Applicant Tracking System · Explained
An applicant tracking system, or ATS, is software that collects every job application into one pipeline and tracks each candidate through your hiring stages, so nobody gets lost between an inbox and a spreadsheet. Most growing companies reach the point where a spreadsheet cannot keep up well before they expect to.
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The Problem With Manual Tracking
Sources: SHRM research, time to fill and cost per hire benchmarks and BLS JOLTS, quits and labor turnover data.
The Definition
An applicant tracking system, or ATS, is software built to manage the hiring process from the moment someone applies to the moment they are hired. It collects applications from job boards, your careers page, and referrals into a single pipeline, tracks each candidate through stages like screening, interview, and offer, and gives your team one shared view of who applied for what and where they stand. Instead of a hiring manager checking an inbox, a recruiter checking a different inbox, and a spreadsheet trying to reconcile both, everyone works from the same system. That is the entire point: one pipeline, not five sources of truth that quietly disagree with each other. The large majority of employers, from small businesses to enterprises, now run hiring through some form of ATS rather than manual tracking, which is part of why candidates expect a faster, more organized process than a spreadsheet can deliver.
How It Works
We set up isolved Attract & Hire around your open roles and how your team actually hires, so it fits your workflow instead of forcing you into someone else’s process.
Every application, from every source, lands in a single pipeline instead of scattered across inboxes and job boards.
Screening, scheduling, and offers move through one system, so hiring managers spend their time on candidates, not searching for resumes.
Who Actually Needs One
You do not need to be a large enterprise to outgrow a spreadsheet. The moment a company is hiring for more than one role at a time, or applications are coming in through more than one channel, tracking candidates by hand starts costing real time and real candidates. BEG typically sees the clearest return for companies in the 25 to 100 employee range: big enough that hiring happens constantly, small enough that nobody has a dedicated recruiting team to manage the chaos manually. If that sounds like your business, see ATS for small business for a closer look at right-sizing it.
What It Actually Does
Push open roles to job boards and your careers page from one place.
Every candidate tracked through the same stages, no matter where they applied.
Knockout questions filter out candidates who do not meet must-have requirements.
Coordinate interviews without an email back-and-forth.
Accepted offers flow into onboarding and payroll instead of manual re-entry.
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Where This Fits
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See ATS vs spreadsheets and email for a direct comparison.
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Questions
It is software that collects job applications from every source into one place and tracks each candidate through your hiring stages, from applied to interviewed to hired.
Applicants apply through a job board or your careers page, the system logs their information and resume, then your team moves them through stages like screening, interview, and offer, all inside one pipeline.
Once you are hiring for more than one or two roles at a time, or applications are landing in more than one inbox, an ATS keeps candidates from getting lost. BEG typically sees the biggest impact for companies of 25 to 100 employees.
isolved Attract & Hire is one specific applicant tracking system, the one BEG resells, configures, and supports. The term ATS refers to the whole category of software.
It varies by company size and hiring volume. Visit the applicant tracking system pricing page for details and get an instant estimate in about 90 seconds.
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