Jobvite

Avantages

It's an easy "drill down" system. From high level view of req to individual candidate profiles. As a recruiter I find it easy to use and track candidates. I train my hiring managers on this system as well and they are able to catch on easily. My managers like the ability to view candidates directly.

Inconvénients

More sorting capabilities to eliminate applicants and to also find previous applicants.

Avantages

Easy to use! I am able to customize it easily to match our process. I am also able to pull reports. Very user-friendly.

Inconvénients

It can me slow some days. Customer service tells you to clear your cookies and it should fix the problem. There were about 2 times in the last year and a half where that didn't work, so it took time to fix.

Avantages

Mostly i liked here is posting and maintain database. Search option also very easy. Overall all the features are very good

Inconvénients

Least I don't have anything here. Overall it's a best tool for networking. Response also very fast..

Avantages

It's very customizable. Also, their customer service team is amazingly awesome. If I could give 6 stars, I would.

Inconvénients

There are trade-offs with the system being job-centric (vs candidate-centric). Since this one is job-centric sometimes it can be tricky to track a candidate who has applied to multiple reqs and to find feedback from previous interviews.

Avantages

I find Jobvite relatively easy to use, I have mostly trained myself. It is well-designed with a limited color palette that helps reduce visual noise. Customization options accommodate our specific workflows.

Inconvénients

I am not a daily user (my role is recruiting-adjacent), so my experience may be different if I were a power user. That being said, Jobvite is almost *too* robust. I am sometimes not sure what the difference is between all the options, and find myself potentially self-limiting additional ways the tool could be more useful for me.

Avantages

- interview scheduling (with view on availability, meeting room booking, interviewers scheduling)
- easy recruitment process (or more complex if you like) with good ready template set-ups
- comfortable for hiring managers - all information tracked in Jobvite but communicated directly to your inbox (links to profiles etc.)
- message templates creation for several purposes +++
- GDPR support
- Social sharing, referrals
- reports!! ++

Inconvénients

- Candidate evaluations options and visibility is not yet top-notch
- Would be great to have more branding opportunities for job ads

Avantages

Allows Recruiters and Hiring Managers to review, respond, and collaborate on applicants and candidates.

Inconvénients

A little clunky at times, sometimes it would have lag time.

Avantages

The Jobvite platform is very simplistic and was easy to learn. In only a day or two, I was able to effortlessly add and update candidates, view requisitions, send candidate emails, write internal notes and perform other functions. I am still learning the finer points about Jobvite, but so far those other features have worked well, too. The software is very fast - far faster loading times than other ATS systems I've used.

Inconvénients

I wish there was a better way to scan different requisitions based on location and other details. We have a number of requisitions that look almost identical except for their req number, and it's difficult to sort them out at times.

Avantages

Easy to pickup and learn how to use without any manuals. Their support staff are pretty efficient of taking care of questions and providing solutions quickly. Easy to update job reqs.

Inconvénients

When you disposition a candidate as hired in one req, would like all the other reqs to close on their own. Not to big of a problem though since the other reqs for the same candidate can be closed manually per req.
Also, wish I could open 1 job req for 1 title, but post in multiple locations, without it looking like I have ten jobs open for that title...

Avantages

Ease of use for the average user. Hiring managers can learn the system and be off and running fairly quickly because it is intuitive.

Inconvénients

Sometimes the layout on the back end can be confusing. If I want to modify an evaluation form and have multiple versions I have to remember where it lives and how to connect all the other pieces so it belongs to the right business unit.

Avantages

I really liked the email functionality; it was great to set templates and to not have to write each candidate correspondence from scratch. The software is also quite robust - there were a lot of functionalities we didn't use but I could see how they could be useful to other users/companies.

Inconvénients

I like being able to call in with a question and to get it answered right away; customer service was good but it was not as quick as I liked since I had to submit my questions via email.

Avantages

Communications with panel members and applicants is no longer haggard. Thanks to Jobvite’s intuitive design, everything is better contained and better managed. Response times have now been shortened, allowing us to complete recruitment campaigns much faster than before.

Inconvénients

Making edits or changes to individual job descriptions within group uploads can be very difficult without having to do the entire set.

Avantages

It is pretty easy to customize and the frequent quarterly enhanced updates are helpful. The system is very easy to navigate and read as well.

