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Jobvite
What Is Jobvite?
Our industry leading software helps internal recruiting teams excel at every stage of the recruiting funnel, all while delivering a great candidate experience. Top features include: an easy-to-use Applicant Tracking System (ATS) with text and social recruiting capabilities, a recruitment marketing solution, branded career sites, video screening, analytics, and onboarding. Join the top brands already recruiting with Jobvite's software! Our solution is best suited for internal recruiting teams.
Who Uses Jobvite?
Jobvite helps emerging, mid-market, and enterprise companies hire top talent easily, efficiently, and effectively.
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Reviews of Jobvite
Jobvite does the things a Talent Attraction Pro needs...without a lot of fuss
Comments: I have used all major Applicant Tracking and Applicant RM systems. Jobvite is the cleanest of what might be termed the "minimalist" systems. It gets the job done without a lot of fuss. Very user-centric and intuitive, ramp-time is fairly short. Some of the bells (Campaigns, email "slams" etc.) have a steep learning curve; this is problematic for me since I am working specialist positions rather than commodity positions.
Pros:
There are three elements with Jobvite that are just the best: 1. Each landing page is clean and consistent. Any TA Pro knows that every implementation of a system like Jobvite is modified to meet the needs of the client. I've used Jobvite at two companies and while there were the expected differences, the overall look, feel and function was essential the same, module to module. 2. Jobvite has done a great job of integrating the Engage side with the rest of the functionality. One of my personal metrics for ATSs is "can I get from Point A to Point B in four or fewer mouse clicks." Jobvite has done themselves proud in meeting a metric they likely didn't know existed. 3. Jobvite has sufficient points for adding significant information about a candidate as the candidate moves through the selection process. This is important for many reasons and most TA Pros know what they are.
Cons:
There is one issue that drives me up a wall with Jobvite and it is pervasive throughout the application. Data and information that should be passed to 1. other common applications or 2. stay with the applicant as the applicant is moved within Jobvite to other requisitions (and this is a hyper-common occurrence) JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. Two examples: 1. Jobvite makes it very easy to send a quick note to a potential candidate from within a requisition. Problem--that note doesn't get passed to the primary email client AND if the candidate tries to reply, the reply does not go directly to the primary email client. Drives me up a wall. 2. In my organization, we have very close control over visa sponsorship. If I reject a candidate for requiring visa sponsorship and note that fact in the NOTE function, that is not married to the candidate's record. Having this functionality would save Talent Attraction team time.
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Not the simplest ATS but it has some great features
Comments: It was a pretty quick, easy, implementation process. They moved over most of what I needed seamlessly. They have a lot of great training videos and articles to help people figure out the use of the system.
Pros:
It makes it easy to manage jobs across multiple brands in one location. You can provide employees with an easy way to apply to internal postings and share out jobs to their network.
Cons:
Adding questions to the postings and interviews into the system is a bit clunky. It isn't simple to allow candidates to upload files for review. Allows applicants that come through 3rd party sites like Indeed or Zip Recruiter to bypass customized application questions.
Not suitable for large or Non-US companies
Comments: As much as the system can fulfill the minimum standard requirements (i.e. create a pipeline of candidates for your organization), it falls short if you need to have certain flexibility.For example, changing one question of an application form took us literally 1 month, having implemented application forms in different languages, for more than a year.The system itself is not that difficult to use but is really sensitive to any (minor) changes that you make. It felt many times like when you are trying to cover a hole and then another one pops up. Additionally, the fact that they probably purchased another company a few years ago, sometimes gives the feeling you are speaking to 2 different companies not synched (e.g. application forms can be built through the ATS but also through a thing they call telemetry, and synching both is very painful)
Pros:
-The ability to create dashboards- Integration with our HCM
Cons:
- The system lacks flexibility for large companies. Ex: It is taking ages (literally) for us to have implemented different application forms. Whether you want to make them shorter or longer, or in different languages. (We are actually even paying extra for those application forms)- Customer support, sometimes lacks technical skills- Candidate experience: There is no candidate portal (i.e. Candidates need to repeat over again application forms)- US-oriented: Meetings with their team are usually at (West) US times- Technical issues: The system is very susceptible to minor bugs, errors, etc.- Career site: If you have ever built a website, you'll find the backend is decades behind
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I am loyal to Jobvite!
Comments: I love Jobvite! I was introduced to it at my company prior to Behavior Frontiers, and upon my inception at Behavior Frontiers I suggested Jobvite. The owners of the company loved it so we launched it. It has made the hiring process more streamlined, and easier for our team. I love it so much that we are now looking into the on-boarding piece, which I feel, will make it easier for our HR Team and it will be a better candidate experience.
Pros:
Everything is housed in one place. Everyone on the team can get access to the information they need. Hiring managers do not need to depend on the recruiter. Pulling reports is super simple. Customer service is always great. Easy application process for candidate. Easy hiring process for hiring team.
Cons:
I wish there were more reports available with graphs and pivot tables that are less confusing when you download them on excel.
Employ Response
5 years ago
Paola, Thank you so much for being a Jobvite customer!!! We really appreciate you.
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Comments: Overall, a positive experience. We would recommend highly.
Pros:
Since we implemented Jobvite, it has been a valuable asset to the Lewis organization, not just the Recruiting team, but to hiring managers and employees. From it's easy-apply features for candidates to its reporting functions to show ROI and /source hiring data, my team and I have been very pleased. The feedback we received from managers and staff have been positive. New employees (with simple training) pick up its features quickly and start using Jobvite right away for interviews, candidate evaluations, social sharing and/or referrals.
Cons:
Jobvite has a robust reporting function and we use it for about 2-3 weekly, monthly & annual reports. Some of the other reports are difficult to create on your own, requiring help from your Jobvite rep and/or Jobvite customer service. The Engage portion of Jobvite (an extra feature) hasn't been that successful for us, but that may just be that we need more training. Either way, we don't use it much. Also, integration is a factor. If an organization has a separate HRIS, identify integration possibilities.
Employ Response
5 years ago
David, thank you so much! We appreciate you!
