{"id":1109,"date":"2013-08-22T20:03:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T20:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2019-03-02T09:12:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:12:27","slug":"top-5-applicant-tracking-system-mistakes-failure-to-adopt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullhorn.com\/au\/blog\/top-5-applicant-tracking-system-mistakes-failure-to-adopt\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Applicant Tracking System Mistakes: Part 1 \u2013 Failure to Adopt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to a new Bullhorn blog series entitled, \u201cTop 5 Applicant Tracking System Mistakes.” The 5-part blog series, written by one of Bullhorn\u2019s senior sales engineers, discusses five common slip-ups recruiters make while using the ATS inefficiently. Find out what these mistakes are and how to avoid them!<\/em><\/p>\n

The use of an applicant tracking system<\/a>, or ATS, can save recruiters countless problems and headaches, but only if it\u2019s used effectively. Too many times I see recruiters using the ATS, but making unnecessary mistakes that slow them down. An ATS should accelerate your recruiting process and increase productivity – ensure that your team isn\u2019t making this first mistake!<\/p>\n

1. Failure to Adopt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although this seems like a common sense issue, it\u2019s amazing to see the tolerance companies have for many of their employees not utilizing their applicant tracking systems properly or even at all. The idea that staffing and recruiting is a relationship business is still mostly true, but utilizing technology fully to create and maintain those relationships is crucial for sustained success and growth.<\/p>\n

Aside from employee performance issues, software adoption is most likely going to be the mistake that most harshly affects your bottom line. Why is failure to adopt so expensive? First, it costs recruiters time if they don\u2019t know how to perform tasks. Second, it disrupts recruiting processes when the full feature set of the software isn\u2019t being utilized. Many times the latter is due to the user giving up too early after being introduced to the ATS. He or she ends up defaulting to the more comfortable \u2013 and less effective \u2013 manual way of doing things.<\/p>\n

Failure to adopt can be spawned from overarching usability issues. If you are evaluating different solutions, keep in mind that many applicant tracking systems<\/strong> are not as intuitive as you might think. If you look at many of the sites we all use like (Facebook, Gmail, etc.), they are very intuitive. What I mean by this is that whether or not I receive any instruction, I can still poke around these sites a bit and be off to the races and fully functional. You need to ensure that your ATS is easy for people to use effectively. Recently, the industry trend has been a return to simplicity and focus on usability. This is evidenced by the interfaces provided by new players in the marketplace, as well as refresh initiatives carried out by veterans like Bullhorn.<\/p>\n

Your ATS should be built to run like the open road; when a highway is smooth and traffic-free, you barely know it\u2019s there \u2013 you\u2019re only focused on your destination.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

How to Avoid:<\/strong>
\nIf you are not on an intuitive ATS and a replacement is not an option, then you might be able to kick start better adoption by:<\/p>\n