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What is Brightmove?
Brightmove is a cloud-based ATS developed by Brightmove, Inc based on Florida.This product offers the full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems, as well as a few other features: a user-friendly and customizable dashboard, mobile accessibility, SMS messaging…
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What is Brightmove?
Brightmove is a cloud-based ATS developed by Brightmove, Inc based on Florida.This product offers the full suite of features typical of applicant tracking systems, as well as a few other features: a user-friendly and customizable dashboard, mobile accessibility, SMS messaging from the dashboard, 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 intuitive analytic capability and .pdf exporter allow a user to produce reports on her own but if that is not sufficient Brightmove support will 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.
Brightmove Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Brightmove is widely used as a company-wide resume database and repository, allowing users to easily store and search for resumes from various sources. Users have found Brightmove's resume loading and parsing functionality to be very user-friendly, simplifying the process of categorizing and searching for specific skills and experiences. While Brightmove offers additional features such as Applicant Tracking and job board posting, its primary use case is as a resume database and repository.
Many recruiting and management personnel across companies rely on Brightmove as their sole Applicant Tracking System ATS for all job postings, seamlessly integrated into their websites. With its user-friendly interface and useful tools for early recruitment tracking, Brightmove is extensively utilized by the entire recruitment team to track candidates throughout the USA, effectively organizing candidates, clients, and orders. In fact, a large recruiting department with approximately 50 recruiters relies on Brightmove to support nationwide recruiting efforts and manage the hiring of around 4000 people annually. The software plays a crucial role in tracking candidates through the recruiting and hiring process while also providing clients with access to specific areas to stay informed about positions.
On a daily basis, users depend on Brightmove for their recruiting purposes, leveraging its features to post jobs and track all applicants efficiently. Additionally, the software addresses the need for an applicant tracking system by half of staffing groups who use it to document applicants throughout the hiring process. From job announcement posting to resume screening and sourcing, appointment scheduling to candidate engagement, Brightmove supports the entire recruiting cycle seamlessly. Its most beneficial use lies in maintaining an organized approach to hiring and staffing positions across various client industries.
Intuitive and Easy-to-Learn User Interface: Multiple users have found Brightmove's user interface intuitive and easy to learn, allowing for efficient navigation through the various features. This positive sentiment was expressed by several reviewers.
Drag and Drop Feature with Quick Activity Tracking: The drag and drop feature in Brightmove has been appreciated by users as it enables them to easily move candidates through each stage of the hiring process. Additionally, the quick activity tracking feature has also received praise from multiple reviewers.
Visual Workflow for Clear Overview: Users have liked Brightmove's visual workflow, which provides a clear overview of all open jobs and the status of candidates in the hiring process. This aspect has been positively mentioned by several customers.
Cost Structure: Some reviewers have found the cost structure of Brightmove to be a major issue, stating that the pricing tiers are inflexible and have recently seen a dramatic increase in prices. These users feel that the current pricing model does not provide good value for the price they are paying.
Outdated User Interface: Several users have mentioned that the general user interface of Brightmove is outdated and could use some improvement. They believe that a more modern and intuitive interface would greatly enhance their experience using the software.
Limited iOS App Functionality: Many users express dissatisfaction with the iOS app of Brightmove, stating that it is basic and struggles to keep up with iOS updates. These users find it challenging to use on their mobile devices and suggest improvements to make it more feature-rich and compatible with newer iOS versions.
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May 24, 2022
Brightmove - A great ATS & Resume Database...but other options available with more flexible pricing.
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.
- Parse and store resumes.
- Resume Classification/Categorization.
- Resume Search.
- Resume history and version control.
- 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.
72%
7.2
- 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.
Brightmove does all we need from a resume database and ATS and job board posting perspective compared to Zoho Recruit. When we initially started with BM, it was a more cost-effective and simple solution...which is why we chose Brightmove. Ironically, now we are looking at the possibility of moving to Zoho Recruit because their pricing is much better and is more flexible, given that we just need the basic document repository and search capability. Additionally, Zoho has a much larger set of tools if we did ever want to expand into other areas. But again, their pricing seems to have more flexibility for basic users and small companies like ourselves...who are not ready or do not currently need the large suite of tools and related costs.
3
Everyone using Brightmove in our organization uses it for staffing/recruiting purposes. We load, categorize, update, and search for resumes.
1
Brightmove is pretty easy to use, and when we have had problems, their support options (via email) have historically been very, very good. Responsive and helpful. The tool needs very little support for our business, but whenever it does, we simply submit a ticket request, and it is resolved quickly.
- Resume load and phrasing.
- Resume repository.
- Resume categorization and classification.
- Resume search.
- Nothing really unexpected, but it has been nice to be able to group resumes by key functions.
- Resume search by keywords and filtering works pretty well.
- Resume parsing is easy and fast.
- When we used the ATS and job board posting features the tool worked well.
- If you really only want a resume database and repository as we do, the current pricing structure isn't going to make sense.
December 13, 2019
Less Expensive, Great Support for your ATS
We use Brightmove as our main applicant tracking system (ATS) across our recruiting and management personnel. It is our main source for job postings to our corporate website, and dissemination to other RSS job feed sites. It groups together our offers, correspondence and details of all of our candidates and tracks them through the onboarding process.
- Power search is a great tool to search through the resumes in the ATS.
- It's one of the least expensive ATS options.
- GUI is not the best, but certainly not the worst either.
76.66666666666667%
7.7
- 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.
Less expensive and does everything I need an ATS to do.
January 16, 2018
Great, affordable software with lots of customization options and job board included.
Our organization uses Brightmove across the company. It helps us keep our Candidates, Clients, and Orders organized.
- 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.
- 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.
100%
10.0
- 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!
More affordable, easier to learn, more included features, best resume parser. Job board is very easy and yields good candidates.
February 15, 2016
Easy-to-use, effective ATS
Brightmove is currently only used by half of our staffing group who initially used it at Incepture. It addresses our need for an applicant tracking system to document all applicants through the hiring process.
- Easy to move candidates through each stage of the hiring process.
- Each user's dashboard is customizable so they can view the windows they prefer to look regarding open jobs, saved searches, candidate pipeline, etc.
- From the candidate pipeline screen you can't click on a certain stage to see all the candidates in each stage. It would be helpful to be able to click one place where I can see everyone in interview status, for example.
48%
4.8
- Brightmove has enabled us to efficiently track all applicants, and effectively disposition them with customizable decline email notifications that can automatically be sent.
Brightmove seems to be pretty similar to Vurv, but overall the functionality of the other systems I have used has been better. I didn't select to implement Brightmove, it was already in place when I joined the company.