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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ApplicantPro

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AApplicantPro software and services helps increase qualified applicant flow and improve the hiring process from sourcing candidates to onboarding them. ApplicantPro boasts more than 9,000 clients and 17 years in business.N/A

    CareerSiteBuilder

    Score10 out of 10
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    SilkRoad Recruiting

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ASilkRoad offers OpenHire, a recruiting and ATS system. It offers recruiting access through social media channels, data security, and EEO compliance for mid-sized to large businesses. It is a component of SilkRoad’s Lifesuite product line.N/A
    Pricing
    ApplicantProCareerSiteBuilderSilkRoad Recruiting
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
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    ApplicantProCareerSiteBuilderSilkRoad Recruiting
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ApplicantProCareerSiteBuilderSilkRoad Recruiting
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of ApplicantPro and CareerSiteBuilder and SilkRoad Recruiting
    Feature
    ApplicantPro
    8.7
    7 Ratings
    9% above category average
    CareerSiteBuilder
    7.7
    3 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SilkRoad Recruiting
    6.8
    14 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Job Requisition Management9.05 Ratings5.73 Ratings7.214 Ratings
    Company Website Posting9.26 Ratings7.93 Ratings8.714 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media9.26 Ratings8.73 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting9.26 Ratings8.73 Ratings7.813 Ratings
    Customized Application Form9.26 Ratings7.92 Ratings5.212 Ratings
    Resume Management8.46 Ratings8.73 Ratings7.014 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention4.14 Ratings5.83 Ratings7.213 Ratings
    Candidate Search8.27 Ratings7.53 Ratings8.714 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking9.17 Ratings7.23 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Collaboration9.26 Ratings7.33 Ratings8.014 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation8.46 Ratings7.23 Ratings7.310 Ratings
    Email Templates9.57 Ratings8.53 Ratings5.714 Ratings
    User Permissions9.26 Ratings6.73 Ratings3.714 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts10.06 Ratings9.03 Ratings4.714 Ratings
    Reporting9.05 Ratings7.93 Ratings4.714 Ratings
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    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    ApplicantProCareerSiteBuilderSilkRoad Recruiting
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    6.2
    (30 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
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    5.0
    (12 ratings)
    Usability
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    6.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
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    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    5.0
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    User Testimonials
    ApplicantProCareerSiteBuilderSilkRoad Recruiting
    Likelihood to Recommend
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    ApplicantPro is well suited in a environment where an employer isn't hiring a ton of people - this is because ApplicantPro is built with some automation, but you do have to pay attention to each individual candidate. ApplicantPro would be less well suited for a company looking to hire a lot of people or a company where they want to post a ton of different jobs
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    If you have a job opening or a high turn around rate like we do. (we are a staffing company) [CareerSiteBuilder] is a great place to to start. It is affordable and reaches hundreds of potential employees. When you search resumes sometimes when you enter keywords you have to play around with it to find the right phrasing. Its not difficult just time consuming.
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    SilkRoad
    I think OpenHire is best for a small company (max about 2500 employees). The more employees you have the more HR people you should have and this can get expensive. I know most larger companies are using more advanced systems as well (Workday). During the selection process be sure to determine how many OpenHire users you would need. Ask whether your managers will be willing to work in the system as well or whether HR would have to own the entire process. If you are EEOC compliant, make sure you ask about diversity posting, APP tracking of applicants, and reporting needs. If you require an onboarding tool, SilkRoad offers RedCarpet. I found it to be very complex and hiring managers refused to use it. If you require an onboarding tool, definitely look into it. The demo may look great but there were a lot of implementation steps done to make it work and it just didn't fit our company culture. So make sure it fits yours.
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    Pros
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    • Notifies me when someone has applied for a position.
    • Send follow-up emails to applicants.
    • Relatively easy to set up a job posting.
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    • Search features.
    • Quantity of resumes.
    • The format that the candidates information is presented.
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    SilkRoad
    • The ease of use when it comes to create requisitions from a hiring managers side of things is definitely a positive. It's very much user intuitive and the specifications can be completely customized as to what a company would like to appear within said requisition.
