an insight into ats selection

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