Inconvénients

The sorting and filtering isn't the best. The errors and tech support is sometimes lacking and can take weeks to get an answer.

Avantages

I like that all of the communication with the candidate is tracked for ease of understanding where the candidate is in process and who has communicated with them.

Inconvénients

What I like least about the Jobvite is that the onboarding function is clunky with the 'tasks'-and the alerts can't be customized as much as we need.

Avantages

Not much... I inherited it and want to get rid of it as soon as convenient

Inconvénients

Clunky UX from dashboard on to all other pages
Busy pages that make logical next steps tricky to figure out
Way too much use of the same color text, background, frames
Menu and category titles aren't intuitive
Not up to 2018 standards, hard for new users to pick up
Messaging and calendar functions don't tie seamlessly to Gmail or Outlook
Too many clicks to get through simple 1- or 2-process steps
...did I mention it's not intuitive? I've used Paychex, ADP, Salesforce... Jobvite is just very clunky, needs some serious streamlining and UX attention

Avantages

- Keeping everything in one place. Great that we can access candidate information so easily and keep it all organized. Allows us to make sure no one gets dropped.

- Usability with other programs. Love how it merges with my gcal when I schedule an interview, and how I can reply to emails from my gmail instead of having to log in.

Inconvénients

- Ugly emails. Emails sent from Jobvite show up strangely, and the fact that it comes from a strange email address means that it sometime goes to SPAM for the candidate. I find myself going through personal email more often now.

- Customer service. My team had to go through a couple of customer service reps before we found one who eagerly jumped into our issues and took immediate action. I recognize Jobvite is a growing platform, but waiting on fixes means we potentially lose great candidates.

Avantages

The platform offers great functionality and ease of use. Everyday I find new and innovative ways to utilize the software.

Inconvénients

Customer support can take awhile to connect and we aren't given a dedicated account point of contact. The software can be clunky with many bugs still to be worked out in the system.

Avantages

This is how I can submit colleagues for referral to an open position. I like how I can see the status of the referral at a glance.

Inconvénients

Referral can't happen except through a narrow funnel. Usually I find the job and try to refer from there...but I don't think it works that way. I have to relearn it each month or quarter I use it.

Avantages

Reporting functionality is highly customizable, and the ability to create custom fields is a huge plus.

Inconvénients

When exporting large datasets to .csv (since it's virtually impossible in Jobvite to export datasets of 50K+ rows to .xlsx), headers for custom fields are labeled in unusable ways (e.g. custom_field_xqqxvfws). It becomes necessary to maintain a separate mapping table and manually vlookup the actual header names before beginning any analysis. It also creates a huge headache when coordinating between data integration specialists who aren't as familiar with the dataset.

Avantages

-Refer a friend is an easy functionality that we advertise a lot to our employees
-Scheduling is very easy to use and makes it quick for coordinators
-The home screen improvements make seeing my tasks, offers, and reqs a lot easier when I am in there daily

Inconvénients

-Does not convert time of a scheduled interview for a candidate in a different time zone.
-Does not cluster an applicants - one person can appear 10+ times for each job they've applied to so search can be difficult; would help if a name appeared once and then showed you the jobs they've applied for to make search/sorting easier.

Avantages

I always thought, why job companies are putting 6,7 step forms to fill,save and submit
before applying for any jobs, why it is required, ? take few necessary information first, shortlist
candidate and then do a depth screening. Jovite application forms are so easy and they
only ask for as less information as possible. This helps to save time and apply for more jobs and
its not frustrating at all unlike other job application form platforms.

Inconvénients

It's a savior for many candidates who are seeking jobs

Avantages

I like the features in Jobvite, it makes it easy for recruiting coordinators to schedule and for interviewers to know what is going on.

Inconvénients

I think that reporting in Jobvite could be better, I wish it was more of a platform.

Avantages

I like the easy scheduling for interviews. Invitations are sent directly from Jobvite to the candidate. I also like that the Jobvite posting is shared on other job boards. This improves the coverage for the posting and candidate outreach.

Inconvénients

So far I like all the functionality of the website.

Avantages

As far as an ATS goes, we had jobvite for over 5 years and never lost information on anyone we had added to the system.

