ATS stands for Applicant Tracking System. Literally translated: Candidate Tracking System. And that’s exactly what an ATS does—it tracks your candidates throughout their journey within your organization. In an ATS, you can create and post vacancies, build databases, create talent pools, reject or hire applicants, and much more. An ATS makes the recruitment process more efficient—not only for your organization but also for your candidates.
Win-win situation
An ATS saves you and your team a lot of time and also benefits your candidates! By tracking and managing candidates more efficiently in your system, they move through the application process faster. This improves the candidate experience—how the candidate perceives their journey with your organization.
1. More personal attention
An ATS improves the candidate experience. One example is an automatic email sent upon receiving an application. The candidate immediately knows their application has been received and can wait patiently. This saves the recruiter from doing it manually and frees up time to give extra attention to candidates who need it most.
2. Future talent in talent pools
With an ATS, you can easily tag candidates. Tagging? Yes, this means assigning a label to a candidate, either automatically or manually. For example, if you’re looking for a Java Developer and have three suitable candidates but only one current vacancy, you can label the other two as “Java Developer 2023.” When a new vacancy opens, you simply filter by this label, and potential candidates are ready to go.
3. Distribute your vacancies using your ATS
Are you still posting your vacancies manually on multiple job boards? A well-functioning ATS can save you that effort. With an ATS, you can choose to automatically distribute vacancies posted on your website to pre-selected job boards.
4. Track it to know it
In the past, we recorded reports and lists with pen and paper, then we kept Excel spreadsheets, and now there’s the ATS! It accurately and flawlessly stores all your data. With just a few clicks, you can see exactly how your candidate database is composed or the conversion rate of a specific vacancy. A report can be generated in no time, giving you valuable insights for next steps.
5. Reminders for actions
Oops! You’re relaxing in the evening in front of the TV when you suddenly remember that you forgot to call back that one candidate. It’s happened to all of us. Especially as your databases grow and the number of candidates increases, it becomes nearly impossible to manually keep track of your to-do lists. With an ATS, you don’t have to worry about that anymore. You can set reminders for follow-up actions. Convenient! On your homepage, you can see at a glance which actions are a priority for the day.
An ATS is essentially indispensable for an efficient recruitment process within an organization. Curious about what an ATS can do for your team or organization, and what other possibilities are available? At Recrout, you can get to know our ATS free for two weeks—completely without obligation. After those two weeks, you decide whether you’re satisfied, need to make adjustments, or choose not to continue with us. Interested but not fully convinced yet? Our experts are happy to tell you more. Schedule a no-obligation demo and get acquainted with your new ATS.
