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Standing out in the crowd is always a challenge in any industry. Similarly, there are thousands of recruitment agencies, job boards around and hence it is a much of a challenge to be on top of others. There are many start up recruitment service providers coming up each day. It is essential to be focused and to be in top among the client’s preference. Recruitment services need to attract right job providers, satisfy them in their recruitment needs as well as satisfy people who are looking out for jobs. Employers as well as prospective employees need to have confidence in the recruitment a...
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Employers look for passive and quality candidates. These candidates are usually not active on job boards or don’t respond to the any emails or calls by recruiters. Recruiters try to target them by posting ads in various media and also sending bulk mails. But these candidates don’t get attracted to any of these methods. Job postings most of the times are usually unsuccessful in targeting quality talent. Recruiters fail to understand why this happens. These candidates don’t look out for change if its not interesting to them. They only respond if the position and the profile is beneficial ...
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Resume SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is loading enough keywords in the resume so that it results in the search engine during the search given by the recruiters. One needs to highlight all the relevant keywords to get an attention from the recruiters. These are the few ways you can have resume SEO : Decide on Keywords : Make sure to use different keywords. Use all short forms, phrases, jargons which are your relevant skills. Person might search HR as either HR or Human resource. So keep in mind to insert both of these words. Similarly MS/Microsoft, TL/Team Lead/Tech Lead/Technical Lead. ...
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Visibility Establish your presence in sites like LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Orkut etc. Find out the relevant site for your target search. Join those sites. Bring enough traffic to your site. Provide all necessary feeds so that you can be searchable easily. This makes easier for people to reach you. Socialise Its very essential for a recruiter to get socialized. Participate in the discussions, conferences and recruitment events. Involve in the discussions, online groups, tweets etc. Increase your network and visibility. Share your thoughts, start new discussion threads and ask for opinio...
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As mentioned in the earlier blogs, most recruiters are adopting for creative method of recruiting. Facebook is one of such tools. It is necessary to understand how effectively we can use the features. One of the features is Facebook Events. There are more than 300 million users in Facebook and more than 3.5 million Facebook events created on each month. Most of the users login regularly and keep updating the status, add comments and check latest updates. Utilise this to advertise recruitment news. Create an event on Facebook. Provide details about the opportunity, your contact details so th...
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We had covered basics of Applicant Tracking System earlier. Here is a list of Software Solutions to do Resume Management effectively.

Free and Open Source Version

Resume Management

OpenCATS is the first open source Applicant Tracking System (ATS) runs on both Windows and Linux. It is innovative, easy to use and cost effective recruitment tool which can manage critical talent acquisition issues in an efficient manner. It can be installed on a local machine or on a server for web access. It is built on Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP platform. The interface is very simple,clutter free and it is web based.

Most of the existing ATS applications are expensive, complicated, cluttered and Cumbersome UI. There are both free and paid versions of CATS. The user can choose depending on their requirement. For smaller size business set up, the free version is sufficient and effective. The open source version is free and this is for a small community. The free version includes the core functions and is generally sufficient for smaller organizations or self-employed recruiters. At no cost, you can track up to 5 job orders at once and allow candidates to apply from your website. You can use single-recipient email communications and store about 2,000 resumes with 100 MB of storage.

Features Include

  • Post Jobs and Receive Applications from the Website
  • 24/7 Support from Anywhere
  • Import LinkedIn Contacts
  • Perform Searches of Resume Database

Site: www.opencats.org

Download OpenCATS

CATS – Commercial Software

CATS is a professional version that costs 39$/month per user and includes 2GB of storage per user. This version includes  additional features which are not found in the free version.  You can track unlimited job postings and store tens of thousands more resumes. When you first sign-up, you’ll automatically be given a 30-day trial of the Professional version.

Features Include

  • All those which are available in free version
  • Integrates with MS Outlook and Word
  • Publish Jobs on other networking sites like Twitter, Facebook etc
  • Email Support to multiple candidates
  • Import resumes from Job portals and LinkedIn
  • Export Searches, Reporting, Custom reports to Excel
  • SSL 128-Bit Security and many more

Site: www.catsone.com

Download 30 days Trial CATS

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ATS is the application that enables to maintain job information, database of applicant and handle the complete recruitment needs electronically. It is similar to CRMs which is also known as Talent Management System (TMS) designed for handle the recruitment cycle. There are various software tools available according to the size of business in either Open Source or SaaS mode.

It is difficult to handle the recruitment process manually as the recruitment department will be usually flooded with resumes. It takes lots of time, money and effort. It is essential to automate the process by using best suited ATS. ATS can be linked to the company website and to the job portals. ATS carefully screens the resumes and passes the information. This software will aid in many ways such as quick contact of all candidates, filling the positions in a much faster way.

The Web Based Application Tracking System helps the candidates to apply for a job online. It also includes pre-screening questions, resume tracking and ranking etc. The applicant tracking system useful for both the employers and applicants in recruitment process. Its easy to use interface allows candidates to apply easily, create and update resumes and even the ability to manage their own calendars for their availability.

ATS includes

1. Resume scanning

2. Job Description

3. Schedule and Track interviews

4. EEO Reports

5. Resume Database

6. Recruiter activities

7. Online notes

8. Letter generation and mailing

9. Calendar, Events and Contact Support

10. Comprehensive Search and Filter Support

11. Cost Analysis etc

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