A weekly digest of the best of HR and ATS tech

2. HireUnit presents the A-list:
A weekly digest of the best of HR and ATS tech

3. December 2-8, 2014

4. Setting The Line: A Scorecard for Selecting Applicant Tracking Systems
Investing in an ATS will not, by any
means, solve all of your recruiting
problems. It's not even the devil
incarnated. A simple, but solid solution
that seamlessly integrates with an
endless number of third-party
applications, will surely be a good
choice. For the rest, Recruiting Daily
gives you a scorecard to evaluate your
possible options if you want to
implement a new ATS, and select what
works for you the best. If nothing else,
check out the nine criteria in the
embedded Slideshare.

5. No more boring HR tech hype; trust is the new disruption
This article is a great
complementary to the often out-of-
control tech hype here. If the
hype is taken out of the
relationship between tech vendors
and buyers, then it all comes
down to two things: added value
from the part of the vendor, and
trust from the part of the buyer to
get the demanded value.
Surprise, surprise: trust is the
new disruption, people.

6. The Top 3 Trends Defining Recruiting in 2015
According to LinkedIn's 4th annual Global
Recruiting Trends report that's been just
released, sourcing, talent brands and
data&metrics are the key trends defining
hiring programs of recruiting
organizations next year. The majority of
talent leaders clearly stated that building
a strong employer brand will be a top
priority in 2015. Unfortunately the report
also makes it clear that the gap between
hiring budgets and hiring volumes is
widening.

7. Does Technology Make Things Easier?
We all wish it did, but the truth is, there are many
ways it's not delivering the expected results. One of
them is with candidate applications: whether it's
complex application tracking system, or just a bad
mobile design, technology still rather gets in the
way than make anyone's day. The other way
technology can be delusional is with online expenses
claims: it made the original process, which was
quite simple, into a time-consuming and frustrating
one. Both problems will most likely emerge on the
end-user side, and not that of the company, which
actually enjoys saving on human work and costs.

8. Can you replace a recruiter with an algorithm?
Matching methodologies are also among the trends
to emerge in 2015, so it quite adequate to think
about how far we can go with them. Author Matt
Alder claims that recruitment has been pretty much
unaffected by major changes. This is true for online
recruitment as well: with processes and strategies
driven by the resume, the disruptive innovation is
yet to come. Most of today's and tomorrow's
automation is to challenge the processes now
considered standard workflow and recruiters who
think an easier application process will bring an
unmanaged amount of candidates to them.