What is an Applicant Tracking System (ATS)?

What is an Applicant Tracking System? This is the question that recruiters (especially those that are not familiar with lots of technology) often pose when we introduce In-recruiting. To help them better understand the context of recruitment software we’ve decided to provide clarification on the definition of an Applicant Tracking System (ATS).

Applicant Tracking System

An Applicant Tracking System, usually known as ATS, is software designed to ensure effective and complete management of recruitment within a company. It is also known as Applicant Tracking Software or a Candidate Management System (CMS).
An Applicant Tracking System allows an organisation to collect and organise candidate data and manage all the phases of the recruiting process. In some ways an ATS is very similar to a customer relationship management system (CRM), but is designed to track the recruiting activities.
The Applicant Tracking System can be used to publish job ads on the company website and on Job boards, for screening applicants, organising CVs and interviewing candidates. Other features include: pre-screening questionnaires, video interviews, social recruiting and tools to track recruitment metrics.
In-recruiting is one of the leading Applicant Tracking Systems in Italy and allows full centralised management of recruitment within a company. It features advanced functionality such as: automated multiposting to 35 Job boards, social recruiting, career page creation, automatic sorting of CVs, video interviews and messaging. The platform simplifies the recruiter’s work, reducing both time and cost of the entire process by reducing manual labour.
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