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December 11, 2018
We use CATS ATS on both the public sector recruiting and private sector recruiting departments. We use CATS ATS on the recruitment side for posting job orders, creating job advertisements for indeed to scrape and create pipelines. We use it in on the public and private side for Account Management to create accounts for clients, create follow-ups and track all progress with submissions.
On the recruitment side, we use it for screening candidates using the sub-categories such as contacted, screening, interviewed, submitted to the salesperson, sent out to the client, offered and placed. We use it to create follows up on the recruitment side.
It is used to solve tracking business issues with job orders, candidates and job ownership.
On the recruitment side, we use it for screening candidates using the sub-categories such as contacted, screening, interviewed, submitted to the salesperson, sent out to the client, offered and placed. We use it to create follows up on the recruitment side.
It is used to solve tracking business issues with job orders, candidates and job ownership.
- creating pipelines
- tracking status of candidates
- email and log emails directly to profiles from CATS ATS
- Streamlining job advertisements and job postings
- Removing candidates outside the country
- Searching specific skills
- Automatically completing candidates profiles from resumes being submitted
CATS is used by all of our recruiters. We are a recruiting firm specializing in the Restaurant & Hospitality Industry. We find it very useful in the full cycle of recruiting from job postings to placement of candidates
- We find the add-ons very useful.
- Customer support is always friendly and helpful.
- E-mail integration and job postings save us a lot of time.
- When forwarding resumes if there is a position listed in subject it automatically adds them to a job order. This has caused a lot of confusion for us.
- E-mail integration is useful but doesn't always seem to work.
- Sometimes the site is slow.
June 10, 2015
We use CATS for all of our applicant tracking and to manage the postings for our corporate website's career page. It's the only tool we use in recruiting to manage candidate information before they are hired (at which point they move to our HR system for employees) and is directly integrated to our public facing careers page.
- Simple to implement, SaaS based tool that needs no in-house IT support or resources
- Customizable reports, labels, fields, applications
- Affordable
- No long term contract, month-to-month with ability to cancel anytime
- Data backups are simple
- Email directly from the candidate record with response coming into Outlook is easy to configure and creates record and updates status automatically
- System isn't intuitive at all when it comes to combining things like Source when left free form - for example. Considers Indeed and indeed two different sources because one candidate capitalized and one didn't (these can be merged)
- Resumes forwarded to resume inbox invariably capture source as senders email, even if source is clearly spelled out (can be edited later)
- Importing resumes has some trouble with addresses and phone numbers with certain file types/configuration
May 27, 2015
I have been the sole user of CATS at my company since 2007, with the focus on managing the sourcing and hiring process. We hire 50+ full time per year as well as 20-30 offshore.
- Favorite thing about CATS - it does not disrupt how you work. It is easy to use and simply enhances what you are doing and doesn't bog you down in the technology.
- Love the one-click download of profiles from all sorts of sites, including LinkedIn.
- Mass actions are pretty common in ATS systems, but as usual CATS does it very logically and easily. I use mass actions all the time, either sending a bunch of emails, changing candidate status, etc.
- Reporting has improved over the years but could still be better. It is what I would call "semi-customizable" in terms of what I can generate a report on, but would like full customization capability.
- Mobile access is OK but not slick. Usually I don't need mobile access but every once in a while I'm out somewhere, need to grab something out of CATS and I can get it but I think there's a good opportunity to make it better.
I have been using CATS for several years. I was able to obtain my return of investment within 2 months. I would highly recommend a demo. Its ease to implement and ease of use is a benefit for the company that I started.
- Ease of use
- Easy to implement
- Easy to train new users
- It could search user groups and forms
- It could have a payroll function
- It could have a better CRM
May 27, 2015
We use CATS within the Search Group division of ResourceMFG. It is used to manage the pipelines of highly skilled searches we are engaging with across the country with many different skilled recruiters utilizing the system.