Inconvénients

There were constantly problems with feedback disappearing, the scheduling tool never working, we felt like we had to have a dedicated team member who was always trouble shooting on calling Jobvite for assistance on a feature that was not functionally properly

Avantages

What I like most about the software is the ability to save workflow processes. That way depending on the type of position I'm recruiting on or where that positions is based, the appropriate workflow process will automatically be put in place and therefore the appropriate managers and other key employees in the recruitment process will be notified.
Jobvites ability to track candidates applying to more than one position in our organization also helps keep us organized and gives us a birds eye view of what a candidates interests are and what communications we may have had with them in the past when they've applied with us.

Inconvénients

What I like least about the software is we cannot easily add hyper links to emails. Since hyper links cannot be part of your templates you have to manually add them to emails. This is tedious.

Avantages

Ease of navigation. I also like the integration with LinkedIn. Jobvite is also regularly updated and enhanced.

Inconvénients

When I'm in a candidate record, I can't go back to the req overview. It takes be back to a candidate list.

Avantages

I liked that I could create message templates and the messaging center made it easy to communicate.

Inconvénients

I hated the integration with Careerbuilder. It's not smooth. It's also too bulky. You can't do anything simple. Everything is a whole thing.

Avantages

I like that jobs and candidates are easy to find in the system. It's easy to attach a disposition to each candidate and keep those of interest in the pipeline so they don't get lost.

Inconvénients

Reporting and analytical features can use some work. Also, customer support is not easy to get a hold of and while I only had one issue I needed assistance with thus far, it took longer than it should to resolve in my opinion.

Avantages

It is easy to navigate, which is important for first time users like myself.

Inconvénients

There have been times that the site is slow or down for some reason, which makes it very hard for me to do my job.

Avantages

Fast loading, lots of information, good price point. Great implementation team, lots of training available. Continually improving the process and seem to take customer feedback to heart.

Inconvénients

Customizable to a degree, building workflows requires back end help that isn't always the fastest. There's no easy way to make on the fly changes to workflows or approvers, which in a far flung organization can be difficult. The offer letter templates have also, in my experience, been pretty finicky.

Avantages

It's easy to use... easy to organize. engage tools is good...

Inconvénients

It needs to be updated... I reference Jobvite as a over developed excel spreadsheet. There needs to be some automation... Simplify... for example everytime we have to edit a profile.. we have to click "edit" then "save" rather than just go in and update a field... Making things easier for the end user will increase usage. I've provided back many examples in the past... was told they were on the road map (almost 1 yr ago)

From a user... I've not seen any enhancements that make the tool more effective or efficient in the past 4 yrs.

also reporting needs to be simplified for those who want to run reports themselves.

Avantages

The customer service. They are always prompt and will go the extra mile to help you with whatever issue.

Inconvénients

It's not always as user friendly as one would expect. But their customer service makes up for this.

Avantages

intuitive, and user friendly for daily, and non-daily users and candidates. Jobvite is a recruiter's best friend. A very robust system with great customer service, and outstanding features.

Avantages

JobVite is easy to pick up and use. Lots of bells and whistles-being able to integrate notes and data between LinkedIn Recruiter accounts and post to LinkedIn is a great feature! I also like being able to parse resumes and send people links to apply to roles directly from the req I am viewing.

Inconvénients

Sometimes switching between screens could be a little easier but it's not that big of a deal. I am sure there are shortcuts that I don't know about but it hasn't hindered me enough to research it further.

Avantages

I was using Jobvite in my previous organizations and it was one of the best applicant tracking system. My job was to get an ATS for the organization and i tried multiple applications before using Jobvite. It has a very smooth UI and you'll be able to screen through candidates and job updates very easily on dashboard.
You can put reminders for yourself, also schedule interviews directly through the app, don't have to go and compose and email to candidates. Also, it schedules your follow up calls and events which is very helpful for recruiters.

Inconvénients

Little expensive. I really don't have much in cons for Jobvite as it gives what i required for and i was pretty satisfied by this product after using it for 2 years.

Avantages

It has a lot of useful features for a comprehensive interviewing and onboarding process. We recently starting using the video interview feature which has been beneficial.

Inconvénients

The site can be a little overwhelming with options and difficult to navigate.

Avantages

Jobvite does two things well: interview scheduling and social recruiting.

Inconvénients

The Engage product is an add on that aims to create the taggability and database-like functionality that the Hire product. These products end up acting like two databases siloed away from one another. Obvious needed functionality is missing and "on the their roadmap". I can't wait to dump this product when my contract is over.

