Today, there’s hundreds of recruiting technology solutions to choose from. Read the guide to understand why its important for all the latest recruiting technology solutions work together in an integrated platform.

1. Why an Integrated
Talent Acquisition Platform?

2. 41% of companies say the
#1 need for innovation is:
Integrating Recruiting Technology
Where’s the Greatest Need for
Recruiting Technology Innovation?
41%
35%
24%
INTEGRATING CANDIDATE ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE
18%
SOURCING
12%
OTHER
Recruiting Innovation Summit 2013

3. Point Solutions vs. Integrated Platform
With so many recruiting technology solutions
to choose from, you might wonder if it’s best
to purchase each piece individually, or choose
an all-in-one solution?
Consider these 7 points:
Speed & Timeliness of Data
IT Resources
Levels of Reporting
Mobile Capabilities
Opportunities for Collaboration
Beautiful User Interfaces
Positive Candidate Experience

4. 1
Speed & Timeliness of Data
Disparate systems…
With an integrated approach…
make data syncing and timeliness of the
data updates a challenge.
data updates are always delivered
immediately and stay in sync.
Even the best integrations experience
time delays that cause confusion when
a Recruiter can’t view the latest piece of
feedback on a candidate or, if a Hiring
Manager is behind in the workflow.
When a Candidate edits their resume,
their profile is automatically updated in
the CRM and Talent Community.
Notes are entered by a Recruiter, and
immediately available to the hiring
team, so everyone is aware of next
steps, and activity is logged.
www.ascendify.com

5. 2
IT Resources
Multiple point-solutions…
Require heavy involvement from your IT
department to integrate, maintain and
update new versions.
With new versions releasing at separate
times, there’s risk that subsequent
integration and maintenance will be
required to patch the latest versions
together.
All-in-one cloud applications…
Require little or no IT involvement.
Updates are pushed to the cloud and your
application is updated automatically.
With a complete solution, no major
integrations with existing solutions are
needed – everything is designed to work
together from the start.
www.ascendify.com

6. 3
Levels of Reporting
Each point-solution…
A single platform….
generates its own reports, in its own
format, which don’t talk to each other.
drives better hiring outcomes when
analytics are weaved throughout.
So, you can’t get an accurate overall
view of your recruiting efforts without a
lot of manual consolidation.
For example, connect employee
performance data with their source of
hire reports to predict where your best
candidates will come from in the future.
www.ascendify.com

7. 4
Mobile Capabilities
Most recruiting solutions…
only solve part of the mobile job
search process.
30% of candidates begin their job search
on a mobile device at the career website.
But they’re forced to go to their desktop
computer to create a resume, upload,
and apply.
A fully responsive platform…
allows candidates to apply from their
mobile devices with no apps to
download. Plus…
Employees actively refer their social
connections from their tablets at home.
Hiring managers can provide interview
feedback while bouncing from meetingto-meeting.
www.ascendify.com

8. 5
Opportunities for Collaboration
With separate solutions…
A single platform….
Communication can be lost between
Hiring Managers & Recruiters… A
forgotten email, or an unsaved Excel
spreadsheet means miscommunication.
All activity, notes, emails, approvals, and
endorsements are tracked within
one database.
Employee Referral Programs go
underutilized if employees don’t have an
easy way to refer jobs to their network.
So, Hiring Managers & Recruiters stay in
sync, and Employees can check the
status of their referrals.
www.ascendify.com

9. 6
Beautiful User Interfaces
Multiple point-solutions…
The beauty of an integrated platform…
require users to learn multiple sets of
commands and menu structures for
each application’s unique interface.
gives users just one system to learn.
What’s worse - lack of training results
in lack of use.
Once they learn commands in one
functional area, they can apply them across
the features of the entire platform.
Modern enterprise software is mobile and
intuitive, just like social applications that
employees are familiar with.
www.ascendify.com

10. 7
Positive Candidate Experience
Cobbling together solutions…
The latest all-in-one solutions…
result in a negative experience for
candidates, especially during the
application process.
allow you to simplify the login and apply
process by collecting candidate’s
social information.
Extra steps and redundant forms begin to
tarnish your employer brand, and
candidates start to question how modern
the company really is.
Plus, Alumni and Silver Medalists are
remembered in the community, making
re-applying a breeze.
www.ascendify.com

11. 45% of HR Executives would
sacrifice features for an
integrated HR solution.
Increasing Demand for
Integrated Solutions
45%
33%
2011
2012
Bersin by Deloitte 2013