#1 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
30.7%199 installations of 648
Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
14 Reviews and Ratings
What is Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)?
Lumesse was a talent management suite. Its core functionality is in recruiting and applicant tracking. Lumesse also offers other recruiting features, as well as onboarding and analytics capabilities. It was acquired by Saba and is no longer available.
Categories & Use Cases
Top Performing Features
Reporting
Reporting capabilities provide dashboards, ad-hoc reports and custom reporting capabilities.
Category average: 6.6
Customized Application Form
Application form for applicants allowing capture of required information
Category average: 7.4
Resume Management
Software allows resumes to be uploaded in bulk, and for contact information to be parsed
Category average: 6.7
Areas for Improvement
Notifications and Alerts
Notifications and reminders inform you of tasks to be completed
Category average: 6
Candidate search
Candidate search provides search capabilities for potential candidates based on attribute or other profile data.
Category average: 7.8
Candidate Search
Search capabilities allows candidates with certain attributes to be located
Category average: 7
Who Buys & Uses Lumesse TalentLink (legacy)
#2 most frequent
Netherlands
22.7%147 installations of 648
#3 most frequent
Norway
9.0%58 installations of 648
Lumesse - too big for certain britches.
Pros
- Lumesse was very flexible to create what our organization wanted the interface to represent.
- Lumesse could be a bit cumbersome at times, with many layers and levels to click through to get to where you need to go.
- It allow for lots of options, sometimes too many.
Cons
- Simplicity is key. The user interface could use some work around where a button should be located and how intricate does one layer need to be
Return on Investment
- It's costly, not necessiarily the best for a smaller organization where an ATS isn't utilized as often
Give Lumesse A Try!
Pros
- Track candidates.
- Quick Report.
- One stop shop - meaning Lumesse holds all the information entered.
- Share information with peers in other divisions.
Cons
- The system is a bit slow. A faster version would be nice.
- You can't us the back button arrow.
- Too many clicks to get to what you want.
Return on Investment
- We were able to standardized our process across the company.
- Easy access for managers to view the online application and resume.
Usability
Basic ATS; Big Price Tag
Pros
- It has open text boxes to add notes, on the individual candidate home page. Which is helpful when making a quick look at an individual, these notes are very obvious.
- It has a search function; however it lacks a wild card (*); so if a req or candidate are spelled differently or referred to differently, there is no way to find them
- Its a simple, no frills lay out
Cons
- Lumesse needs to add timestamped features. When multiple users are in the system, its impossible to tell when or who made updates on reqs or candidates.
- Candidate landing pages need to include more relevant information. It would be helpful to see more specifically what stage in the process they are in; i.e phone interview, submitted, waiting for feedback. Current functions are limited to New, Rejected, Hired
- Creating reports needs to be more intuitive, when creating reports there are literally thousands of options, the options do not coincide with logical thought process and the labels do not give any indication of what one might be reporting on. There is much time spent on trial and error.
- No personal training sessions were available. Only provided a 400 page manual to teach ourselves
- When reporting, there are limited filter functions - sorting by date range is not a function at this time
Return on Investment
- The positive aspect is that it is a contained system that links with the external career page.
- A negative impact has been because of user changes on reqs or candidate profiles, things get lost and much time is spent on figuring out what happened and because of the lack of timestamping, its impossible to tell if it happened 5 minutes ago or 3 years ago.
- A negative impact has been user error do to very manual reporting.
Lumesse Review
Pros
- The site is easy to navigate, which helps our workers not get lost looking for information.
- We're able to add some customizations to the platform, which allows us to smooth out processes.
Cons
- The search function isn't very good. Sometimes we're not able to find the candidates we're looking for, and if we type in a basic name, other names not at all related come up. This can add confusion/time and delays.
Return on Investment
- Lumesse give us the ability to accurately track candidates through the hiring process, which then in turn allows us to hire candidates quickly and compliantly, which is our overall goal for clients.
- Accurate information that is easily accessible allows us to process candidates through the background screens quickly, which ensures candidates start and we're able to get paid for our filled positions.
Review of Lumesse and integration capabilities
Pros
- Tracking information on candidates
- Letting you score candidates
- Collecting information in a precise manner
Cons
- Navigation is very difficult
- Clarification on what information can be found where
- More ability to cross reference information and compare candidates is needed
Return on Investment
- Faster lead conversion
- Cleaner data (automatic integration)
- All information was in one place
