--- title: Bullhorn Reviews meta_title: 'Bullhorn Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 1232 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Bullhorn works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.2 review_count: 1232 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-08-12' parent_category: name: HR url: https://www.g2.com/categories/hr --- # Bullhorn Reviews **Vendor:** Bullhorn **Category:** [Staffing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/staffing) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 1,232 ## About Bullhorn Bullhorn is an AI-powered recruitment platform for staffing and recruitment firms of all sizes. It is not enterprise-only software. Solo recruiters use it. So do global enterprises with thousands of users. Small agencies typically go live within days with no IT team required. Bullhorn manages the entire recruitment lifecycle in one system: sales CRM, applicant tracking, candidate engagement, placements, onboarding, time and expense, and invoicing. Bullhorn Amplify, the embedded AI suite, handles sourcing, screening, outreach, and candidate summaries inside the recruiter's daily workflow. Automation keeps data clean and pipelines moving without manual entry. Built-in analytics show which activities drive placements and revenue. Staffing firms on Bullhorn report 24% more placements per recruiter and 28% more jobs filled. Employment Enterprises cut job board spend by 38%. 10,000+ customers across 60+ countries. 26 years focused exclusively on staffing and recruitment. 1,400+ employees with 350+ dedicated support staff providing 24/7 coverage. ## Bullhorn Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of Bullhorn, finding it simple to learn and navigate for efficient management. (419 reviews) - Users value the **user-friendly interface** of Bullhorn, making navigation and learning quick and efficient. (177 reviews) - Users appreciate the **seamless integrations** with various tools, enhancing the efficiency of their recruitment processes. (160 reviews) - Users appreciate the **efficiency** of Bullhorn, enjoying its user-friendly interface and seamless integration for streamlined processes. (153 reviews) - Users appreciate the **streamlined process** of entering placements, contacts, and notes, enhancing overall efficiency. (146 reviews) - Users enjoy the **time-saving efficiency** of Bullhorn, streamlining time card submission and candidate management effortlessly. (126 reviews) - Intuitive (124 reviews) - Customer Support (123 reviews) - Easy Navigation (120 reviews) - Features (115 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find Bullhorn's **slow loading times** frustrating, particularly when handling large datasets and running searches. (126 reviews) - Users find Bullhorn's **slow performance** frustrating, experiencing delays in loading and navigating through the system. (97 reviews) - Users experience **performance lag** with Bullhorn, which can disrupt workflow, particularly during complex searches and large datasets. (77 reviews) - Users face a significant **learning curve** with Bullhorn due to complex features and inadequate support resources. (72 reviews) - Users find the **limited customization** in Bullhorn restrictive, preferring a more unified software experience for efficiency. (67 reviews) - Users are frustrated by the **missing features** in Bullhorn, which limit functionality and require additional purchases. (61 reviews) - Glitches (54 reviews) - Candidate Management (46 reviews) - Access Limitations (45 reviews) - Not User-Friendly (42 reviews) ## Bullhorn Reviews ### 1. Its slow and always crashing. **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alyssa B. | Account Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2025 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** That I can find a candidate there if need **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** All of the complications and how slow it is **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** II can find a candidate on there if I need to contact them? ### 2. The worst ATS I've ever used **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 25, 2023 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Nothing, it is over complicated and outdated. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** It is so slow, not user friendly and every functionality my team and I have tried to use doesn't work, we then have to contact customer care which takes atleast a week to respond each time. I am shocked that this ATS has been around for so long and is so popular as it is truly terrible. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** None that I am aware of, each time I've tried to use a functionality or implement a new one, I've had to log a ticket with their customer service which takes at least a week to respond each time. ### 3. A world of pain **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2023 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Bullhorn is customisable, integrates well with other software and has an open API. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Bullhorn is possibly the most glitchy software I've had the displeasure of using. We've been using it since June and we're yet to go a day without having to log tickets with their hopeless support services. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** On its good days bullhorn helps to provide a single source of truth for our recruitment data. The problem is these good days are few and far between. ### 4. THE WORST ATS & SUPPORT AVAILABLE **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeff A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 15, 2023 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Nothing - they sell that is fast, robust, modern and great reporting capabiltiies. It has none of these. