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A useful presentation from Peter Gold which gives recruiters an insight into the various ATS solutions, who to choose and how to choose them
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Welcome
to
Webinar
„An Insight into ATS Selection‟2nd June 2009
Webinar Introduction
Gary Franklin
Webinar Housekeeping
• Phones on mute!
• Questions to be submitted online via Q&A.
section on Live Meeting.
• Verbal questions – please wait until end of
session.
• Introducing Peter Gold – ATS Guru.
Welcome to
An insight into ATS
Selection.
Learn how to buy the right ATS
and avoid/plan for the pitfalls.
Agenda
• About Hire Strategies.
• Planning for your ATS.
• Planning your project.
• Process, process, process.
• The functionality matrix.
• Avoiding the pitfalls.
We help employers attract and hire
great people directly.
We save employers money by
reducing reliance on agencies
and job boards.
About us
Brief history
• Recruiting since 1987, online 1996.
• Built ATS in 1998 – web-cruit.
• Debenhams, Mothercare, Tesco, Boots…..
• Vurv, Taleo, iGRasp, Brassring, Jobpartne
rs
• Buy, implement, manage, fix!
Planning for your new arrival
• Know your business objectives.
• Know what outputs you need.
• Ask your customers what they expect.
• Have a functionality wish list.
• Define your objectives (for the ATS).
• Long term Vs short term – be pragmatic!
• Share your assumptions.
Planning your project
• Under promise, over deliver.
• Two implementation phases.
• No one pays attention until it‟s live!
• Spend more on people than technology.
• Involve your customers.
Process, process, process
• Map what you think it is.
• Get others to map it.
• Compare notes – don‟t be scared of
paper!
• One process is never enough.
• Assume no one will follow it.
• Document, communicate, train, update.
The functionality matrix
• Remember the wish list?
• Be clear about reality Vs insanity.
• Do you really need a Ferrari?
• Essential Vs desirable – think ROI/value.
• How good is today Vs what you NEED?
• Document it.
Function
1 Vacancy requisition:
Configurable by company
Configurable by department
Configurable by job
Authorisation routing
2 Hosted careersite:
Company pages e.g. About, Values, Contact etc
Content Management System
Register without applying for a job
Jobs by e-mail
Career site logs/statistics
Configurable vacancy search
Job RSS feed
Employer Blog
Essential
1 - 3
Desirable
1 - 3
Want Vs Need!
Supplier credentials
Characteristic
1 Financial status:
>3 years trading
Profitable
Listed
VC owned/part-owned
2 Customers:
>10 Worldwide retail customers
>5 UK retail customers
>100 Worldwide customers
>50 UK customers
Customer mix similar to New Look - culture, brand etc
Rating
1 - 3
Avoiding the pitfalls
• More go wrong than right.
• Vendors will not be much help.
• Agencies will flip the process.
• Line Managers will flip the process.
• Your boss will flip the process.
• You will not be on the project in a year.
• If you inherit it go back to slide 1.
Summary
• Planning: What is driving the need.
• Project: Two phases.
• Process: Drives the functionality needs.
• Functionality: Need Vs want.
• Pitfalls: There will be some so plan for them.
More information• Blog: blog.hirestrategies.co.uk.
• Twitter: /petergold99.
• Free reports:– Buying an ATS. (www.hirestrategies.co.uk/buyATS)
– Low cost recruiting. (www.hirestrategies.co.uk/lowcost)
• A.C.E.R. Workshops:
– Recruiting technologies.
– Social recruiting.
– Social career sites.
Questions?!
Close of Session
• Further questions?
• Feedback survey.
• Next Breakfast meeting – 23rd June.
“How to Identify and Develop Talent
Within Your Organisation”
PWC/ SHL