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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    iSmartRecruit

    Score9.2 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    iSmartRecruit is a cloud-based recruitment solution designed to address challenges faced by staffing firms, recruitment agencies, executive search firms, and HR teams. Operating in 70+ countries and 14 languages, it streamlines the recruitment process from candidate sourcing to onboarding.N/A

    kvCORE

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AThe kvCORE platform is described by the vendor, Inside Real Estate in Draper, as a next-gen solution for modern brokerages and enterprises to run their entire business on one platform.N/A
    Pricing
    iSmartRecruitkvCORE
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iSmartRecruitkvCORE
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsiSmartRecruit talent acquisition software can be customized, like adding some reports or new functionalities, with a plan that is fit to business requirements.—
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    Community Pulse
    iSmartRecruitkvCORE
    Considered Both Products
    iSmartRecruit
    No answer on this topic
    Inside Real Estate
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    56%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    58%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    68%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    50%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    54%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    iSmartRecruitkvCORE
    Recruiting / ATS
    Comparison of Recruiting / ATS features of iSmartRecruit and kvCORE
    Feature
    iSmartRecruit
    9.9
    5 Ratings
    22% above category average
    kvCORE
    -
    Ratings
    Job Requisition Management9.35 Ratings00 Ratings
    Company Website Posting10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customized Application Form10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Resume Management10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Candidate Search10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Collaboration9.45 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task Creation and Delegation10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email Templates9.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Permissions10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Crelate
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    CareerSiteBuilder
    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    JobDiva
    Score8 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    iSmartRecruitkvCORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.6
    (6 ratings)
    1.9
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    2.0
    (9 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    iSmartRecruitkvCORE
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iSmartRecruit
    The cost-effectiveness and flexibility of iSmartRecruit are impressive. It's a strategic investment that yields significant returns in recruitment success, in our opinion. Therefore, we wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone seeking top-tier recruitment software.
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    Inside Real Estate
    I think if you have a very large brokerage and can afford to pay for a fully customized set up then it may be worthwhile. I would make sure you have a dedicated support team, not an account manager. In my opinion, the account managers are worthless and will not respond most of the time. We are on our second account manager in 9 months of using the system and cannot get in touch with him. In my experience, the account managers have no knowledge of how the system works or how anyone in real estate would want it to work. Obviously, I can only say this for the two managers we have had so far. I would steer clear of this system unless you want to spend a few thousand a month for a system that, I feel, will impede your business rather than improve it.
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    Pros
    iSmartRecruit
    • Easy and quick access to clients, candidates, jobs and prospects.
    • Posting our jobs to our websites.
    • Uploading and parsing candidate resumes is simple.
    • Keeping track of our placements or the candidates we don't place (and notes about why) help us as we consider people for future opportunities.
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    Inside Real Estate
    • Not one thing!
    • It sends unwanted canned responses to potential clients that you haven't approved. You must figure out how to use it to make them stop. This was day 1.
    • If you like to learn using many many different videos to learn a product, then this maybe for you.
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    Cons
    iSmartRecruit
    • Every system has some room for improvement. But no major issues were found, so it’s completely fine.
    • he system comes with many features and is easy to use, but it still requires some form of training to use it to the fullest and get maximum advantages.
    • Every staffing agency business has different needs and requirements. iSmartRecruit helps us to do that. Very quick to respond to requests. Sometimes, it may take more time if the requirement is complex.
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    Inside Real Estate
    • Their support is good, but wait times can be long. They want you to use their chat, but then when you ask your question, it can be a several hour wait time between responses. The people are nice and resolve your issue. But I think chat is for quick back and forth communication, not something with a long delay. Also, you can only really do it effectively on your computer, not on your phone.
    • It's proving very tough to track leads from campaigns we are running ourselves. If your website converts a lead, it really just gives you the website source, and even that only some of the time. It would be great to create custom sources and have kvCORE track that traffic and lead via some sort of UTM tag or URL parameter.
    • Some of the load times aren't great. When I load up my database, it takes a while to actually display. Also, when a lead is claimed in a pond, you have to refresh to be able to contact them. Then once you add a campaign, you have to refresh again to see the tasks that fire. This is a bit clunky.
    • The app is great, but there is still some limited functionality. It would be great to access and claim leads from a pond on the mobile app. Also if you could get push notifications when new leads are added. Our time to lead sucks, and that's because kvCORE doesn't alert you super quickly.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    iSmartRecruit
    No answers on this topic
    Inside Real Estate
    It doesn't deserve a zero because you can access contacts and get reminders to contact them. In my experience, you can not use the system for proper communication with both prospects and their spouses.
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    Support Rating
    iSmartRecruit
    No answers on this topic
    Inside Real Estate
    I love kvCORE's support. Having the little chat feature in the bottom right of my screen the whole time I'm working takes away any stress or worry about using it. When I first started using it, I learned its features by clicking and trying things, and more than once I had to go into the chat support and ask how to undo or fix what I had done. I don't think I've ever waited more than 5 minutes to get a reply back and it being almost instant and right there on my screen allowed me to continue working and know immediately when my question had been answered.
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    Alternatives Considered
    iSmartRecruit
    I have seen many products but iSmartRecruit won my trust due to being user friendly and having unique features as well excellent support
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    Inside Real Estate
    Konversion and BoomTown are the only two I have used. Both have their things to recommend. Since I used Konversion, using kvCORE was simpler and I was able to upload my contacts seamlessly. This made adopting a new system easier and less likely to have a gap in contacting customers.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    iSmartRecruit
    • It's eliminated the need to hire additional administrative staff. This is the single biggest savings.
    • It has saved a lot of time that allows us to spend more of our time and resources responding to clients and candidates. Our clients and candidates feel we are more service-oriented and different than our competition. We've received referrals this way. Difficult to measure - but definitely huge items.
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    Inside Real Estate
    • Because I am an EXP agent, I receive kvCore for $50/month so I have a $1550/month positive over any non-EXP agent.
    • Great new lead follow up with automatic and realistic contact for a higher conversion rate that I couldn't do by myself.
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    ScreenShots

    iSmartRecruit Screenshots

    Screenshot of AdministrationScreenshot of Candidate SearchScreenshot of Leads ListScreenshot of Candidate DialogScreenshot of Candidate ListScreenshot of Dashboard

    kvCORE Screenshots

    Screenshot of IDX websites for all agents - with behavioral intelligence & chat.Screenshot of Smart CRM bubbles up top priorities each day in 1 dashboard.Screenshot of Agents wake up to warm leads right on their phone.Screenshot of Mass Email + Text, Video Messaging, Power Dialer, Pond Accounts + MoreScreenshot of Drive listing exposure with seamless social media sharing.Screenshot of Tight transaction and business analytics integration.