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** First off, the user interface is old, slow and clunky. Second, their support is terrible. It's a black hole. The only time you will hear from your dedicated Account Manager is when it's time for annual renewal. And by the way, they renew annually by users, regardless if you are using the license or not. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's a CRM and that is it's only value. There are plenty of better, cheaper solutions on the market. ### 5. Hard to use, harder to admin. **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2023 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** The primary upside, from a technical perspective, was the thorough audit trails on records. This was extremely helpful for troubleshooting. The reporting functionality was pretty thorough as well. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** The APIs are closed - meaning any meta changes needed to be resolved by the Bullhorn team. This was frustrating because they were not highly responsive. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** It had been solving the problem of staffing projects and recruitment. It benefitted the company by taking this process off of spreadsheets and into something trackable. ### 6. terrible service **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Austin R. | Recruiting Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2021 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** i like that it integrates with email but it is not something that is reliable... its good for internal use but nothing external i would trust ever **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** every time i get an email from bullhorn it gets flagged as spam **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** dont you are better off building your own ATS **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** we only use it to track our metrics and for internal ownership of candidates. we have to pay extra for a platform to actually identify and analyze the data we put in bullhorn. ### 7. Cloud platform but its like on-prem hosted in cloud **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 21, 2021 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Staffing industry focused cloud solutiion **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** - Search functionality is very poor - Lots of data entry but very limited out of the box reporting, have to pay extra to get quality reports pulled - Requires support call to get few things done, example, integrating with job boards, data dump - On-premise software hosted in cloud: basic things like URLs, no matter what page you are on the URL stays same. In order to share candidate or job to co-worker, have to click on copy job link and then share. - Navigation is not easy, no option to open in new tab so have to keep moving between jobs/candidate. The use case is, wanted to compare candidate's resume with job, and at time we want to have side by side window, cannot do that, everthing stays in one window. - no SSO integration, user name cannot be email!!! **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** - Clients open jobs, submissions, interviews and placement tracking - no major benefits ### 8. 20 year old software - Better have a SQL expert on hand. **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kim C. | Operations and Engagement Manager, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2019 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** It easily connects with your Bullhorn CRM data and you have a better view of the data and can reach data that is not available in any of the Company/Candidate/Client/Job list views. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** I am sure, that if you are an experienced SQL or old-school BI application user, this tool would be extremely powerful. However, since this is billed as their ‘go-to’ reporting tool and that everyone could use it, I have to give this a 1 star. Yes, it connects to the data beautifully, giving you a depth of data that is impressive. However, you just can not get the reports that you could get using that data in excel or better yet, tableau or domo. It is not a visual drag and drop and manipulate tool. It reminds me of the early 1990 BI tools used with oracle databases. Before you use this tool, you will need extensive training. However, Bullhorn does not provide that training. Their help in building reports consists of two (2) knowledge help pages that give you the briefest of a glimpse at how to truly build detailed reports. We had repeated issues that took weeks to resolve where Canvas just would not save any reports. After weeks of going back and forth and sharing screens, we were told that the issue is that Canvas could not be used in any browser but Chrome. The fact that it took weeks to resolve this illustrates how the Bullhorn support team does not understand their own product. Good luck in building something truly useful. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Don't do it unless you already have someone at hand who knows it backwards and forwards. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Scheduling basic list reports. The benefits have not outweighed the cost at this point. ### 9. Difficult UI **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 18, 2019 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** *This review is from the Account Manager side of staffing - I know there are a variety of other helpful features on the recruiter end that I don't have access to.* The colors are nice. There are features that are convenient like direct LinkedIn search per candidate or contact. However, it doesn't make up for the fact that the day to day usage is clunky. