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Whether you’re scaling rapidly or managing regular turnover, it often involves multiple teams, business areas, brands, and markets. That’s why modern, cloud-based applicant tracking systems (ATS) have emerged as the heart of the modern HR tech stack—to streamline processes, support collaboration, and enhance the candidate experience.  \nLegacy ATSs may cover basic tracking but often fall short in key areas like integrations, reporting, and user experience. The result? Recruiters stuck with clunky systems that slowdown hiring, and candidates frustrated by complicated application processes that lead to drop-offs instead of hires.  \nHiring the right talent is core to your business success, so your ATS needs to run like a well-oiled machine. It should integrate effortlessly into your HR tech stack and support your hiring strategy with the same level of sophistication that sales and marketing teams expect from a CRM.  \nWhile tech alone cannot solve all recruiting challenges, the right ATS can automate repetitive tasks and free up time for hiring teams to focus on strategic priorities.  \nBut with so many options on the market, how do you choose the right ATS?  \nIf your current ATS no longer supports your needs, this guide will help you navigate the key considerations, must-have features, and critical questions to ask vendors. By the end, you’ll be ready to select the right ATS to power your recruitment.  \nATS Buyer’s Guide: Choosing the right enterprise applicant tracking system 2  \nATS evaluation process  \nDefine your needs  \nAlign with key stakeholders to identify hiring challenges and the reasons for switching ATSs.  \nIdentify must-have features  \nMap your hiring needs to essential ATS features that will support your goals and solve existing challenges.  \nCompare ATS solutions  \nEvaluate different ATS platforms based on reviews, recommendations, and customer cases.  \nShortlist vendors  \nNarrow your options to 3–5 vendors for a closer evaluation and final selection.  \nSTEP 1  \nUnderstand your needs and why you want to switch  \nBefore exploring ATS options, it’s critical to understand your needs and answer the big questions: What are your hiring goals? What challenges do you want the system to help resolve?  \nThink about your long-term roadmap, including the volume and frequency of recruitment, the level of support your team needs, and whether your organization is ready to double down on the candidate experience.  \nHave conversations with relevant stakeholders to align on your organization’s people growth trajectory and core business objectives.  \nNow, let’s zoom in and get specific about what you need to get started:  \nClarify your goals  \nAre you looking to reduce time-to-hire, improve candidate quality, or boost acceptance rates? Knowing what you’re aiming for will help you choose the right ATS and inform which metrics you’ll use to measure success.  \nIdentify your challenges  \nReview your current recruitment processes and outcomes to identify problem areas and areas for improvement. Look into existing data to see where candidate drop-offs occur and which metrics are off track. Gather feedback from recruiters, hiring managers, and other daily users of your system to gain insights from multiple perspectives.  \nATS Buyer’s Guide: Choosing the right enterprise applicant tracking system 2  \nBring in your stakeholders  \nConsider who will be part of the decision-making process: hiring managers, IT, legal, and others interacting with recruiting, onboarding and purchasing. What are their primary pain points, and what would they hope to gain from a new system?  \nTip! Think about whose time the ATS will free up. Which roles could be more strategic if admin work was offloaded? Work backwards from thereto help you get the most out of your ATS.  \nReview candidate feedback  \nIf you aren’t collecting candidate feedback","cbCaicgKuwGePtOG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicgKuwGePtOG","pdf",637928,23,"English","# Introduction\n## ATS evaluation process\n## STEP 1: Understand your needs and why you want to switch\n## Clarify your goals\n## Identify your challenges\n## Bring in your stakeholders\n## Review candidate feedback\n## Define your budget\n## SIGNS IT MAY BE TIME TO RETIRE YOUR LEGACY SYSTEM\n## The software is slow or laggy\n## Hiring takes longer than it should\n## You’re doing work that could be automated\n## You’re missing analytics or reporting capabilities","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of an enterprise ATS for recruiters?\",\"answer\":\"An enterprise ATS helps streamline hiring processes, support collaboration, and enhance the candidate experience while integrating with the organization’s HR tech stack.\"},{\"question\":\"How should teams start evaluating an ATS?\",\"answer\":\"Teams should define hiring goals and challenges, align key stakeholders, map must-have features to recruiting needs, compare platforms, and shortlist vendors for closer evaluation.\"},{\"question\":\"What budget factors should be considered when choosing an ATS?\",\"answer\":\"Beyond yearly subscription fees, teams should account for potential add-on costs such as data migration, customization, user training, and ongoing customer support.\"}]","ATS Buyer’s Guide - How to choose the right enterprise applicant tracking system | PDF",1789206178,8]