it is important for an employer to be able to locate them quickly. This enables a company to snatch these individuals up before another workplace can. Because a business is only as good as its workers, this ability can make or break a company.
The addition of keyword search to the company's service goes along with the their pre-existing tagging search capabilities.
"Now users have tools to quickly search through their repository of applicants. One by keywords and the other by tagging the resume for a more abstracted search," said Wagner.
Catch the Best was founded in 2007 and is located in Seattle Washington. It serves both recruiting and non-recruiting professionals who are involved in the hiring process for their companies.
Jobs search engine Fresho.com recently announced that it has partnered up with not one, but two, applicant tracking systems providers. JobTarget And BrightMove will enable Fresho to offer job seekers a larger number of job listings.
Businesses and recruiting agencies that are clients of either applicant tracking system will now access to Fresho’s exclusive job ad distribution network. This includes some the largest and most widely used career search engines.
Since both mid-sized and large companies often receive more resumes than a hiring manager can easily keep up with, applicant tracking solutions have become extremely important. Aside from keeping up with candidates, these systems also help out with posting new jobs. When an employer posts a job through their ATS, the system automatically posts it on all of the job boards that are considered part of its network. Now those who post their jobs through JobTarget and Bright Move will also have the added benefit of having their staff vacancies announced on Fresho.com
Currently JobTarget has established relationship with more than 100,000 employers. Their online network receives anywhere from 20 to 50 million page views per month.
BrightMove’s fully web-based ATS was actually designed by recruiters to suit the needs of others in their field. This system features a resume database, reporting and analytics and contact management. Now it with also feature a job distribution tool that will allow employers the ability to publish and manage their jobs their job requisitions on Fresho.com’s career search engine.
Aside from pairing up with these two companies, those in charge of Fresho are working to create partnerships with other applicant recruiting and tracking solutions.
Fresho.com was launched earlier in January of this year and is a completely free online classified directory. The web site has job ads from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, all of which are broken down into 41 separate industry categories.
With the nation experiencing a shortage in qualified medical workers, the popularity of healthcare recruitment agencies is growing. Although there are computer programs available for purchase that can be used by any company in the business of locating talent, healthcare-specific recruiting software is available and may be better geared toward dealing with the particular issues faced by the industry.
Texas-based General Life Care, Inc.’s Agency Staffing Assistant(ASA) is more than just a piece of recruitment software. This web-based medical staffing application also helps with scheduling, time management, and assists in taking inventory of the skills possessed by different applicants. In addition to these features, ASA also handles credential monitoring, payroll summaries, customer billing and maintains a variety of different documents needed for e-mail and on-line verification.
Created specifically for medical staffing agencies, General Life Care’s newest applicant tracking software is extremely flexible. This application can be used by any size businesses from a start-up to a multi-location agency. Designed to be flexible, ASA is customizable for all medical disciplines and can handle any specialization the user may have from nursing, physician, pharmacist, or dentistry recruitment. Smaller agencies will also find that this recruiting software also them to respond to their clients needs with the same efficiency as a large firm would provide.
One of the positive elements of ASA that many recruitment agencies will appreciate is the fact that there is no contract to sign. If the program does not meet a company’s expectations, then they are able to terminate use without losing money. Since there is no long-term commitment, agencies will find that this system works on a “pay for what you use” basis.
Although web-based, ASA is up and running 24 hours a day, enabling users to access information whenever they may require it. Because of this the program can continue to run while users are out of the office, whether for the day or an extended period of time. By simply remaining logged in and allowing the computer to continue to run, the user enables ASA to handle a variety of issues they would otherwise have be taken care of manually.
