Allows me to manage the entire process from advertising to hiring.
What do you like best?
UK based support and an interface that allows me to work off of one app from advertising to hiring. A uniform approach from start to finish that means anyone that is involved in the hiring process, or is simply filling in, can log in, see where the last user left off and get the process moving again. Campaigns can be stored, shelved and picked up again at will.
The software is incredibly user friendly; I'm not specifically a recruiter, nor am I a big tech user, but I was able to create, upload and administer job advertisements with only basic experience.
One of the biggest benefits, however, was the ability to integrate several hiring sites into the software so that job openings can be posted to multiple sites at once.
What do you dislike?
It does feel somewhat like the company spend more time aiming their efforts towards larger clients. For the smaller players, the initial feel is that the relatively small companies looking to use Vacancyfiller might get knocked out of the way due to a focus on large companies; I wouldn't say that we dislike this per se, as this is to be expected, but it makes you feel somewhat like the B team. I also found that there wasn't much ability for me to download a working, live version on a demonstrator basis; one has to book a demo and then someone gets in touch to give what is ostensibly a sales pitch with a minimum of an hour duration.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make full use of the fact you can integrate it with multiple job openings. This is where the software REALLY shines and its time (and thus money) saving capabilities show themselves.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
The software has an easy interface that allows me to sign off and someone else to go in and pick up straight away. It makes candidates feel that they are the exclusive recipient of time and attention and everyone has felt that the hiring process is more streamlined. We are no longer using the software but this is not due to any problem with the software; we have simply wound down due to recent events. When we were using it, it was hard to imagine using any kind of alternative.
One of the other issues that this software solves was the time it takes to trawl job boards and post openings and have to proactively approach applicants. It saved literally hours; we sign into each job site, integrate the software and are able to post openings to every site immediately and in a way that makes the listing look unique to that site.
