#1 most frequent
United States of America
94.4%202 installations of 214
What is Brightmove?
Brightmove is a cloud-based ATS developed by Brightmove, Inc based on Florida.This product offers features typical of applicant tracking systems, as well as a few other features: a customizable dashboard, mobile accessibility, SMS messaging from the dashboard, and batch or mass communication with potential candidates via multiple channels such as email or by leveraging its integration with social networking sites via the “Social Bar” that allows the recruiter to view Facebook and LinkedIn profiles from the Brightmove interface, integration with commonly used applications (e.g. Outlook), instantaneous posting to multiple job boards and the “Sourcejet” feature that allows vast resume sourcing capability. It's analytic capability and .pdf exporter allow a user to produce reports, but Brightmove support can also draft a requested report for a fee. Two levels of the Brightmove ATS platform can be purchased: Brightmove Deliver represents a more comprehensive package with a higher price tag, and Brightmove Discover is billed as a somewhat lower cost but capable system. A free trial is available for potential buyers.
Categories & Use Cases
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Top Performing Features
Customized Application Form
Application form for applicants allowing capture of required information
Category average: 7.9
Notifications and Alerts
Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed
Category average: 8.1
Reporting
Standard reports on key recruiting metrics such as time-to-fill
Category average: 7
Areas for Improvement
Task Creation and Delegation
Task creation is the ability to create recruitment process tasks and assign them to others
Category average: 8
Email Templates
Software allows creation of standard email templates for communication with candidates
Category average: 8.1
User Permissions
User permissions allow you to decide which information is viewable or editable by others
Category average: 8
Who Buys & Uses Brightmove
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1.4%3 installations of 214
#3 most frequent
Canada
0.9%2 installations of 214
Brightmove - A great ATS & Resume Database...but other options available with more flexible pricing.
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Brightmove primarily as a company-wide resume database/repository. We obtained resumes from many sources throughout the year and need a central location to easily store them and search for particular skills and experiences when we have new position openings/requirements from our clients. Brightmove provides a very easy-to-use solution to load and parse resumes which then become very easy to categorize/classify and then search. Brightmove has a lot of functionality like Applicant Tracking and posting to industry job boards, which we have done a few times in the past, but we primarily use it for the resume database/repository features/functions.
Pros
- Parse and store resumes.
- Resume Classification/Categorization.
- Resume Search.
- Resume history and version control.
Cons
- The biggest issue we have now with Brightmove is the cost structure. For the narrow solution, we are looking for and using, their pricing tiers are not very flexible and increased somewhat dramatically recently.
- The general UI is a bit dated.
- The iOS app is pretty basic and at one point had issues keeping up with iOS updates.
Return on Investment
- Initially, Brightmove was very cost-effective. With three users, we were paying about $42.00 a month in 2018. Now in 2022, for 1 user we are paying $125 a user/a month.
- Brightmove definitely works well for us for a resume repository and allows us to have access to the data from nearly anywhere between the website and mobile app. We are very happy with this set of features and functionality. It makes storing and managing resumes much easier.
- Brightmove provided a nice solution for tracking and posting jobs to major job boards, but we just didn't end up using it enough, given our business model.
Alternatives Considered
Zoho Recruit
Other Software Used
Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365), Nitro Productivity Suite, Dropbox
Less Expensive, Great Support for your ATS
Pros
- Power search is a great tool to search through the resumes in the ATS.
- It's one of the least expensive ATS options.
Cons
- GUI is not the best, but certainly not the worst either.
Return on Investment
- You will lose candidates if trying to track them with a spreadsheet.
- The minimal investment in a true ATS is more valuable than missing out on even one candidate.
Alternatives Considered
JazzHR and CATS Applicant Tracking System
Other Software Used
Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office 365
Great, affordable software with lots of customization options and job board included.
Pros
- Great resume parser. Never had a problem parsing a file.
- Great job board included.
- Almost all fields are customizable. Many of the processes are customizable also (reordering, adding, deleting, etc.)
- Very easy to learn.
Cons
- It's great that almost all fields are customizable. However, if you are very analytical it can be easy to spend too much time customizing.
Return on Investment
- Allows us to spend time talking with Candidates and Clients rather than working on admin tasks.
- Job board is included and we have gotten good candidates from it.
- Parsing resumes saves us so much time!
Other Software Used
Oracle PeopleSoft HCM, JazzHR, Bullhorn CRM, Salesforce App Cloud
Brightmove is a MUST use for your ATS
Pros
- Ease of use is great. Drag and drop, quick activity tracking and more!
- Visual workflow which is easy to see all open jobs and where candidates are in the process.
- Data analytics dashboard is top notch.
Cons
- Development cost for add-on features.
- Implement email automation.
- More intuitive exchange email integration.
Return on Investment
- Positive ROI in terms of time spent by our recruiting team. Our old ATS was clunky and forced users to spend more time on mundane tasks.
- Positive ROI in terms of connecting without outside job boards and finding job candidates.
- Positive ROI in terms of motivating our team by seeing their numbers in an easy to understand/read dashboard.
Alternatives Considered
PCRecruiter
Brightmove, strong ATS with ease of use and strong support team.
Pros
- Applicant knock-out questions and percentage of match to jobs
- Accuracy of tracking and communication tracking
Cons
- Better tracking of pre-employment testing progress
Return on Investment
- Our previous ATS experienced a lot of technical issues and down time which translated to lost revenue for our organization in placements and time to fill. Brightmove provided strong support if and when there was a technical support issue.
- Our recruitment team increased their productivity by 20% within the first three months of use.
