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User’s Perspective of the Interview Exchange Applicant Tracking System

August 4, 2015

By Russ Vickstrom, Director of HR (Retd), Worcester State University

Applicant Tracking through the Interview Exchange ATS, is certainly a powerful administrative tool for higher education HR staff and search committees as they do their work to effectively process and review candidates for open positions at each campus. Eliminating paper from the process, streamlining the committee review and communicating among those involved in the process are all hallmarks of any well designed Applicant Tracking System (ATS) as they are with Interview Exchange.

Additionally, there must be a simple and easy to use process for the applicants to register their interest in open positions; another strong feature of the Interview Exchange ATS for Higher Education. However, there is tremendous power at work behind the scenes with Interview Exchange.

Not only can the system bring efficiency to position posting through automatic distribution, it also collects data for use in decision-making concerning the overall effectiveness of your recruiting process. From demographic statistics concerning the location of the applicants in the pool, to self-identification of gender, race and ethnicity to sourcing data concerning how applicants discover the openings, the metrics reports built into the system provide powerful opportunities for management to understand the effectiveness of their recruiting efforts.

Is the pool adequately diverse?
Where are the applicants currently residing?
How did they hear about the opening?
How long did it take from posting to hire?
What is the cost per hire?

All of these questions should be part of any review of recruitment success. The Interview Exchange ATS is designed to help you with the answers.

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TESTIMONIALS

Interview Exchange is a Talent Management Solution that genuinely solves problems. Organizing applicant pools using electronic folders is an intuitive and logical way to see what is going on with an applicant pool at a glance. Our Hiring Committee loves the COREquisites, email alerts, Outlook invitations and so many other functions of the system.

Western Kentucky University

Franklin & Marshall College’s Human Resources department has been using Interview Exchange since 2007, and we are quite satisfied with this product. It has enhanced our office’s efficiency and eliminated routine clerical work and data entry; the training provided and technical support have been great; and both hiring managers and applicants are easily able to use the system.

Franklin & Marshall College

Interview Exchange has been a welcomed improvement from our previous application processes. It has saved us a great amount of paper and has added to our efficiency. The ability to mass update applicants on the status of a position has been a great benefit by saving time and decreasing phone call inquiries from applicants. Our search committees are truly enjoying the user-friendly nature of the system as well…

Oakton Community College

At Greenfield Community College, we recognize technology is a powerful tool for change, innovation, and opportunity. But technology also can be very expensive.
In using the services of Interview Exchange, GCC satisfied both needs: technology and affordability.
With Interview Exchange, we have moved forward to bring into play a system that allowed us to streamline our hiring process and select the best possible candidates in a very effective and convenient way.

Greenfield Community College

The training provided by the Interview Exchange staff to get going with our on-line application system was tremendous and they continue to support us in a most accommodating manner.
The supervisors, hiring managers, and search committees also really like being able to access all applicants for the appropriate job posting from their computers, whether on campus or off campus.
It is a great product and we are extremely pleased with the Interview Exchange staff and the performance of the software.

Central College

Interview Exchange has made a significant positive impact on the search process at the University at Albany.
Our search committees are excited about the ability to now receive all resumes electronically, thus the “paperless search.” This conforms to the University’s “Go Green Initiative,” to reduce and eventually eliminate unnecessary paperwork…

SUNY – Albany

By implementing this system it has made our recruiting process more efficient, eliminating paper, and hiring excellent candidates.
It is a user friendly system that offers many features. No more worrying about resumes getting lost in the mail or via e-mail. The system tracks everything and screens candidates so that you can review your top candidates first.
We are very pleased with the system and look forward to using all the features.

Sacred Heart University

Interview Exchange has allowed Salve Regina University to move from an over burdensome full paper recruitment process, to a smooth, user friendly online system.
We are very pleased with the software’s capabilities and tech support. Our hiring managers are very pleased with the ease of use of the product and many applicants comment on how easy and efficient the system is to use.

Salve Regina University

The training and technical support have been outstanding and the ease of use has been noted by both hiring officials and applicants.
Thanks to Interview Exchange, AUC recruiting has become a nearly 100% paperless effort and the hours previously spent doing mundane clerical work are now being put to much better use.