Avantages

Comprehensive and utilizes social recruiting and ease of use for non-recruiters. Good reporting functions and snapshots.

Inconvénients

UI is clunky and the features are not always intuitive. i.e. moving someone that was hired as an intern and moving them to an FTE req and generating isn't seamless. As a result, multiple records were created and because of the ATS integration it's creating some interesting duplications of effort.

Avantages

Jobvite is very easy to use and intuitive. It's easy to undo a mistake that you created or fix small issues on your own without going through too many steps.

Inconvénients

It is impossible to move someone into a new req unless you manually do it. This creates a challenge as this is a function we frequently use. Also, there are many functions throughout Jobvite that are great, but we were never privy to.

Avantages

I have used this tool not only as an applicant, but as a user as well for my company. This tool easily tracks the reqs that are open, but also shows those who have been referred.

Inconvénients

It is sort of annoying as the applicant because you can just apply, but you have to create a new account when you apply for a job through jobvite for the first time.

Avantages

I love how easy JobVite is to learn and how the team is super responsive to any issues that occur. The best part is how you can truly customize the program to our needs to make our TA processes quick and efficient. The webinars are extremely helpful and interactive, and the way you can customize the Engage Us App and landing pages is awesome!

Inconvénients

the resume database has been down for several months. In January, I submitted an engineering ticket because it was telling me that my CareerBuilder login and password were incorrect, and the communication was great initially, but the issue was never resolved and now it seems like that whole piece of the software has been down (it is July now).

another con: often when candidates are added through Indeed, duplicate files are created. the software needs to get better at weeding out double and triple files of the same candidate.

Avantages

If you're using it every day, it's VERY easy to navigate and access all the information you need.
Easy access to a community for asking questions and seeking advice/updates.

Inconvénients

Search wasn't as intuitive as I'd like (for example, I have to get the spelling correct - kelsi, kelcey, kelsey) - doesn't autofill
The summary page for requisitions could be more descriptive - it'd be nicer to have a snapshot view of candidates to share with leadership

Avantages

Easy use from screening resumes on their mobile app, to deep diving into an interview evaluation. The tool was was cross functional and there was little ramp up time which is always easily adaptable when learning a new tool.

Inconvénients

The reporting function was a little weaker than what I would have thought, only because every other function performed at such a high level

Avantages

I love the functions within Jobvite and how easily it is to access different information. I have an easy time looking up reqs and appreciate the customization of hiring steps within each req. I really enjoy being able to quickly see on a high level where all my candidates are at and how Jobvite is able to integrate with different softwares we use.

Inconvénients

It is a bit difficult to find candidates. Whenever looking up candidates by their name the software would occasionally pull candidates who's names are nowhere near similar.

Avantages

Ease of use. You can easily integrate your calendar which is a huge plus. Keep a trail on every candidate. You can also customize this software to fit your company and specific recruitment needs. You can track when candidates have received emails and when they were reviewed. Ease of sharing and posting your open positions with multi job sites for maximum exposure. Integrating with social media is super easy.

Inconvénients

It takes a little longer than expected to customize a job ad as some of the tools are not as easy and advanced as I would like. The mobile app is not as good as it could be or as advanced as some of the competitor apps. There is no way to look at old candidates in the app version which is very important from a recruiter standpoint.

Avantages

The streamlined process and ​graphs. It is very bright, let's you see our load at a glance.

Inconvénients

There are many things, but most are a quick fix within the programming itself. I wish there were more functionalities, especially when it comes to scheduling candidates, like when a panel member backs out, it's time-consuming to go back into modifying​ the panel, instead of a button that can easily be clicked to remove the panel and shoot an email out to that panel member that they were removed. A lot of the templates that are in the program have so many spelling errors, grammatical errors.

Avantages

- easy to set up
- easy to make changes to the back end of the system
- intuitive platform
- a lot of training tools/guides provided
- JV is puts out good updates
- good reporting tools

Inconvénients

Can be difficult to get employees to log in from their perspective
Need to ensure the system is clean from a req perspective (rejected, retracted, on hold, and draft roles)

Avantages

Flow, integrations with canvas and workday, opening requisitions

Inconvénients

Emailing through gmail, approvals, offer generation

Avantages

interview scheduling, evaluations, reporting

Inconvénients

buggy and customer support isn't willing to dig into the root cause