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Tim H.
CEO
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best ATS (and I've tried most of them!)"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

For a smaller staffing firm, this perfect ATS. Super intuitive - Zero training needed to get started. Super Powerful too. The workflow automation is fabulous. We have our entire sourcing, recruiting, qualifying, interviewing, hiring and on-boarding process built in to the workflow. My recruiters don't need to use email. They Use CATS. One of my top recruiters, I could never get to use any other ATS (PCR, BullHorn, MaxHire, etc.) and now she only uses CATS and her cell phone. She loves it because we've automated all the emails, scheduling, follow ups, etc. Just flip a switch and your task is done!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

Reporting. This is CATS biggest weakness and the only reason I wouldn't recommend it for a bigger firm. It's virtually impossible to pull out recruiter metrics without spending hours each week. Although they have some canned dashboards, there is no customizable performance reports comparing week over week or month over month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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JT H.
Managing partner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best I’ve ever used!"
5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

For starters, customer service is awesome. I have use this software since 2012, and it keeps getting better and better. It’s very user-friendly and keeps a lot of data at your fingertips. It doesn’t take a lot to get started, and it has a lot of integrations that Connect with my chrome browser for easy data entry. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

The reporting function has a lot to be desired. I personally like to be able to break down into small bits of information to find places for improvement across my team. This really just measures very basic data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Kimberly R.
Administrative Assistant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best program for candidate tracking"
5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

With CATS you literally have everything you need for candidate tracking. Is user friendly and very detailed. Apart from the candidate friendly application process, it let's me upload resumes from candidates who show up to our offices without applying online. The easiest part of it all are the metrics. Easy to download reports too, makes my job alot easier so I can concentrate on other tasks. Furthermore, they recently integrated the SMS service, were I can send messages to candidates and keep track of it all in the candidates file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

The only thing I could suggest is having different language settings. For example, I use this program here in Puerto Rico, many of my coworkers a do not understand English as good as I do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Zach Dimond of CATS

Hi Kimberly,

CATS actually has been translated by our users into a number of languages, including Spanish. You’ll find the account-wide setting for this from your avatar icon in the top right corner > Administration > Localization > Language. To only change the language for their individual user, other users can go to the avatar icon > My Profile > Language.

Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
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Verified User in Staffing and Recruiting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Simple ATS"
4/5
What do you like best about CATS?

CATS is great for ATS. Low price point. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

I don't like the limitations. I have permanent and per diem and contract placements and CATS doesn't meet all of my needs. I have used CATS for many years but left to get a more well rounded ATS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Erin C.
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Erin C.
Partner - Founder
Staffing and Recruiting
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best tool for Agency Recruiters"
5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

The ease of use in the system it is robost without being over engineered! It allows loading from LinkedIn which few tools do! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

I wish when we searched in the candidate files there was a way to load that to a "project" or at minimum page from record to record without having to go back to the list every single time. I don't use the sourcing feature in the tool very often due to the lack of paging item from person to person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jessica M.
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Jessica M.
Scientific Recruiter
Biotechnology
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Customize customize customize"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

I love the responsiveness of the CATS support team, they're willing to troubleshoot and entertain new suggestions. The ability to customize just about every field and feature available makes the system work very well for us, even between different teams within our organization. The community tips and suggestions are helpful. The CATS extension for importing candidates is also excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

The interface could use a facelift, however, it's grown on me as my appreciation of the software has increased. Some of the features are not as intuitive as I would have anticipated, but they're the type of errors that you only make once and never forget. I'd like to be able to use multiple email addresses as I have multiple clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Phillip H.
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Phillip H.
Talent Acquisition Partner
Hospital & Health Care
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Far beyond all expectations!"
5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

The flexibility of the CATS ATS is one of the greatest things I've seen in this industry. The ease of use and adaptability make it number one in my book. The way we are able to track and pull reporting has cut down on back end work for our HR department by a great deal. I can not recommend this program enough to any company that is struggling with little resources or budgeting. It's cheap, easy to use, easy to setup, the people at CATS are fantastic to work with and know their stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

I have used this ATS system for over five months now and and have no dislikes at all. Every time I think there is something missing there is a new roll out and update that takes care of it. By far the greatest tool added to date has been the ability to text within system. I just can't seem to find anything to dislike about it. Even upon polling my team of recruiters they are at a loss to give me negatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nikki H.
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Nikki H.
HR Generalist
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great ATS"
4/5
What do you like best about CATS?

A lot of ATS are hard to use and not configurable/very hard to configure. We have build in trigger for almost everything that kicks out emails to those who need to hear from the recruiter. All the triggers are customizable! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

The only thing I dislike is the email signature and how I cant input a picture into my signature Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mackensey P.
MP
Mackensey P.
Office Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Organized, Easy to Use"
5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

I like that you can funnel all your job orders and applications into one spot. Easy to use, search engine yields great results when searching for anything. I like that it's easy to keep track of what you're working on, you can make notes for yourself on candidates for your other employees to see. You can mark off what you're working on and whether or not the candidate moves to the next round. Essentially made it easier for everyone to see what everyone else was working on. Everything is viewable in one spot. We can see how many job postings we have, we can see how many applicants come in, we can see how many we have declined or moved to the next round YOY. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

There is a 40 character minimum but I can't say there is much that I dislike! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"User Friendly"
5/5
What do you like best about CATS?

I have worked with many ATS- This is the most user friendly one I have used thus far. There are many options for your team to utilize. We could additionally use this for other needs, but haven't established any other needs that we need to use for at this current time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CATS?

I would like to see the option to collapse the status updates, when you copy/paste a message. Or even the option to have different tabs so that it doesn't look as crowded on the main screen, but overall I like the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.