I'm not asking for a rich web interface because it's nifty, though it is that. I'm just tired of waiting for the Applicant Tracking System space to come up with an interface where I don't have to wait for an entire page refresh any and every time I want to update a phone number or log a call. Those seconds really add up over time and I'd much rather be using that time on the phone talking with candidates.
Last year at the HR Technology Expo in Chicago, I had high hopes that by this year the ATS's would have jumped on the clue train and rapidly developed an interface that makes sense for busy search professionals. This year, though I didn't get to spend long poking around, I was in despair. Looks like little to nothing has been done in this area. Everybody is too busy developing add-on modules to integrate with HR systems, it seems.
I hope I'm wrong on this. Has anybody seen an ATS that takes advantage of the Ajax approach to web data?
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
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Checkout CATS (http://www.catsone.com). Its a free / open source ATS. While its not completely AJAX yet, we are continuously (although slowly I must admit) AJAXifying the user interface. Our biggest challenge is that recruiters are notorious for using old buggy browsers (IE 6.x) which don't play well with AJAX. We think that we will substantially ajaxify CATS over the next 6 months. Keep checking.
Asim Baig
CATS Team Lead
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