- Easily manage your candidate pipeline
- Excellent customer service
- Collect all of your applicants into one centralized location
- Customization for individual users
- Reporting functions
We are a staffing agency so we use it for our central piece of business software and thus we use it for applicant tracking as well as managing all of our job orders. In addition to this we use it as our customer relationship management tool with all of our clients and client contacts.
- Very easy to use from a work flow perspective in adding candidates linking them to jobs and following them through the process.
- Great plugin for browsers, Outlook and Word to easily import resumes and candidate profiles.
- They are regularly updating the systems so you get ongoing improvements.
- The CRM capability for business development is just OK.
April 29, 2015
We are using CATS across the entire organization to manage the entire recruitment life cycle from job posting through hire. CATS has helped us solve many organizational challenges, including finding talent quickly, saving time by automatically posting our jobs to external job boards, and creating a branded career website to be embedded in our company site.
- Provide its users with robust features that even surpasses many of the largest, most expensive recruitment solutions.
- Provide a solutions that is highly customizable without having to purchase pricey add-ons. In fact, non-technical users are able to easily customize the solution.
- It is extremely user friendly and is scalable to meet the needs of growing and shrinking organizations.
- There is opportunity to continue to increase partnerships; especially with tools like TalentHook, and various resume databases.
April 08, 2015
CATS is our company's applicant tracking system. All applicants, regardless of which division they are applying for, go through the CATS interface. It starts with the careers portal on our website, takes the applicants through the application, collects their information needed for compliance, and allows the recruiters to move the applicant through the hiring process.
- It's intuitive. You don't need an instruction manual or extensive training from an implementation team. There are weekly webinars and YouTube videos in case you need additional guidance on how to do something.
- It has many of the bells and whistles of other, more expensive ATS's.
- I've had several disappointing interactions with the product support team. Don't expect much from customer service.
- It's unlikely you will pass an AAP/EEO audit with their limited reporting capability.
February 20, 2015
We used CATS Applicant Tracking System for our entire organization starting from resume submission, to the interview process, paperwork and onboarding.
- It was easy to track the particular applicant.
- It was was easy to use it for performance appraisals.
- It was easy to manage onboarding candidates.
- Vendor could give us mass mailing tool.
- Price should have been little less.
June 15, 2015
CATS is simple and easy to use. Basically it's an "out of the box" solution that is user friendly and has a great interface. You are able to accept applications and forms for the applicants within the online interface.
The ability to post job openings on free job board sites is an incentive for anyone using the software.
The software being cloud based means that I can access this from anywhere I want.
Customer service was excellent.
The ability to post job openings on free job board sites is an incentive for anyone using the software.
The software being cloud based means that I can access this from anywhere I want.
Customer service was excellent.
- Cloud Based
- No special hardware is required
- Search feature is limited and needs improvement.
- Regular Updates
February 09, 2015
We have used several ATS' throughout the years, and CATS has by far surpassed all previous experiences. Super easy to use and navigate without having to go into 25 different windows... Best of all CATS allows for customization of your workflows, stages, etc... This is probably one of the best attributes of the system. Excellent system, and no hidden pricing. Straight forward and effective.
- Allows for customization of work flow and processes.
- Simple, easy to use interface, means less training and directing users where to go or what to do to accomplish a task.
- Very streamlined and clean. No clunkiness.
- Allow for company branding (user facing).
- More syndication avenues for jobs. Cast a wider net.
CATS is used across my organization and is used to keep track of all candidates that we speak with.
- CATS is mobile enabled and lets me get candidate information when I'm on the go.
- CATS also has a very strong support department. Anytime that we've had a problem a real live person has been able to help us resolve the problem and has done so quickly.
- CATS is very intuitive and allows me to manage my candidates quickly.
- The safeguard to protect your database from duplicates is absolute trash. It catches duplicates less than half of the time.
- CATS could definitely do a better job at being able to be sorted by multiple features rather than just one column at a time
May 27, 2015
It is the ATS system used by the recruiting department.