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Least helpful: the workflow for full life cycle recruiting is PAINFUL. There are many disconnected steps and pages and drop downs with no particular flow to them. Using it for daily tasks and reminders is also a struggle, having worked with multiple CRM's in the past I avoid relying on Bullhorn ATS for keeping tabs on my accounts. No reminders for contract workers who are nearing the end of their project. Another big complaint is it is very difficult to use on Mac. I am unable to enter a new job from my home computer. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Good luck, and weigh ALL the options. If you want your sales and recruiting team to actually USE the ATS to keep detailed notes of candidates and clients - don't pick this one. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am not solving problems with Bullhorn, if anything I'm working around it by supplementing my own tools like Trello, Google Drive, etc.. Sadly, I have realized no benefits (at least on the Account Manager side) ### 10. Not worth the price **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Management Consulting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 14, 2020 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** It's very average. Job posting is all right. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Horrible reporting, unless you pay extra and get trained in SQL, which is crazy. Reporting should be built in and exactly what recruiting needs. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** None ### 11. Customer Service **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Real Estate | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2019 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Stable system with a well thought out plan **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Customer service, staff was unresponsive, you had to chase them to get anything done. Very slow system with repeated issues that were never resolved **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Look else where **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Customer Experience Alert: Like any customer, we gave our notice to Bullhorn and reduced our number of users to 1 to adhere to the terms of the contract and ride it out with our 60 days notice. We followed their rules, kept the customer service reps informed and got the OK to reduce down to 1 user. Soon enough I look at my billing statement and they had charged us for more than 1 user. I called their front line billing staff and they said it would be reversed. To my surprise, I receive a call today where the front line billing staff said that even though we have not used more than 1 user, we will still be charged for more than 1. This tells you how the senior management thinks, where their ethics are and how low they can stoop. A few dollars won't break the bank but when you treat a customer that is leaving with such low ethics. That shows your true colours. You can continue acquiring other companies but as you grow bigger, your problems get magnified. I'll be sure to mention this to everyone in the industry considering an ATS never to bother with Bullhorn especially with their limitations on the system and ridiculous policies. By the way, we were loyal customers for 2 years and only left due to the inability to resolve repeated issues with their system. ### 12. the real Bullhorn and what others wont tell you **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mining & Metals | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2018 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** the email integration, apart from that everything else is not too dissimilar to any other data base I have previously experienced **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** - inability to do fast search based on first name, last name, or job title. The search criteria for fast search to work on are very limited and when it comes to candidates and contacts you need to know the first two initials of the first and surname in order to successfully search - uploading files or setting up new contacts, candidates or companies takes a while when using the cloud service (even if you have dedicated internet with guaranteed 100/100 mbps) - it crashes frequently - poor capability to integrate to existing website portal - but the worst is the very slow and poor/non responsive customer support. We have decided for all these reasons to move to another provider after 2 years and poor support to move to a competitor and have encountered the following after advising bullhorn that we are not renewing: 1. no one from customer / client support contacted us to understand why we are moving (I would be appalled as the business owner to know that they don't care about loss of customers); 2. after waiting 30 days from initial request of standard SQL backup to provide to our new provider we received a corrupted file with the wrong password. Initially we were advised by the cancellation team that it would take 1-2 days to get this to us, later we were informed of 7-14 days, but in the end after multiple follow ups we received a non useable file, only to be advised it will take another 7-14 days for them to fix their mistake. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** look at Vincere **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a database that could grow with our business and for emails to be captured. There are now better solutions available in the market and due to the poor customer support with Bullhorn I would not recommend them to anyone ### 13. not the best for crm and ats together for sales and recruiting **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2018 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** I like the way it looks that you can add cards to get snapshots of different features. