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SmartSearch ATS

Overview

What is SmartSearch ATS?

SmartSearch is a web-based talent acquisition and staffing management software. Features include job posting to job boards and social media outlets, resume parsing, and automated workflow. SmartSearch advertises robust customer service and implementation assistance.

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SmartSearch RULES!!

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 19, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
SmartSearch is used across the entire organization. We use it as a sales/new business/client development tool and also as our candidate tracking system. We also use SmartSearc...
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David Burchette
Director - Information Technology
Director, Recruiting Services and Delivery
SunTechPros Inc.
SmartSearch ATS10 years of experience

Great Value, Integrated Tool, Key Decision Making Support Application

Rating: 9 out of 10
October 19, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
SmartSearch is used across our entire business as our applicant tracking system. We do requisition management including: related workflows for approval of all positions for hi...
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EJ Meier
Executive - Human Resources
Vice President Human Resources, Global Operations
Gates Corporation
SmartSearch ATS4 years of experience

Good Product but Room for Improvement

Rating: 7 out of 10
October 19, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
HR uses SmartSearch as a repository of candidates (candidates apply via our external website and their information is stored in SmartSearch), completing the hiring process (us...
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Debbie Personette
Professional - Human Resources
Sr HRIS Analyst
EOG Resources
SmartSearch ATS2 years of experience

SmartSearch - efficiency, flexibility and features... This does a lot for your business.

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 19, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
SmartSearch is being used primarily as our candidate intake, recruiting, applicant tracking and onboarding tool. Additionally we use it to track employment and various HR func...
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David Stafford
Vice-President - Corporate
Vice President
L. J. Gonzer Associates
SmartSearch ATS24 years of experience

SmartSearch is Great and a True Business Partner

Rating: 10 out of 10
October 19, 2020
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We utilize SmartSearch as our applicant tracking system (ATS) and contact/client tracking. SmartSearch integrates with our back office, so the vast majority of the work our bu...
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Travis Medley
Executive - Other
President
TalentZök
SmartSearch ATS7 years of experience
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What is SmartSearch ATS?

SmartSearch is a web-based talent acquisition and staffing management software. Features include job posting to job boards and social media outlets, resume parsing, and automated workflow. SmartSearch advertises robust customer service and implementation assistance.

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  • No setup fee

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  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Features

Recruiting / ATS

Recruiting or Applicant Tracking Software is software used to manage the recruitment process electronically by handling job postings, applicant status, resume management, etc.

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Product Details

What is SmartSearch ATS?

SmartSearch is the flagship web-based talent acquisition and staffing management software from Advanced Personnel Systems Inc, that, while not as broadly used as some other software suites, is capable of delivering all of the features and capabilities (e.g. integration with outside services like Outlook, direct posting to job boards and sourcing via social networks, data/resume parsing and rich automation features) expected of applicant tracking systems. Live support representatives are available 24/7. Also, Advanced Personnel Systems offers a live, personalized demonstration of the software for those interested, as well as full "concierge" service throughout the implementation process.

SmartSearch ATS Features

Recruiting / ATS Features

  • Supported: Job Requisition Management
  • Supported: Company Website Posting
  • Supported: Publish to Social Media
  • Supported: Job Search Site Posting
  • Supported: Customized Application Form
  • Supported: Resume Management
  • Supported: Duplicate Candidate Prevention
  • Supported: Candidate Search
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Collaboration
  • Supported: Task Creation and Delegation
  • Supported: Email Templates
  • Supported: User Permissions
  • Supported: Notifications and Alerts
  • Supported: Reporting

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SmartSearch ATS Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Mobile Web

Frequently Asked Questions

SmartSearch is a web-based talent acquisition and staffing management software. Features include job posting to job boards and social media outlets, resume parsing, and automated workflow. SmartSearch advertises robust customer service and implementation assistance.

Bullhorn ATS & CRM, JobDiva, and iCIMS Talent Cloud are common alternatives for SmartSearch ATS.

