There are seven essential, interrelated components of an Applicant Tracking System. (You might take a look at this great little piece …Animals are Tracked, People have relationships.) The actual functionality is very simple and can all be generated from a single database.

The basic components are:

1. Candidate Database (Resume and Relationship Information) This may need to be two separate databases to meet regulatory requirements
2. Jobs Database
3. Publication Services (for Managing the Talent Pools)
4. Workflow Management (Routing and Scheduling)
5. Searching and Matching Technology
6. Embedded Wisdom (Help, Templates for Letters and Newsletters)
7. Workspace Integration Services

Rather than cover a lot of old ground, please take a look at this series:

• ATS Market Basics
• ATS Market Basics II
• ATS Market Basics III
• ATS Market Basics IV
• ATS Market Basics V
• ATS Marke Basics VI
• ATS Market Basics VII
• ATS Marke Basics VIII
• ATS Market Basics IX
• ATS Market Basics X
• ATS Market Basics XI
• ATS Market Basics XII
• ATS Market Basics XIII

• Hit the Road, Jacque Ami sharpens the “Bringing Physical Community to Online Networks” point
• Are Pro Bloggers Going Extinct Soon? Bloggers are going have to work harder on making their blogs more of a destination.
• Despite My Best Intentions, I Just Can’t Stop… Compulsive news-media basher Toby Dayton can’t get over just how lost the newspapers are.
• Marketing To Millennials “we’re going to facilitate an ongoing conversation that will engage you far longer and more intimately than a 30-second television commercial”. Sounds like they understand the value of the Recruiting Roadshow.
• ATS Systems Don’t Add Value “Recruiting is all about relationships and most ATS (Animal Tracking System to me - animals are tracked, you have relationships with people), as they are designed and come out of the box, are inherently flawed when it comes to actually adding value to great recruiting.”