Tech events in the talent acquisition sphere: A missed opportunity? 😀 

We're all acutely aware of how technology continues to revolutionise the hiring process. From the rise of artificial intelligence to the embrace of automation, there's no denying the growing importance of tech within talent acquisition. Yet, one area remains under-explored: Tech events specifically for talent acquisition professionals.

These niche gatherings offer a hive of opportunity; a chance to consume fresh insights, engage with likeminded individuals and debate the future trajectory of our field. They are spaces designed for collaborative learning, challenging conversations and insightful exchange.

If you've not yet attended such an event, why not? The potential for professional growth is immense.

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Lets get on with this weeks recruitment tools and technology finds. 🚀

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🛠️Tools of the Week🛠️

TeamTailor

Applicant Tracking System

🚀 What is it and how does it work? If you’ve been in recruitment even for one day, you will know what an ATS is. The online place where everything is stored and where most if not all of your process should be run through. However they can do a lot more than store applicants data, and some have become extremely powerful tools, even encompassing and rolling in other features like CRM capabilities to become the only product you’ll ever need.

TeamTailor is one of the most popular ATS platforms on the market, boasting a usage of over 125k recruiters from companies of all sizes. As well as your usual ATS features, TeamTailor also offers automated triggers, anonymous hiring, a generative AI assistant, and customizable recruitment workflows.

The platform has been developed not only for the recruiters user experience but also the candidates experience. You can pull useful data and collaborate with you peers to help with continuous improvement on your hiring processes and workflows.

What would be a high spec platform without some generative AI thrown in as well. TeamTailor offer a s number of tools that have been designed to simplify different stages of recruitment by using OpenAI's GPT AI model. With this you can simplify:

• Writing job posts

• Writing interview questions

• Summarise CV’s

• Draft email communication

• Create content for employer branding

💡 Who is it for? This is a perfect ATS for companies of all sizes, whether you’re a small company and start-up moving into scaling up or an enterprise client. We think TeamTailor can look after all your needs.

💸 How much does it cost? TeamTailor does not publicly provide any pricing data but urges customer to get in touch to schedule a demo. Use the link below!

🧰 Alternatives: Ashby / Workabale / Greenhouse

🌐 Website: https://www.teamtailor.com/

Trustcruit

Candidate engagement

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Is no secret that as a recruiter some of the best candidates that you’ll find, come to companies through referrals. You can strengthen the aspect of your process by using data to increase your employer brand and candidate engagement systems. Trustcruit is is a fully automated feedback and analytics tool that measures the candidate experience to enable you to improve your recruitment process and create more ambassadors of your employer brand, bringing more direct referrals and applicants.

Trustcruit has free templates for emails and surveys that are fully customizable, that you can use to collect feedback from candidates after any stage of your hiring process. Through their intuitive dashboard you can then analyse your feedback data to help improve your candidate experience. Connect it with your current ATS for a full round experience and have the ability to send survey links directly through your emails

💡 Who is it for? Both staffing agencies and in house teams of all sizes can see a benefit from using a tool like Trustcruit

💸 How much does it cost? Pricing isn’t made public and you will have to get in touch with their sales team for a quote. However there is a free trial that gives you full access for a limited time frame.

🧰 Alternatives: Starred

🌐 Website: https://www.trustcruit.com/

XREF

Reference and Pre-employment Checks

🚀 What is it and how does it work? Xref is one of Australia most successful tech companies with a global reach and customer base.

Their customers use Xref to conduct automated reference checks, engage with candidates with expert survey creation and garner feedback on exit by collecting analysing and measuring feedback from departing employees through exit surveys, helping you to reduce attrition and improve retention by collecting consistent data to improve your company’s performance.

Xref looks like a great tool if HR and TA need more detail to help make data-driven decisions from actionable insights, saving time in the long term and making the process more efficient.

Xref promotes cloud-based technology which has multi-language capabilities and meets global compliance standards.

💡 Who is it for? There are case studies for various teams that includes solutions for staffing agencies, RPO providers, TA teams and people and culture departments. Xref can provide actional insights no matter what company or department you sit under. if you’re involved in the recruitment process there is something here for you here.

💸 How much does it cost? There is no publicly available pricing information for Xrefs plans.

They offer 3 plans that starts with a free (non credit card needed) trial. The plans are Recruiter, Enterprise and Xref Engage, each includes the previous plans features

🧰 Alternatives: Credence / Zinc / HiPeople

🌐 Website: https://www.xref.com/

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