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** activities have to go under contacts rather than companies, can't add past activities when I can't document all everyday for the day, I'd like the flexibility to add activities that I did a few days prior that were not planned, not appointments. You can't easily print out a list of companies that you want to target, doesn't sync with gps navigation to help save time typing in each location you plan to meet when you are cold calling. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** shop around make sure it will have all the features you need. searching candidates is not good in this system. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have little to do with the ATS side but I have heard you cannot print out a list of people who are available for the day in case you need it to call them when internet goes down or systems go down. ### 14. Bullhorn < LinkedIn **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2018 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** I had the opportunity to 'adopt' this tool from our parent company as our ATS on record but decided it was not the best/efficient tool for our applicant tracking needs **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** I do not believe it to be as effective as LinkedIn REcruiter accompanied by our internal custom system and process **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have not solved any problems nor have I benefited from Bullhorn at this time ### 15. Good idea to have an ATS within Salesforce but...lots of problems **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 19, 2017 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** It's within Salesforce so everyone has access and knows how to use Salesforce **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** the fact that it is slow, web based and seems like lots of bugs with saving notes and having to click twice to do the same thing is a frustration. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Don't even try it..if you migrate over you are force to sign a 1 year contract and get stuck **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Metrics, analytics, reports, transparency, understanding how many phone calls , interviews or applicants that the company has **Official Response from Cameron Tyler:** > Thank you for providing this feedback on your Jobscience experience. We'd love to hear where we can improve. Would you be open to connecting offline to go into further detail? ### 16. As a staffing software works great has gaps for project work **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Streamline for entries but the device does not capture project details **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** search and information fill does not support project information **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** sales forecast per company standards ### 17. Dreadful experience **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2017 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** System is fairly user friendly and easy to use **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** add ons don't work 100% a lot of the time, linkpoint crashes outlook 3 or 4 times a day. Hard to contact by phone, impossible to resolve issues with. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Look elsewhere. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Good for keeping candidates.... but isn't great for duplicates - often misses key fields. ### 18. Unpredictable - I find BH to be clunky. **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 11, 2016 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** I wish I could come up with 40 words on "Likes" about BH. I feel like this version was rushed to market and doesn't function optimally. I'm disappointed with it. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** The interface is clunky. I can't take notes and look at the candidate profile and resume at the same time. Fields entered, drop downs and status changes executed in the candidate screen do not carry through to the job order and also not to our reports. I expect that when in the candidate profile, that if I mark a candidate as a client submission, this would carry through to the job order. It doesn't. Sometimes emails will send when I click the tab button my keyboard after I've filled in the subject line and before type in the body of the email. Sometimes I send emails but they are never delivered. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Wait until they get this product up to speed and fix the shortcomings and bugs. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are trying to run reports but the information captured is incomplete. My business partners are involved with BH about resolving these problems. **Official Response from Emily Saquet:** > Hi, We're so sorry to hear that you're experiencing difficulties with our product. Thank you for your candid feedback. As it helps us to improve in the future. At Bullhorn we strive to provide you with an outstanding customer experience. So that you may do the same for your customers. Our support team and your account manager are available and happy to help with any issues that you may be experiencing. Additionally, if there is anything that I can do for you, or any specific issues that you would like to discuss further, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at emily.saquet@bullhorn.com. Thank you! Best, Emily Saquet Customer Marketing Manager at Bullhorn ### 19. Support, Administration and User Interface are Awful **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Patrick C. | CEO, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 16, 2016 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** As a candidate management system ONLY it is OK. Not brilliant, just OK. To be fair, their development team were quite good when it came to integration with our web site. The developers had a lot of trouble with the API's on the hosted version, very ridged and difficult to work with as a product. