Zoho Recruit

It is often said that a company’s employees are its greatest asset. Indeed, employees are the link between your business and your customers—they are the backbone of your organization. So it goes without saying that finding the best and brightest when recruiting is a must for long term success. But recruitment is not always an easy or straightforward process, and can easily get out of control, even for a mid-sized business.

That’s why quality recruitment software is a must nowadays. With Zoho Recruit, you’ll be able to streamline and organize the entire recruitment process from start to finish, from initial search to hire.

Like all Zoho products, Zoho Recruit is a cloud based platform. It provides a complete, end-to-end applicant tracking system that is easy to learn, easy to use, and loaded with many helpful features. And of course, being cloud based, you’ll be able to access it from any device, on any browser, and even through its mobile app.

Zoho Recruit is great for both in-house recruiting, where you can hire for specific departments, or for staffing agencies who need to recruit for specific clients. Either way, it’s never been easier to source, track, and hire new employees for your business.

To start the process, easily integrate the software with email, LinkedIn, Career websites, and Google apps. Source and import candidates directly from social networks, job boards, or from indeed (the #1 service for job seekers and employers). You can also parse resumes directly from your email, Dropbox or google drive with Zoho’s resume extractor, which even has a Chrome extension. And of course you can always manually add candidates with a simple form.

The user interface is straightforward and well laid out; you’ll have no trouble navigating this software. Customize the home screen with widgets such as upcoming interviews, job openings, to-do lists, and more. You can easily drag-and-drop to rearrange widgets, and one simple click will delete or add new widgets.

Creating a new job opening is done in seconds with the “job opening” tab. Only a few standard fields are required, but you’re free to add as much detail as you like.

Another great feature to help save time and stay organized is the ability to schedule interviews with the interview form. Just select the candidate from the database, and the interviewer from your custom list. Once scheduled, both parties will receive notification automatically via email.

Another time saver is the more than 30 pre-made reports Zoho Recruit offers. Reports like job opening status, candidates by source and many others are easily exported anyway you need. Of course, you’re free to set up custom reports as well.

Some other cool features include: easy posting to job boards and social media, sophisticated search options for efficient candidate searches, and even an SMS service to keep candidates and clients up-to-date.

A free version is available with limited features (no resume parsing, email integration, and other important features). However, it’s definitely enough to get a feel for the software and is a risk free way to try it out. Pricing plans start at just $25 a month.

And like all Zoho software, it’s fully compatible with all other Zoho office suite products for seamless sharing of data.

One thing to keep in mind is that this is not a full HR management tool and, for instance, lacks onboarding features. For these, you should look to Zoho People which of course integrates easily with Zoho Recruit.

Zoho Recruit has all the features you could ever think of for recruitment software, and more. Give it a shot and take your recruitment process to the next level.