Best on the market but needs improvement.
January 25, 2014
Best on the market but needs improvement.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
2014
Overall Satisfaction
I am a technical recruiter and I currently use Jobvite to submit candidates to my clients who used Jobvite as their ATS. My company itself doesn't use Jobvite, however. I did use Jobvite when I was an internal recruiter at my previous job. There, I used Jobvite to track, message, and schedule interviews for my candidates. I also used it to communicate with hiring managers on different teams. I liked using Jobvite because it helped keep all communications and interactions in one place.
- I think Jobvite is intuitive and easy to use. The UI is clean and just about anyone can learn how to use it.
- Jobvite is easy to set up and easy to link with your accounts. It integrates easily with your email and calendar.
- Jobvite helps anyone in an organization who is involved in the hiring process communicate better, provide feedback, review notes and resumes all in one place.
- One thing that I really disliked about Jobvite when I was an internal recruiter is how the page would refresh every time I would schedule something. It was extremely time consuming and frustrating when I scheduled interviews for 6-8 interviewers and had to wait for the page to reload 6-8 times.
- Another thing I found frustrating is the fact that I couldn't have two Jobvite windows open on different pages. It was extremely difficult to multitask.
- Currently as an agency recruiter submitting candidates to organizations, I find it frustrating that I cannot search within candidates. Since I have 500+ candidates who I have submitted, I have to click from page to page to find a candidate by alphabetical order.
- I think Jobvite creates a better experience for employees within an organization overall, but not always a better experience for candidates. Often emails to candidates would go into their SPAM folders or they just didn't know how to use it properly for messaging.
- Currently, on the agency side, submitting candidates through Jobvite has been extremely time consuming. Jobvite cannot read most PDF resumes, so in turn, I am forced to convert PDF resumes to word docs and manually type in info like names, email addresses, phone numbers, etc. It slows me down, especially when I am submitting multiple candidates for multiple roles.
- I feel that Jobvite has helped improve communication between myself, my clients, and my candidates. Since agencies are CCed on all emails companies send to candidates, I can easily track the stage of process which my candidates are in.
The only other recruiting tool I have used besides Jobvite is Maxhire. While Jobvite is an Applicant Tracking System, Maxhire is a Client Relationship Management System and used a little bit differently. Although Maxhire is more useful for me as an agency recruiter currently, I do feel that Jobvite is much easier to use. It's really difficult to compare the two as they serve different purposes.