How to sort CV effectively with an ATS?

To optimize recruitment processes , some companies adopt specialized software . APEC revealed in 2016 that 27 % of companies had integrated such a tool in their search for talents .

And for good reason, the field of action of human resources continues to integrate new issues. The search for candidates , already time -consuming, goes hand in hand with the loyalty of employees .

To find out how to sort CV effectively with an ATS , Marvin Recruiter returns to the fundamentals of these HR tools that have become essential.

What is an ATS and what is it for? 

An ATS - for applicant Tracking System - is an application and recruitment management system. A true ally of the human resources services, he follows a simple objective: to save time for employers as well as candidates.

These devices are classified into 2 categories:

  • Online software in SaaS format for Software as a Service . The database and the ATS service are hosted remotely, and do not take up space in the business workstations. The latter pays a subscription to the host and can control her actions anywhere.
  • The software packages , located directly in the network or the company's computers. The company must then take into account the volume occupied by ATS with regard to its storage capacities.

The majority of these tools incorporate features related to optimizing the recruitment process for both businesses and recruitment firms . From the dissemination of job offers to the selection of CVs, the ATS accompany you during the job phase and beyond.

A full ATS helps your HR teams to follow and optimize their activity. Performance analysis is actually aims to carry out projections and adapt the recruitment strategy for recruitment companies and firms.

Why sorting CVs important for recruitment? 

Any recruitment professional will say: the hiring process can be long and sometimes tedious. For a job offer, several dozen CVs , or even more, are generally found on the human resources office.

Organizing hunting for best candidates also becomes a major issue in many sectors for recruitment candidates. It is more than ever essential to have an organized and easy -to -use candidate database. 

The sorting of CVs is notably imperative to optimize the work of recruiters. By highlighting the most promising and interesting profiles, the human resources services spend more time on the analysis of applications .

However, it is precisely the precise examination of applicants that will allow you to identify your future employee. Carefully sorting profiles is one of the keys to successful recruitment and team loyalty .

The sorting of CVs is essential for several other reasons:

Avoid non -constructive interviews 

Companies are sometimes found with unrelevant CVs in view of their recruitment needs. Again, the in -depth analysis of the profiles allowed by sorting will save you time by sparing you unsuccessful interviews .

Identify ideal candidates.

You need to maintain yourself with candidates with a profile in line with your values ​​and projects. These people can be identified thanks to a first sorting made with method and precision.

To make an effective sorting, you can use ATS. The artificial intelligence linked to these tools will provide you with the most promising CVs with regard to your needs, and will save you time.

How to sort and select CVs on an ATS? 

How to organize and sort CVs on an ATS

If the ATS offer many possibilities, at least two should hold your attention regarding the first selection of CVs .

Matching

To understand if a candidacy is relevant to a job offer, the software uses the matching . You can customize the keywords that will be sought by artificial intelligence. This latest will analyze the semantic field of CVs according to your recruitment objectives.

Very concretely, this method allows you to highlight the CVs which have the most concordance with your job offer ... and therefore the candidates that you would have every interest in seeing in priority in interview.

Parsing 

For its part, the parsing is based on a selection and extraction of the data from each profile. The algorithm will then feed the ATS database with past experiences, training or even the skills of each candidate.

This feature allows you to keep interesting profiles on hand for future collaborators.

Sorting and selection of CVs

More generally, all information and applications are available on the ATS platform. In other words, the features linked to sorting and selecting CVs do not definitively exclude applications that do not enter the boxes of a job offer.

How to filter the CVs on an ATS? 

Some companies are looking for very specific skills . As an extension of mechanics such as the matching , the ATS offer the possibility of filtering the CVs.

Functionities such as scoring or ranking allow you to filter CVs according to occurrences from the job offer. These techniques have notably proven themselves to find the most specific talents and skills.

You can search for candidates according to certain keywords related to your job offer or your future recruitment projects. This feature is notably useful if different services from the same company are during recruitment.

Some ATS, such as that developed by Marvin Recruitu, offer to go further thanks to advanced filtering parameters . A recruiter will be able to find a candidate according to the date of the last contact, his location, his level or his experience and contact him in stride.

A recruitment agency can very easily build a pool of candidates thanks to these features. It is enough for him to adapt the filtering parameters according to the needs of its different client companies.

How to complete CVs automatically thanks to an ATS?

When you broadcast a job offer, several applications come to you accordingly. However, that does not prevent employers from looking for their future talents by other means , in addition to the profiles that arise.

Linkedin is full of potential promising candidates for your business. This professional social network welcomes several million French users, and its interest should not be overlooked.

To complete your CV list with profiles adapted to your needs, you can strengthen your global recruitment strategy with certain tools. The ATS to Marvin Recruitus has an extension allowing you to scrape the social network.

This feature allows you to extract additional data from LinkedIn from the candidates present in your database. Provided of course that they are present on the network.

There too, all the interest is to save you time by focusing on the profiles that interest you the most . The candidates present on LinkedIn use the platform as in another way to exhibit their journey and their skills.

Scrapping on LinkedIn for Recruitment implies a specific use of the ATS. Through his approach, the Marvin Recruitus solution allows you to benefit from a time saving of around 50 % on all your recruitment processes.

Marvin's Ats: Why is it the most practical? 

Simplicity and ergonomics at the service of your projects

Marvin's ATS is part of the era of intelligent ATS: its various features make it a powerful and flexible assistant , adapted to all recruitment projects.

It is distinguished above all by its simplicity of use. Its 2 in 1 formula provides you with an intuitive system integrating the CRM and the ATS itself. By centralizing all the profiles in the same place, you can focus on the analysis of candidates.

Features that go straight to the basics

The priority of Marvin Recruit is to save you time by granting you total visibility on all profiles.

The ATS of Marvin starts from the principle that the human aspect remains at the heart of the process. This is why he helps you see more clearly, both in terms of statistics and monitoring of exchanges.

Use of AI to scrap LinkedIn and better sort the CVs

ATS's strike force on LinkedIn distinguishes it from other software. The profiles offered to you are enriched thanks to the extension linked to scrapping .

The Database thus completed gives you one step ahead of your recruitments . You save your teams time, but also to your candidates.

Additional and adaptable tools

Other features can complete the Marvin Recruiter tool. 

The Viviers Shared candidates system interacts with other recruiters . Because the hiring process is a collective approach, the ATS offers to save time in sourcing by collaboration.

Sharing the profile database and performance monitoring is the solution to bring all your recruitment processes to success .

Conclusion

Unavoidable, intelligent ATS are your new tools to optimize your research as candidates . Do not wait any longer and pass your recruitment processes at high speed by starting on Marvin!

Christophe Hébert
CEO and founder @marvin recruit
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