19 May If your Applicant Tracking System won’t differentiate you, what’s a recruiter to do?

Josh Bersin, Principal of Bersin by Deloitte, just released a provocative post. According to recent research conducted by Deloitte, Human Resource Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) – now reportedly used by 60% of companies – are no longer the strategic tool they once were. Per his article:

“…while you do need an ATS to run your recruiting process well, the selection and implementation of an ATS is unlikely alone to bring you to world-class…

So what can help differentiate talent acquirers? “Assessment tools and technologies” is prominent on the list Bersin provides —which is especially heartening after recent predictions of assessment’s demise (see my last blog post).

Want to learn the other “new areas of differentiation and high value in talent acquisition”? You should read Bersin’s article.