HiringThing

What do you like best?

I like the ease of usage. The learning curve is not at all too steep, and it is Very user intuitive! A few training sessions is all new users will need! Additionally, the Dashboard is on your landing page & can be found extremely quickly. It provides the most up to date information on your reqs and candidate activity. You can separate between new and existing candidates, and you can rate them with a helpful star system! Users can rank from zero stars to five stars in a very easy to read system. From there, all ratings and candidates can be shared among recruiters and managers of the reqs. Also, you can email candidates directly from the applied reqs. This is a big help! This allows you and all users to centralize all communication with candidates strictly and exclusively in the tool. This removes the need of using external emails and allows for all users to be on the same page at all times and reduce redundancy.

What do you dislike?

In certain instances, the tool feels a little too simplistic. It can feel a bit sparse & could use a look upgrade. Updating the look will speak more to HiringThing's branding, and will make it far easier to identify and separate from other Applicant Tracking Systems. Also, it can be a little difficult navigating how to properly customize specific questions and attributes to be added to applications. If it was easier to facilitate making those much needed changes and customizations, it would make the tool even better. The tool also has one other option I would like to see improved. When reviewing your dashboard, you will be brought directly to your req volume & current open req volume. In the tool and for each req, the system automatically defaults to display "new" applications and applicants only. This can be sometimes very confusing if you are looking to build a talent pool or may be moving quickly. It has its good to it, and also its bad as does everything else, but this is unfortunate sometimes, and can also sometimes lead to losing candidates. It is strictly a style preference and should be addressed carefully.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

One of the best attributes of the tool is it quickly shows the candidate's source. It allows you to built useful metrics that will help you identify target audiences. There were times where we were posting our roles with boards that were not yielding us enough candidates or yeidling us quality candidates, and we were unable to properly separate the helpful, successful boards from the boards that were unsuccessful and not providing us enough great candidates. Through HiringThing, we are now able to much, much better identify the sources and boards that provide better quality candidates! Another problem that we are solving through HiringThing is the ease of scheduling interviews and communicating with candidates! I have been able to customize messages through the tool, create very helpful message templates, save the templates in the tool, and also share the message templates with other members of my organization - all through the tool!