Reviewers rate Duplicate Candidate Prevention highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of SmartSearch ATS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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Work Smarter not Harder, SmartSearch ATS is leading the pack in Efficiency!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 27, 2015
Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SmartSearch ATS
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SmartSearch is being used across the organization as the primary applicant tracking system. In the staffing industry, an efficient ATS is instrumental in our success. SmartSearch is very user friendly and allows us to effectively streamline our applicant hire process.
Pros
  • Search integration with popular job boards such as Monster and CareerBuilder make for simple searches to maximize results.
  • HireTrak allows smooth transition through the hiring process.
  • WIP is great. It makes it easy to efficiently maximize your daily productivity.
Cons
  • Adding a contact to a job. The auto-populate feature doesn't always seem to work in accurately identifying the correct business contact to assign an order under
  • When copying and pasting a job description from MS Word to SmartSearch, it often alters the format causing me to reformat.
Likelihood to Recommend
SmartSearch ATS works well in all aspects in the staffing industry. It doesn't have too many bells and whistles to make it confusing to the average user.

Smart Search Review

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
February 25, 2015
Verified User
Technician in Professional Services
Staffing and Recruiting Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SmartSearch ATS
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
It is used by the whole organization when the client does not posses or does not want us to share their ATS.
Pros
  • Multi-database support for a very low price
  • Easy to use
  • Very low maintenance
Cons
  • It could be improved by giving less options
  • Minimum drop down menus instead of so many options
  • A more clear and concise dashboard
Likelihood to Recommend
Normally, recruiters don't have time to get trained in every ATS, so it should be more user friendly, have less options and more logic. The SNI questionnaire is hard to set up, notes and view of emails sent are hidden.

Adaptable and User Friendly

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
April 07, 2015
Verified User
Employee in Human Resources
Staffing and Recruiting Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SmartSearch ATS
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Smart Search is being used company-wide where I work. It makes sure we can retain information for qualified job seekers.
Pros
  • I like it better than other ATS I have used in the past because it utilizes very little system resources. Unlike other ATS I have used it has never frozen my computer or caused it to crash.
  • It is very customizable. You can easily edit your default view to give you access to any information you may need. This significantly increases productivity.
  • It has a great search function. You can quickly search most aspects of candidates, job orders, or contacts to find the information you need quickly.
Cons
  • Once in a blue moon, when searching within the radius of a zip code, I find that the information is lacking in the ATS.
  • The searches can be at times confusing, especially when searching job orders.
Likelihood to Recommend
SmartSearch is very adaptable and can work well in any environment. It interacts well with Outlook and outside websites. Due to the fact that it is web based, you need not worry about it taking up your hard drive. It works for both large organizations as well as small ones.

It does the job....

Rating: 3 out of 10
Incentivized
February 18, 2015
AK
Alexis Kruse
Recruitment Operations Administrator
Novotus (Staffing and Recruiting, 51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SmartSearch ATS
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
At Novotus, we use SmartSearch ATS as our internal applicant tracking system for hiring internally. We also use SmartSeach for our one-off clients that we hire a couple positions for sporadically. It is not being used across the entire organization. We use a lot of different applicant tracking systems for all of our different clients.
Pros
  • SmartSearch ATS is great as an applicant tracking system. It is very easy to use, but could use some tweaking.
  • SmartSearch ATS is really great for easily posting to free job boards.
  • SmartSearch ATS has a lot of applications and allows a lot of template creations for every different point of the process.
Cons
  • SmartSearch ATS is VERY temperamental. It is hard to move around from one page to another without losing all data.
  • SmartSearch ATS reporting is awful. There are not a lot of reports that you can pull as cleanly as I have found on other ATSs.
  • SmartSearch ATS is very hard to train new people on. It is confusing and there are different ways of doing things.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think that there are other applicant tracking systems that are way easier to use and a lot cleaner. The only time that I like SmartSearch ATS is when it generates an email template whenever I move a candidate over in the process. I can set the template I want and it always pops up and fills in the exact data.

Smartsearch Review - Recruiter's Opinion

Rating: 4 out of 10
April 09, 2014
Verified User
Employee in Corporate
Information Technology and Services Company, 501-1000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SmartSearch ATS
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
SmartSearch is primarily used by the recruiting department in our organization, although sales and account management has access as well. It is used to keep track of actions related to candidates and job requisitions that we receive from out clients. It keeps all of this information in one central location so that users can see what progress has been made on certain positions that we are working towards filling.
Pros
  • Keeping Files - easy to keep information up to date for job requisitions, candidates, contacts, etc
  • Tracking Progress
Cons
  • Not very intuitive - some features are hard to use and learn
  • Running reports - reports give incomplete data
Likelihood to Recommend
This is a good software if everyone in the organization is used to it and knows how to use it. To learn this from scratch is difficult, and while there are a lot of features to make using SmartSearch easy and automated, these features are difficult to learn and sometimes you aren't aware of the option being available.
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