| Applicant tracking software provides an enhanced | | | | expected expansion of healthcare benefits will also |
| level of organization for any corporate recruiting | | | | boost the number of people who take advantage of |
| program. Business process automation features like | | | | those benefits. Gone are the days when people |
| built in follow up emails and web-based job listings help | | | | without insurance avoided the doctor's office at all |
| companies improve their hiring efficiencies. While | | | | costs. This echo effect of increased coverage will |
| most organizations can benefit from decreasing their | | | | require additional nursing and doctoral staff to handle |
| cost per a hire, certain industries are prime candidates | | | | the greater case load. Given the almost guaranteed |
| for improved recruiting technology. Based on a | | | | requirement to add additional staff, the healthcare and |
| review of current economic trends, here is a sample | | | | insurance industries will reap major benefits by ensuring |
| of three industries poised to benefit most from | | | | a high level of organization in their recruiting funnels. |
| improvements in their recruiting programs. | | | | Applicant tracking software offers an obvious solution |
| Green Construction | | | | to an imminent challenge. |
| The recent global warming enlightenment advanced by | | | | Mobile Technology |
| key figures like Al Gore has had a major impact on | | | | Ten years ago an iPhone would be considered almost |
| society's outlook on energy production. With the | | | | alien technology. As Google make a push with their |
| election of Barack Obama, a major component of the | | | | Android operating system, there is ever increasing |
| presidential campaign message involved bolstering | | | | competition in the mobile technology industry. |
| green technologies to improve the country's carbon | | | | People are shuttering their landlines and opting to |
| footprint and reduce reliance of foreign energy | | | | access both web and telephone communication |
| reserves. The Deep Water Horizon oil spill has | | | | through their mobile devices. In the mobile technology |
| added further fuel to the green initiative fire. Given | | | | arena one fact holds true; there can never be enough |
| the political climate, green construction, particularly solar | | | | engineer to meet the demand. Each company, be it |
| energy, wind energy and electricity grid improvements | | | | a startup or an industry giant, is faced with the |
| stand to see exponential investment. The president's | | | | extreme challenge of scooping up talented mobile |
| recent 2 billion dollar commitment to solar plant | | | | software and hardware engineers from a very limited |
| construction underlines the potential growth in green | | | | market. Applicant tracking software provides a |
| construction. In an extremely competitive industry that | | | | competitive equalizer to help companies avoid being |
| requires specific skill sets such as green construction, | | | | beat out by the competition. While mostly considered |
| applicant tracking software is a very useful weapon in | | | | a standard best practice in the mobile technology hiring |
| securing human capital. With the recent clamor for | | | | field, companies should be proactive about |
| investment funds each company will be competing for | | | | implementing recruiting software to help level the |
| a select pool of talent. Recruiting software can offer | | | | recruiting competition. |
| a clear competitive advantage towards securing the | | | | Given the economic trends green construction, |
| personnel that are right for the job. | | | | healthcare and mobile technology stand poised to |
| Healthcare | | | | benefit most from implementing applicant tracking |
| In the aftermath of the healthcare bill one thing is | | | | software. While these industries are prime examples, |
| certain, the healthcare industry is going to see a major | | | | other competitive industries with pressing recruiting |
| influx of new patients and dramatic overhauls of their | | | | needs abound. If you operate in a company under |
| current systems. These changes will require a | | | | similar constraints, take some time to examine the |
| significant level of new administrative employees to | | | | available applicant tracking systems to see if the |
| handle the additional job tasks required to provide | | | | recruiting improvements are worth your company's |
| some level of insurance to all Americans. The | | | | time and money. |