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ATS, in plain English.
Workzoom defines ATS as follows. An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) manages the hiring pipeline from job posting through offer acceptance. Modern ATS tools include resume parsing, candidate screening, and...
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The short answer
An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) manages the hiring pipeline from job posting through offer acceptance. Modern ATS tools include resume parsing, candidate screening, and candidate communication. Workzoom Recruitment is an ATS that converts hired candidates into employees on the same record. No rekeying between hiring and HR.
How ATS works.
An applicant tracking system manages requisitions, applications, screening, interviews, and offers, and holds the record of how each hiring decision was reached. The compliance function matters as much as the workflow: many jurisdictions require selection records be retained and be capable of demonstrating consistent treatment. The handoff into onboarding is where candidate data becomes employee data, and where re-keying usually creeps in.
Where ATS goes wrong.
- Candidate data re-entered by hand at hire, seeding errors into the employee record on day one.
- Screening criteria applied inconsistently across requisitions with no record of the reasoning.
- Retention periods for applicant records left unconfigured, so data is kept longer than the rule allows.
Where ATS sits between HR and payroll.
ATS does not stand alone. The concepts most often paired with it on a Talent run are Onboarding, Talent management. Each is defined elsewhere in this glossary so you can trace the full chain without leaving the site.
How ATS runs on Workzoom.
ATS is part of the Workzoom Talent Suite. Workzoom runs HR, workforce, and talent on a single employee record across ten countries: Canada, the United States, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, and the United Kingdom. Full gross-to-net payroll runs live in Canada, the United States, and the Bahamas. Pricing starts at $4 per employee per suite per month.
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