- Launches jobs to multiple sites
- Inexpensive
- Easy to use
- There is just one report, a job order report, which can have "quick notes, job location, recruiter name, etc. added to the reports. But we need basic reports on individual recruiter productivity, and CATS doesn't offer any. Its weird because we enter the data, but there's just no quick reports to pull the information we've entered and print a simple report on a recruiter's monthly/quarterly/yearly productivity such as placements, interviews, submittals, etc.
CATS Applicant Tracking System is being used at our company to keep our potential candidates organized to easily find and review each individual when necessary. It keeps our cross referencing between BU units very simple, eliminating our servers from an overload of files.
- Allows you to keep lists of companies or individuals.
- Stores thousands of databases, lists, candidates and job orders.
- Quick and thorough responses from Support and eager to help.
- I would like for old lists to be accessible, I'm unable to see all lists.
- When uploading names, not all duplicates are found, therefore, CATS can improve on eliminating duplication.
June 10, 2014
We are a small (1 person) recruiting firm that specializes in the Renewable Energy Industry. CATS is used to track, recruit and develop candidates in addition to client communications, job order tracking and marketing.
- Email integration and tracking
- Customizable contact, candidate and job order fields
- Activity tracking and status development
- I haven't had any issues or problems. They are constantly listening to their customers and creating new updates and improvements.
June 03, 2014
CATS is being used by our entire recruiting staff (both office workers and remote employees) and it allows us to keep our candidates, clients, and job orders organized. It allows us to collaborate no matter where we are and to always know where our candidates are in the hiring process/pipeline.
- Clean, modern, easy to use, quick to learn
- Seamlessly integrates with social media and job posting services to share your jobs with the public
- Being able to customize fields, workflows, and the job portal is the absolute best part of CATS!
- Missing functionality includes ability to organize and label documents within a candidate's profile - we host technical assessments, resumes, addt'l documents - yet they are almost always marked by CATS as resumes and thus show up in the resume preview window
- The reporting #s and activity reports have some weird quirks that need to be worked out so we can get accurate #s/reports
We manage the internal recruiting/hiring process for specific clients locally and nationwide. CATs helps us find and track the best candidates for the position and run reports regularly to track candidate flow/information.
- Taken new employees through trainings on how to use the system
- Calling their technical support and always receiving help on any discrepancies happening in the system
- Run full reports on all applicants by whatever details you need
- Search using specific filters to define the appropriate candidates for the position
- When the developers change an aspect to the system, they should double check on little glitches on the clients end. I have had a few instances where things were not displaying properly but as soon as I call technical support they fix the problem.
May 12, 2014
We have been using this product since the end of 2013 and have been able to successfully accept applications online and receive employee forms online once they have been hired. It is being used for the entire organization which has many campgrounds and visitors centers over four states. It is both easy to use and understand. It eliminates the need to have thousands of pieces of paper.
- Receive applications on applicants
- Provide a wide variety of employee forms
- Communicate with the applicant
- Would like to view the attachments of documents as they are attached to an email
Pedigo Staffing Services has used CatsOne for almost a year. CatsOne has a short learning curve. It is flexible to perform through your business processes the way you want to work. It is visual in a logical format. It has a powerful search tool. CatsOne listens to its customers when creating new features. I have used just about every ATS system known. CatsOne is, by far, the best thing out there at a great price!
- K - Killer search engine
- I - Innovative Commons feature
- S - Simple to use
- S - Saves money and time
- More companies to utilize CatsOne.
April 27, 2016
We grew the business from self managed applicant tracking to selecting CATS as our solution. We investigated many solutions and settled on CATS. We are happy with that decision and it is used as our primary tool. We use it internally as well as for interfacing with our clients. It is also used for complete candidate lifecycle tracking for my recruiting firm.
- Excellent trigger email solutions. Customizable and easy to configure.
- High-End presence and able to customize for specific client's needs. Client doesn't need to fit our flow, we customize for them with CATS flexibility.