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** The customer support is absolutely dreadful, they are completely under resourced. I rang for billing support and it took 5 attempts to get through to anyone that could help. When I finally got a call back they were not that helpful. BE VERY AWARE, Bullhorn does not operate a true SaaS model. YOU WILL BE TIED INTO A CONTRACT for a minimum number of users. The competition will offer a true SaaS model where you pay for number of users. Check that option out first. We frequently fluctuate depending on contracts we are running. If you fluctuate - really consider if Bullhorn is right for you. Their system often crashes and is offline for long periods. We are always trying to find workarounds to bugs. We are all from software backgrounds and it is very badly coded and very badly executed. We have a 3 year contract which thankfully comes to an end over the next year. We will definitely be moving. Reports say that moving data from Bullhorn is an absolute nightmare. Do it as soon as you can to avoid having to use the software, or renewing the contract. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Really think about this product. You will be tied in, it is complicated and difficult to use. Their SaaS service is not really a true SaaS model. You will need a competent administrator, an overhead that you will need to consider. I have reviewed the market for an alternative. Lots of very good, cheaper and easier to use and train products now available. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** None really. We use a separate CRM for client acquisition as Bullhorn CRM is just difficult to use. We use other social media tools at Bullhorn does not have any. The searching tools bring up wildly different results depending on who searches. Even if you type in the exact name for a candidate, often it does not find them. We have written a "workaround" booklet for internal use that shows the users how to get around the very poor user interface. In some weeks we lose half a day on the phone to support and often just give up. Honestly, I cannot be more adamant - Avoid or really think about if this is right. If you are a start up, there are far better options. ### 20. Watch out for the Billing issues **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 02, 2016 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Applicant Tracking Systems is great. Customer tracking is also excellent. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** The product does not come together as a complete solution. Customer support is non existent. Their support does not have a great handle on the product. User Management is complex and useless. Always had to reach someone to add or disable users. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** The sales people will tell you anything to sign up. Once you are locked in, you cannot get out. Watch out the invoices for additional billing. The sales person told us it was month to month billing but it turned out to be annual. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** They try to sneak in additional users for billing and will not resolve billing issues. There is nothing you can do about other than just move to a different product. They think they have you after the sale. ### 21. Absolutely awful support, almost non existent user training tools, data conversion 8mo **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 18, 2016 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** The software is attractive, the search functions are Boolean searchable, there are dashboards if you can talk your support rep into getting them to work accurately (we can't) **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** The service: our sales admin spends 1-3 hours a week on the phone with Bullhorn, trying to get glitches fixed and figure out what activities like client visits, interviews, etc are not showing in reports. This is not a one time thing, this is a every 1-3 days type of thing. Today, she was on a call with the Bullhorn team for over an hour. We've learned, when it's not fixed and they say they'll call us back, they won't. Our conversion: We converted from SendOuts, yet we found out today that we have over 80,000 records that were not mapped and are just in limbo. Training: Not sure how well the paid training works, we've had such a terrible time just getting their software to function properly, we've been very hesitant to buy anything else from them. The training videos cover areas you would likely figure out on your own and there is no comprehensive user manual. If you have a question with Bullhorn, you can Google it or spend an hour trying to get Support on the phone. Reporting: We switched to get access to the much touted dashboards, which 8 months after conversion still do not work. We have had to purchase an additional software to sit on top of Bullhorn and provide comprehensive dashboards, management reporting and sales conversion ratios. When we asked Bullhorn what it would take to create a sales conversion ratio report, this CRM company a.) did not know what we were talking about & b.) wanted to charge us many thousands of dollars to build it, even though they didn't understand what we meant. I don't understand a sales software that can't give the sales people their conversion ratios. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** The sales rep will say what they need to say to get you to buy. Call competitors in your area and see what they are using. If the software worked and the reports were valid, we could stay, but it doesn't do what we pay for. Bullhorn will promise you the moon, deliver 10% of what is promised, then try to force you to pay extra for all the bells and whistles they promised. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our business problems have grown with Bullhorn. We regret switching over and now have to pay a higher price for a lower quality product then we were previously using (I miss you, SendOuts!) and pay for an additional software just to get the functions were were promised. Bullhorn is slow and freezes up regularly. Reports are missing data almost every week. This is the third software we've used in the last 5 years and it won't be the last. ### 22. Sales Executive **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Corey M. | Co-Founder, Staffing and Recruiting, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 30, 2015 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** I really like Bullhorn's tab feature. You can multitask and accomplish a lot quickly. It really helps with your organizational tasks and keeps you on top of your day. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Support isn't great. Integration isn't great. Speed is slow. Fails or shuts down a lot. Ease of use isn't there. Customization shouldn;t be so tricky and involved. Should be more simplistic. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** Better support. System shouldn;t crash as much as it does. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Bullhorn as our applicant tracking system so it organizes our lives really. ### 23. Neutral **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 26, 2015 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** You can parse candidates resume's which is nice. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Searching candidates, job order screen, notes section, placements, etc. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** N/A **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Nothing to say regarding this question. ### 24. Empty Promises **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Textiles | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 18, 2014 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Job Board and application integration, and Salesforce integration **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** When we signed up for the project, we were sold it as a customizable solution. Once we got our project manager that proved to be false. There are limites to what it can do, and we ultimately had to forfeit our initial investment of time and money to find a new option. **Recommendations to others considering Bullhorn:** I will admit this review is very specific to our recruiting company. We wanted a very specific solution that was promised and sold, and ultimately they were unable to follow through. We worked with several JS staff members, some extremely intelligent and helpful, others completely lost to our goals. It took months for them to finally admit they couldn't do what we wanted. If used out of the box without customization, it may be perfect for your needs. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** The company wanted to do more than just have a simple job board with applications. They wanted to create a forum for applicants to learn and stay connected even outside the job hunt process. ### 25. Unsatisfied **Rating:** 1.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kirstin A. | Recruiter, Staffing and Recruiting, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 22, 2014 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** Access to daily needs for recruiters such as email, job postings, and candidate base. **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** Very slow, doesn't have very many features, email doesn't sync with phones well, you can only access it on internet explorer, needs updated BADLY. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** Recruiting ### 26. Highs and lows **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2014 **What do you like best about Bullhorn?** emailing a resume to have it uploaded. It great! **What do you dislike about Bullhorn?** It has HORRIBLE ability to email candidates. Way too cumbersome. There is also no good way to push a candidates from one stage to the next. For all the whistles it has on it, the basic functionality is not there. **What problems is Bullhorn solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am trying to solve managing a large number of applicants. 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Customizable Reports - Alerts/Notifications - Reporting/Analytics - Real-Time Updates - Projections - Customizable Fields - Approval Process Control - Mobile App - Generative AI - Activity Dashboard - Billing & Invoicing - Budgeting/Forecasting - Resource Allocation & Planning - Access Controls/Permissions - Real-Time Notifications - AI Copilot - Summary Reports - Reporting & Statistics - Real-Time Data - Automatic Time Capture - Overtime Calculation - Clock In/Out - Productivity Analysis - Multi-Language - Employee Scheduling - Employee Database - Billable & Non-Billable Hours - Usage Tracking/Analytics **Feedback Management** - Feedback Management **Recruitment Management** - Recruitment Management **AI/Machine Learning** - AI/Machine Learning **Interview Scheduling** - Interview Scheduling **Decision Support** - Decision Support **Assessment Management** - Assessment Management **Job Description Management** - Job Description Management **Human-in-the-loop (HITL)** - Human-in-the-loop (HITL) **Talent Acquisition** - Talent Acquisition **AI Candidate Scoring** - AI Candidate Scoring **Video Interviewing** - Video Interviewing **Personalized Outreach** - Personalized Outreach **Interview Management** - Interview Management **Resume Parsing** - Resume Parsing **Expense Reports** - Ease of Creating Expense Reports - Bank / Credit Card Integration - Smart Categorization - Digital Receipt Management - Employee Reimbursement - Currency Conversions - Corporate Card - Credit Card Management **Automation** - Process Automation **Platform Functionality** - Sourcing and Candidate Identification - Job Posting - Interview Scheduling - Applicant Tracking **Candidate Management** - Task Management - Automation - Filtering - Automated Matching - Resume Parsing - Client Portal - Self Service Portal - Compliance Management - Assessment Management - Interview Management - Calendar Management - Communication Management - Email Management - Referral Management - Workflow Management - Recruitment Management - Job Management - Lead Management - Candidate Management - Job Application Management - HR Management - Pipeline Management - Payroll Management **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Generative AI** - AI Text Summarization **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - Generative AI **Recruitment Platform - Recruitment Platforms** - User Permissions - Sourcing - Interviews - Dashboard - Internationalization & Locationalization - Customization - Activity Dashboard **Agentic AI - Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)** - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Decision Making **Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance** - Autonomous Task Execution **Agentic AI - Expense Management** - Autonomous Task Execution - Cross-system Integration **AI Core Recruiting ** - Automated Resume Screening - End-to-End AI Recruiting Workflow - Adaptive AI Model Refinement - Human Oversight **Travel Management** - Ease of Booking - Itinerary Management - Trip Notifications - Advanced Integrations - Online Booking - Credit Card Management - Booking Management - User Management - Restriction Management - Reservations Management - Reimbursement Management - Vendor Management - Travel Management - Promotions Management - Workflow Management - Receipt Management - Supplier Management - Compliance Management - Policy Management - Invoice Management - Real-Time Notifications - Third-Party Integrations - Timesheet Management - Invoice Management - Reimbursement Management - Real-Time Notifications **Sourcing** - Candidate Search - Career Page Configuration - Candidate Sourcing - Job Posting - Candidate Sourcing Metrics - Boolean Search - Resume Search **Logistics** - Dashboards & Reporting - Data Collection - Lanuguage Options - Activity Dashboard - Real-Time Data - Real-Time Reporting - Payroll Reporting **Platform Basics** - Interoperability - Performance - Integrations - Internal Chat Integration **Communication** - Candidate Portal - Job Posts - Email Integration - Third-Party Integrations - Social Media Integration **Recruitment AI - Recruitment Platforms** - Candidate Matching - Gen AI in Talent Acquisition - Engagement **Agentic AI - Recruiting Automation** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making - Third-Party Integrations **AI Interviewing & Assessment** - AI-Enabled Interviews & Assessments **Additional Functionality** - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Resume Database - Talent Pool - Alerts/Notifications - AI Copilot - Email Marketing - Searchable Database - Reminders - GDPR Compliance - Customizable Branding - Customizable Templates - Job Board - Data Import/Export - Recruiting Firms - Reference Checking - Social Recruiting - Internal HR - Job Requisition - Collaboration Tools - Background Screening **Time Tracking** - Ease of Completing Timesheets - Tracking Time to Project/Task - Billable Time Rate Management - Reimbursement Management - Task Progress Tracking **Candidate Management - Applicant Tracking System** - Candidate Evaluations - Applicant Data Management - Hiring Processes Tracking - Automated Resume Parsing - Scheduling - Candidate-Facing Statuses - Workflow Building - Application Management - Candidate Management - Task Management - Pipeline Management - Calendar Management - Workflow Management - Communication Management - Compliance Tracking - Approval Workflow - Application Management - Job Management **Management** - Schedule Creation Tools - Schedule Management - Employee Leave Management - User Access - User Role Access - Employee Information - Employee Information Automation - Calendar Management - Workflow Management - Compliance Management - Timesheet Management - Payroll Management - HR Management - Time Off Management - Task Management - Document Management - Mobile Access **Platform Content** - Digital Strategy - Candidate Relationship Management - Employer Branding - Social Recruiting - Job Management - Employee Referral Management - Campaign Management - Interview Management - Email Management - Recruitment Management - Content Management - Calendar Management - Job Application Management - Customizable Branding **Onboarding** - Onboarding - Assessments **Job Content Creation** - AI-Generated Job Descriptions **Client Invoicing** - Invoice Creation and Delivery - Electronic Payments - Project Accounting / Revenue Recognition - Biometric Recognition - Optical Character Recognition **Monitoring** - Regulations Enforcement - Compliance Monitoring - Integration - Third-Party Integrations **Platform Performance** - Marketing Automation - File Sharing - Reporting **Analytics** - Pipeline Dashboards - Analytics Reports - Reporting/Analytics - Activity Dashboard - Customizable Reports - Real-Time Analytics - Pipeline Reports **Agentic AI - Recruitment Platforms** - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Decision Making **AI Candidate Interaction & Outreach** - Automated Interview Scheduling - Conversational Chatbots & Virtual Assistants - AI-Driven Outreach & Follow-Ups **Generative AI - Expense Management** - Image-to-Text - Text Generation - Text Summarization **Additional Functionality** - Reminders - Mobile App - Status Tracking - Sick Leave Tracking - Overtime Calculation - Reporting/Analytics - Time Tracking - API - Employee Scheduling - Employee Database - Role-Based Permissions - FMLA Administration - Self Service Portal - Data Import/Export - AI Copilot - Generative AI - Approval Process Control - Search/Filter - Attendance Tracking - Vacation/Leave Tracking - Biometric Recognition - Clock In/Out - Alerts/Notifications - Customizable Reports - Project Time Tracking - Audit Trail - Leave Tracking - Multi-Location - Access Controls/Permissions - Time & Expense Tracking - Real-Time Notifications - Lockout Periods - Electronic Signature - Automated Scheduling - Geofencing - Labor Forecasting - Employee Portal - Employee Time Tracking - Punch card - Automatic Time Capture **Additional Functionality** - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Resume Database - Talent Pool - Alerts/Notifications - AI Copilot - Email Marketing - Searchable Database - Reminders - GDPR Compliance - Customizable Branding - Customizable Templates - Job Board - Data Import/Export - Recruiting Firms - Reference Checking - Social Recruiting - Internal HR - Job Requisition - Collaboration Tools - Background Screening **Additional Functionality** - CRM - Billing & Invoicing - Resume Database - Talent Pool - Alerts/Notifications - AI Copilot - Email Marketing - Searchable Database - Reminders - GDPR Compliance - Customizable Branding - Customizable Templates - Job Board - Data Import/Export - Recruiting Firms - Reference Checking - Social Recruiting - Internal HR - Job Requisition - Collaboration Tools - Background Screening - Status Tracking - Activity Tracking - Customizable Forms - Contact Database - Email Templates - Interview Scheduling - Full Text Search - Resume Search - Talent Acquisition - For Recruiting Agencies - Generative AI - Applicant Tracking - Job Tracking - Reporting & Statistics - Job Posting - API - Electronic Signature - Temporary Staffing - Configurable Workflow - Real-Time Reporting - SMS Messaging - For Staffing Agencies - Workflow Automation **Additional Functionality** - Audit Trail - Secure Data Storage - AI Copilot - Approval Process Control - Data Import/Export - Duplicate Detection - Expense Claims - Budgeting/Forecasting - Customizable Fields - Spend Control - Customizable Templates - Access Controls/Permissions - Reporting & Statistics - Automated Receipt Matching - Mobile Receipt Upload - Billable & Non-Billable Hours - Financial Analysis - Categorization/Grouping - Single Sign On - Activity Dashboard **Platform** - Customization - Integration APIs - Internationalization - User, Role, and Access Management - Activity Dashboard - Activity Dashboard - Mobile Access - Activity Dashboard - Training Management - Goal Management - Feedback Management - Action Management - Mobile Access - Activity Dashboard - Benefits Dashboard - Activity Dashboard - Feedback Management - Performance Management - Recruitment Management - Compliance Management - Training Management - Calendar Management - Employee Management - Orientation Workflow Management - Task Management - HR Management - Help Desk Management - Mobile Access - Payroll Management - Document Management - Job Description Management - Social Media Integration - Mobile Access - Activity Dashboard - Third-Party Integrations - Assessment Management - Social Media Integration - Activity Dashboard - Mobile Access - Third-Party Integration - Initiative Management - Workflow Management - Community Management - Employee Referral Management - Candidate Management - Workflow Management - Communication Management - Advertising Management - Application Management - Email Management - Job Management - Discount Management - Pipeline Management - File Management - Job Management - Data Storage Management - Compensation Management - Employee Management - Job Application Management - HR Management - Competency Management - Performance Management - Compliance Management - Job Description Management - Evaluation Management - User Management - Role-Based Permissions - Third-Party Integrations **Platform Additional Functionality** - Dashboard - Mobility **AI Candidate Evaluation & Insights** - Recruiter Decision Support - AI-Based Candidate Ranking - AI-Based Candidate Assessment **Additional Functionality** - Email Templates - Background Screening - Chatbot - Talent Acquisition - Generative AI - Job Board - Campaign Analytics - Data Import/Export - Careers Page - Reporting/Analytics - Applicant Tracking - SMS Messaging - Built-in ATS - Skills Assessment - Multi-Channel Marketing - Reporting & Statistics - CRM - Internal HR - Customizable Reports - Email Marketing - Employee Onboarding - Resume Parsing - AI Copilot **Mobile** - Receipt Capture - Mileage Tracking - Travel Itinerary and Flight Status Updates - Expense Tracking - Real-Time Updates **Platform** - Embedded AI / Machine Learning - Complex Approval Workflow - Generative AI **AI - Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)** - Predictive Insights - AI Job Description - Chatbot - Generative AI **Additional Functionality** - Self Service Portal - Data Import/Export - Question Library - Customizable Templates - Reminders - Recruiting Firms - Talent Pool - AI Copilot - Scoring - Candidate Profiles - Job Board - Internal HR - Reference Checking - Careers Page - Resume Storage - Customizable Branding - Collaboration Tools - Tagging - Alerts/Notifications - Matching Engine - Search/Filter - Social Recruiting - Onboarding - Reporting & Statistics - For Small Businesses - Background Screening - Commenting/Notes - Billing & Invoicing - CRM - Resume Database - Email Marketing - Searchable Database - GDPR Compliance - Job Requisition **Mobile Time Tracking** - Project Time Tracking - Expense Tracking - Progress Tracking - Activity Tracking - Time Tracking by Client - Project Tracking - Billable Items Tracking - Attendance Tracking - Vacation/Leave Tracking - 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