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“Clunky”
“Horrible”
“I hardly use it.”
“Never seen one I like.”
“Ugh. Kill me.”
We hear comments like this all the time from startup recruiters like you when we ask you about your applicant tracking system. The next thing we usually hear?
“We’re looking for a new applicant tracking system.”
If you’re starting an ATS evaluation at your startup, there are lots of reviews and guides available to help you make your decision. For example:
- Entelo’s overview of SMB applicant tracking systems
- ATS vendor Greenhouse’s applicant tracking system buyers guide
- Capterra’s overview of 8 open source or free applicant tracking systems
- OnGig’s study of the enterprise ATS market
What ATS vendors typically won’t have – and what could be equally important in your eval process – is a breakdown of the other applicant tracking systems that are in use at successful startups.
If you had this data you could:
- Narrow down a huge list of applicant tracking system vendors to a short list that are popular with your startup peers.
- Identify back channel references about a particular applicant tracking system you’re evaluating.
Assuming you’re interested in those two things, we have the perfect infographic for you.
In the infographic we are using the Wealthfront 100 group of companies as a proxy for the startup market in general. Actually it works out to be 103 companies. But who’s counting? 😉
If you’re interested in seeing the data that made up the totals displayed in the infographic we’ve also attached the source Google Spreadsheet below.
(BTW, did you know it’s really easy (and costs less than a cup of Starbucks coffee) to build infographics like this for your job ads and Careers website? Click here to learn how.)
Last, I included below Twitter testimonials from some happy ATS customers
If you represent a vendor listed in the infographic and there’s no testimonial below, @ us on Twitter with the info (i.e. link to third party Tweet) and we’d be happy to add it.
Greenhouse
@tomcarra We just started using @grnhsio yesterday. Easy on boarding, great transition from google docs + email. Already have applicants!
— Michael Simon (@mbsimon) August 5, 2014
JobScore
A week in and almost fully up to speed with @JobScore, @megeh0318 and I are #CRUSHING it. Talk about an #ATS tailor-made for growth #hiring!
— Drew Koloski (@DKrecruit) February 22, 2013
Newton Software
Quick shout out to @jpassen & the folks @ @NewtonSoftware. The product rocks, support is awesome, and they are always innovating.
— Josh Ashton (@Josh_Ashton) July 29, 2013
Lever
So much better than the competition. MT @tristanwalker Real Talk, USA. Lever.co (@lever) might officially be my new favorite startup of 2014
— andrew chapello (@chapello) April 17, 2014
Ultimate Software
With @UltimateHCM introduction of TouchBase shows this company is truly passionate with what they do best. #ulticonnect
— Randy de Leon (@deleonrandy) April 9, 2014
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