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Terrible reasons for choosing an ATS
There are many reasons you might find yourself looking for a new ATS. Speed, efficiency, usability… but how did you end up with ...

Data-driven recruiting 101: How to improve your hiring process
Traditional recruiting used to rely on luck and intuition more than data, which was time-consuming to amass and analyze. Recruit...

What is the average time to hire by industry?
Time to hire is the number of days between when a job requisition is approved and the day an offer is accepted by the candidate....

Why are you still using hiring spreadsheets?
Hiring great people is the key to building a successful business. Given this, you’d think most companies would use specialist hi...

Time to reboot the gamification of recruitment
It’s safe to assume that Casey Wardynski didn’t foresee the scale of what he was starting back in 1999. As chief economist of th...

Key HR metrics: The most important metrics you should track
HR metrics measure how effective the results of your HR operations are, including elements such as employee retention and recrui...

10 signs you need an applicant tracking system
Think of a shortlist of your most effective business tools. Now ask yourself how many of those you wish you’d heard about and st...

Questions to ask about your key recruitment metrics
Hiring metrics, reports and recruitment KPIs are only as useful as the questions they answer about your business. So, before we ...

What is resume parsing and how an applicant tracking system (ATS) reads a resume
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) reads resumes by parsing, or electronically analyzing, the text. It extracts key data like na...