    • Candidate correspondence is an absolute breeze as you can custom load templates into the system that can be edited at any time through an administrator in your company instead of having to go through a technical support team on the other side of things.
    • Overall, it's a pretty no muss no fuss system to use as there's not a great layer of complication about it and like most things, spaced practice and consistent exposure to it tend to iron out those rough edges. From an administration standpoint, adding in locations and hiring managers is incredibly simplistic along with reporting functionality.
    • Candidate folders have come a long way in the system and are much more user friendly at this point than when I began using the system some four years ago. It's very easy to shift candidate profiles between folders and edit on the fly.
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    Cons
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    • Recently it has been a bit harder to push jobs to my Favorite job boards.
    • Can be hard to reach a CSR for help.
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    • There are some missing functionalities that could be addressed such as fusing resume search and recruitment edge.
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    SilkRoad
    • OpenHire's user roles can create issues depending on how your company's hiring process flows. For example, at one company, the hiring managers were extremely involved in screening candidates yet the system seems very geared towards use of centralized recruiters who distribute candidates. The lack of ability to customize roles and security to match our managers' needs created additional burden on HR as well as frustration from hiring managers.
    • I experienced several problems uploading documents to accompany a candidate's offer. There was a limit on the number, size and type of attachments that could be included, and there was no alternative (as vetted with OpenHire) besides sending a separate correspondence to the candidate. I found this to appear unprofessional to the candidate as well as creating an extra step in the process for HR/recruiting.
    • The requisition process had a few issues which created inefficiencies in the process. Firstly, for times when you need to post a role confidentially outside of your standard process, there was no way to designate the req as 'confidential'. Instead, you had to use the 'executive' status which created issues (ie: inaccurate data in reporting). Secondly, OpenHire was unable to upload the company directory of emails in the requisition approver fields so rather than being able to select from a drop-down or using a 'smart' field, you had to type each approver's email out manually thus increasing the potential for error and delay in the process.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    isolved
    It is a solid product that is easy to use and implement.
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    CareerSiteBuilder
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    SilkRoad
    It was a great solution for the company in all aspects, especially the cost. The company was not in a position to afford a solution such as Oracle PeopleSoft. The only reason we did not renew OpenHire was we got acquired by a much larger organization and started utilizing the tools that the parent company had available
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    Usability
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    CareerSiteBuilder
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    SilkRoad
    It's not a bad system to use, there just seems to be so much click through to get one task achieved. Once you know all the little routes and pieces it gets easier.
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    Support Rating
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    SilkRoad
    The support for Silkroad is awful. I know they are working on it and it seems to be slightly better but it's still not great. I have had multiple cases I have never heard from them on, others I have had to follow-up multiple times and one that took a year
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    Alternatives Considered
    isolved
    We tried using BambooHR's built in job applications. It didn't post to near as many job sites and that is why we switched.
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    Affordable, quick, easy, super user friendly, well known, offers a large variety of job seekers[.]
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    SilkRoad
    NeoGov is a more simple system but just being able to require specific documents has been a huge time saver for us. Other elements in NeoGov aren't as robust but still it saves me a lot of time compared to OpenHire.
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    Return on Investment
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    • ApplicantPro has given us a cost-efficient way of getting our jobs out to several free job sites and does a great job of integrating with Indeed.
    • We typically get a great flow of candidates when we post with ApplicantPro.
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    • We have been able to present MORE candidates to our clients in the staffing industry, and therefore fill more positions.
    • We are able to find MORE QUALIFIED candidates using search features, to in turn fill more direct-hire positions.
    • We have to pay or Career Builder for thousands of people, so that takes away from ROI.
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    SilkRoad
    • The cost was very high
    • It made managers more involved in the process
    • It got managers involved earlier than they had been in the past
    • It forced managers to stay involved in their recruiting and not just wait for HR to hire someone
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