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Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Definition

Applicant tracking systems (ATS) are software tools recruiters, HR teams, and hiring managers use to source, screen, and manage job applicants for open positions. Businesses use these tools to create and distribute job postings, parse resumes for relevant information, schedule interviews, and source candidate information, cover letters, and references. In addition, they also automate time-consuming manual tasks such as interview scheduling, communicating the next steps, and sending alerts to candidates. ATS solutions track hiring metrics like time-to-hire and cost-to-hire, enabling companies to optimize the ROI of recruiting software investments.

Some best-in-class applicant tracking software can tie into greater recruiting features such as job board and career site job postings, candidate sourcing, resume parsing, employee referral assessment, applicant screening, recruitment marketing, interview scheduling, candidate relationship management, onboarding, and recruitment data analysis functionalities. Some ATS platforms may offer candidate relationship management software capabilities to help recruiters proactively discover and nurture potential candidates via email marketing, scheduling, and periodic communications.

Recruitment professionals across industries use applicant tracking tools to extract candidates’ educational backgrounds, skills, and work histories from resumes, enabling recruiters to find the most qualified candidates for their organization. These tools allow hiring teams to source and manage candidates from multiple sources, including social media, referrals, and job board websites. ATS systems also ensure collaborative hiring, coordinate multiple calendars while scheduling interviews, and integrate with existing recruiting software to boost hiring process efficiency.

To qualify for inclusion in the ATS category, a product must:

• -Collect, sort, and screen resumes and any associated candidate information
• -Manage talent pools within a custom workflow
• -Enable communication between HR personnel, hiring manager, or recruiter and candidate

Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) Grid® Scoring Description

• Products in the Leader quadrant are rated highly by G2 users and have substantial Market Presence scores. Leaders include: Greenhouse, BambooHR, Ceipal ATS, Hireology, Lever, Zoho Recruit, Paylocity, 100Hires, LinkedIn Talent Hub, Paycom, JobDiva, Workable, Rippling, Recruitee, Jotform, Teamtailor, JazzHR, ClearCompany, Freshteam by Freshworks, Breezy HR, Jobylon, Top Echelon, Workstream, ApplicantStack, SmartRecruiters, TurboHire, Recruit CRM & ATS, PCRecruiter, Scout Talent Software, LiveHire, VidCruiter, Loxo, HiringThing, PeopleStrong, APS, Manatal, JobScore, Ashby, Access PeopleHR, Employment Hero, Fingercheck Payroll, Comeet, and Cegid Talentsoft
• High Performing products have high customer Satisfaction scores and low Market Presence compared to the rest of the category. High Performers include: Vultus Recruit, X0PA AI, EPAY HCM, Hirebee.ai, HROne, Occupop, Eddy, TalentLyft, VivaHR, Oorwin, Trakstar Hire, SUPERWORKS, iSmartRecruit, Tracker, Naukri RMS, Team Engine, eArcu, RecruitBPM, Built for Teams, Keka HR, PeopleForce, Vibe HCM, Zappyhire, PyjamaHR, BrioHR, Pinpoint, Ultra-Staff EDGE Staffing and Recruiting Software, hireEZ, Jobilla, Recooty, OnePoint HCM, HR-ON Recruit, Simplicant, cvviz, Grove HR, CATS, Jobsoid, Skillate, WebHR, TalentRecruit, Alongside, viRecruit, The Applicant Manager, HR4, and CRM-Recruitment
• Contender products have relatively low customer Satisfaction scores and high Market Presence compared to the rest of the category. While they may have positive reviews, they do not have enough reviews to validate those ratings. Contenders include: SAP SuccessFactors, UKG Ready, iCIMS Talent Cloud, Workday Recruiting, UKG Pro, Workday HCM, Avature, Paychex Flex, IBM Kenexa Talent Acquisition Suite, isolved, Personio, Bullhorn ATS & CRM, Jobvite, JobAdder, Paycor, Oracle PeopleSoft, MightyRecruiter, Beamery, Ceridian Dayforce, PageUp, Circa, Sage People, myStaffingPro, Avionté Staffing and Recruiting Software, Crelate, Fountain, CareerBuilder Applicant Tracking, Oracle Talent Management Cloud (formerly Taleo), CareerPlug, SilkRoad Technology, Saba TalentSpace, TalentReef, TempWorks Software, Cornerstone Recruiting, Deltek Talent Management, and Arcoro
• Niche products have relatively low Satisfaction scores and low Market Presence compared to the rest of the category. While they may have positive reviews, they do not have enough reviews to validate those ratings. Niche products include: Inova Payroll, skillaHR, GR8 People, PDS Vista, Oleeo - Intelligent Talent Acquisition Technology Platform, Yello, Zimyo, Jobjet, SpringRecruit, BrightMove, SmartSearch, Adapt, TalentWall, EVA.ai, Talent Ninja, Saba Talentlink, ApplicantPro, SignalHire, QPage, PeopleFluent Recruitment, SentricHR, DATIS, Part of ContinuumCloud, Kallidus Recruit, Hirebridge, TargetRecruit Applicant Tracking System, Recruiterflow, MyNextHire, and Auzmor Hire