Brassring, formerly from IBM and part of the Kenexa Talent Acquisition Suite, and now sold by Infinite Computer Solutions, is an enterprise grade ATS and onboarding solution. It allows companies to find the right talent, track and manage candidates, and use candidate data to spot trends within the applicant pool.
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Middesk
Score8.9 out of 10
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Middesk is a business intelligence (BI) software used to onboarded clients working in three primary verticals — Fintech, Credit Reporting, and Business Marketplaces.
$1,000
per month
Pricing
Brassring
Middesk
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Brassring
Middesk
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
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Users may also pay per use if they are expecting a lower volume of usage.
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Features
Brassring
Middesk
Recruiting / ATS
Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of Brassring and Middesk
Feature
Brassring
7.5
11 Ratings
5% below category average
Middesk
-
Ratings
Job Requisition Management
7.711 Ratings
00 Ratings
Company Website Posting
7.410 Ratings
00 Ratings
Publish to Social Media
7.710 Ratings
00 Ratings
Job Search Site Posting
7.711 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customized Application Form
7.111 Ratings
00 Ratings
Resume Management
7.410 Ratings
00 Ratings
Duplicate Candidate Prevention
7.110 Ratings
00 Ratings
Candidate Search
8.310 Ratings
00 Ratings
Applicant Tracking
8.310 Ratings
00 Ratings
Collaboration
7.18 Ratings
00 Ratings
Task Creation and Delegation
7.46 Ratings
00 Ratings
Email Templates
7.710 Ratings
00 Ratings
User Permissions
7.49 Ratings
00 Ratings
Notifications and Alerts
7.710 Ratings
00 Ratings
Reporting
7.110 Ratings
00 Ratings
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Brassring and Middesk
Feature
Brassring
-
Ratings
Middesk
7.7
1 Ratings
6% below category average
Pixel Perfect reports
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Customizable dashboards
00 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Brassring and Middesk
Feature
Brassring
-
Ratings
Middesk
8.0
1 Ratings
0% below category average
Drill-down analysis
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Formatting capabilities
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Brassring and Middesk
Feature
Brassring
-
Ratings
Middesk
6.4
1 Ratings
25% below category average
Publish to Web
00 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Publish to PDF
00 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Report Versioning
00 Ratings
5.01 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling
00 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers
00 Ratings
7.01 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Brassring and Middesk
Kenexa is is well suited for any organization that has more than 3000 employees globally. I would not recommend this to startups or a growing organization with less than 3000 employees. But once you cross this number, Kenexa becomes useful and is a brilliant tool for global operations - recruiting. I would recommend this tool to any organization that has offices in many countries/geographies as well.
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Middesk majorly provides us with real-time access to the data and documents which are required for automating KYB and CIP regulatory compliance, mitigating front and backend risk. In addition, it is the easiest way for financial services companies to verify and monitor their business customers. It for us very much makes the process of onboarding customers very easy.
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Kenexa allows Boolean key word search within a particular requisition so it makes sifting through a high number of applicants manageable and effective
Kenexa can be tailored to meet individual business needs. During the time we’ve had Kenexa here I’ve used it in support of a few different business segments and for each the way the system was used to “position” candidate statuses have varied based on the individual need of the business. One example is when interviewing a high volume of applicants internationally, we were able to send qualified applicants through to the “event manager” and it would enable the candidate to select his/her interview date/time based on previously submitted options inputted by our Kenexa users.
Kenexa allows one to customize and score questions for each open requisition that applicants complete as they apply. The system then sorts applicants according to the score of candidate answers allowing for easy sorting of top qualified candidates.
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BrassRing's application system for candidates is prone to freezing and crashing in the middle of the application causing potential candidates to lose all progress. I filled out the application myself and witnessed these issues first hand, on top of several complaints I received via phone and email from candidates attempting to apply via the BrassRing service. Also, the Parsing system within the application is not capable of pulling any meaningful information out of text documents.
Each user must be added to each job in order for that job, and the candidates in it, to show up in relevant searches. This becomes a problem when a new team member joins the account and needs access to all of the previous openings just so that they can find candidates already in the system. The account I was working on involved literally hundreds of new openings a month, meaning that any movement of personnel on or off the account would mean having to update potentially thousands of old positions just to allow them to be able to mine the ATS for candidates. I don't see any particular reason why someone with access to the system should have to be given access to each individual job. If a particular position needs to be kept confidential for whatever reason then that individual position should be able to be set to only show to authorized recruiters. The rest of the positions should automatically be searchable by anyone with appropriate access to the ATS to allow for basic level candidate mining and movement.
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I am confident that the Kenexa product will continue to evolve to meet the needs of our business in an ever changing work environment. The affiliation with IBM also plays a factor as we have a long standing successful relationship with IBM products. We will be looking to integrate other Kenexa products in the near future to streamline our HR processes.
I feel like I am pretty decent with computers and systems. It was fairly easy to use it after about a week or two . But I have seen people struggle with it as well as some people not use it at all. It can be slow at times and not work at times. But Its a fine system.
UI is not as intuitive as other systems we use. For states that require income tax withholding, some of them require registration with multiple agencies - the UI doesn't easily tell you which login credentials are tied to which agency.
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It is a very basic system. It may be OK for entry level positions only. The practice of removing CVs while the recruitment process is ON is disturbing and there is no one to explain or to inform why it is being done. Even a routine mail is not sent to the client/consultant. I am surprised how this system is continuing without too many complaints.
The user experience of this tool must be rearchitected. I am able to observe a lot of lag in the process when initiated. There are sometimes when the tool's navigation becomes difficult. The time taken at times is large to process a request and this can also be highly improved in the future.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
SF ATS was not available at the time and Taleo was thought to be too expensive. In retrospect, given the amount of customization and leveraging of other vendor technology for things like analytics I suspect any cost advantage we realized evaporated
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ADP Workforce Now offers a module to handle payroll tax registrations. The interface is confusing and the information is hard to find. The service and support are awful - nobody ever knows who can answer tax account questions, they escalate to a different department and promise a callback but they never call back.
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info