- Friendly and helpful customer service team.
- More International free job site integrations.
- Integrated candidate references.
CATS is being used by the entire organization to track all open requisitions and candidates. Prior to CATS there was no ATS in place. Now we have a database of over 10000 resumes. We also link our website to INDEED so that all of our current openings are advertised. We receive a high number of resumes directly into CATS from INDEED postings.
- Easy candidate data entry
- Easy tracking of candidates against requisitions.
- Good search functions to find prospective candidates in the ATS
- Reporting function is lacking. Few canned reports that are of any value.
- CATS should improve the ability to generate ad hoc reports.
May 28, 2015
I am a sole proprietor third party recruiter and use CATS ATS exclusively for the full process recruiting. CATS is very flexible with many options for customization. As such, I have been able to adapt it very specifically to my own business processes and also adapt it as my processes adapt to market conditions or my improvements in process. It has exponentially improved my ability to track contact, pipeline workflow, sourcing etc. I also have a lot of split partners and the customization has allowed me to optimize that process, as well. Being cloud-based (my previous software was not) I can access it outside of the office and normal business hours which is most helpful as, given the nature of my business, many conversations and interactions necessarily take place outside the normal workday / workplace.
- Custom fields for all entities of any data type let's you track what you care about. Also customizable workflow with triggers can save a ton of time in automating processes and also ensuring steps aren't missed/established processes and protocols are adhered to.
- Support is extremely responsive, knowledgeable and committed to resolving any issue.
- Integrations with LinkedIn, job boards etc. is a big time saver and helps bring it all to one place.
- I would like to see either an integration with a robust reporting tool that would allow me to design my own custom reports with a data export or more built-in reporting options.
- Mobile app is currently mostly just a look-up tool. I would like it to have the ability to do more - add tasks, update pipelines, etc.
June 15, 2015
We are using CATS to track our candidate applicants, our recruiting efforts, as well as our hired employees.
- The system streamlines the hiring/approval process by automatically generating emails and tasks for the necessary persons involved.
- Customer Service is quite prompt and responsive.
- CATS may be inadequate for all of our needs, but they are making major improvements.
- The system's user interface is clumsy and not organized very well.
- CATS is not mobile-friendly.
CATS is being used in the HR department to help us streamline the applicant tracking, job posting, applicant review and applicant contact processes. It is a small HR department and prior to implementing in 2009 our processes were entirely manual. CATS has allowed us to save many labor hours in these processes and has improved the candidate experience.
- Software is easy to use
- Fast technical support
- Comprehensive support website
- Greater reporting functionality
- The location of some of the features is not intuitive (you have to hunt around for it).
CATS ATS Scorecard Summary
Feature Scorecard Summary
What is CATS ATS?
CATS is a full-featured, web-based recruiting software that is designed to make it easy to track and hire talent. Accessible from any browser or mobile device, users can manage the entire recruiting process from creating custom job applications to posting jobs to leading job sites to generating customized reports. Users can also create highly customizable hosted career portals, keyword search inside resumes, source candidates using the CATS browser extension, and design custom workflows to match their recruiting process.
Categories: Applicant Tracking
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CATS ATS Integrations
BambooHR, Constant Contact, Google Drive, Mailchimp, Slack, DaXtra Parser, ZipRecruiter, Checkr, Gmail, Berke Assessments, Employeereferrals.com, PreciseHire, Webhooks
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CATS ATS Pricing
Starting Price: $69
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
- Does not have featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?No
- Entry-level set up fee?No
| Edition | Pricing Details | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly Pro Plan | $99 | per user, per month |
| Annual Pro Plan | $69 | per user, per month |
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CATS ATS Support Options
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CATS ATS Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | SaaS |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems: | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application: | No |
| Supported Countries: | Asia, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Germany, India, Latin America, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States |
| Supported Languages: | English, Dutch, Spanish, German, French, Lithuanian, Arabic, Czech, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese, Hebrew, Finnish |